Collection context
Summary
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists largely of sticker graphics and fliers, with slogans reflecting Queer Nation’s confrontational tactics. There is also a significant amount of material related to Queer Nation’s campaign to convince Amnesty International to recognize queer people as a protected class. The collection also contains limited amounts of correspondence, clippings, newsletters, press releases, and similar material. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001590; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001154
- Biographical / historical:
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Mark Duran co-founded the San Francisco chapter of Queer Nation, a direct action advocacy organization known for its forceful and anti-assimilationist politics. Inspired by ACT UP but with a broader sense of mission, Queer Nation uses camp, wit, and reclamation of slurs to oppose homophobic violence and increase queer visibility. The organization has no formal hierarchy and has never disbanded, although the San Francisco chapter was active only between 1990 and 1991.
- Acquisition information:
- The collection was donated to the GLBT Historical Society by Mark Duran in 2015.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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English, with a few materials in German and Spanish
- Terms of access:
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Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.
- Preferred citation:
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Mark Duran collection of Queer Nation and Queer Planet materials. GLBT Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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989 Market Street, Lower LevelSan Francisco, CA 94103, US
- Contact:
- (415) 777-5455