Bitsas (Athanasios Tsironis) Diary, circa 1985-1987

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Title:: Athanasios Tsironis Bitsas diary
Dates:: circa 1985-1987
Creators:: Bitsas, Athanasios Tsironis
Abstract:
Extent:: .05 linear feet (1 folder)
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Preferred citation:: Athanasios Tsironis Bitsas diary. GLBT Historical Society

Scope and content:: Bitsas’s diary includes entries dated 29 February-5 June, most likely in 1985, 1986, or 1987, while he was a student at Hampshire College. Entries written in English and Italian record Bitsas’s daily activities, as well as his reflections upon college life; his relationships with his parents, friends, and romantic interests; gay identity; Greek immigrant ethnic identity; race in the United States; and God. The diary also includes extensive paper collage artworks, some of which are self-portraits.
Biographical / historical:: Athanasios Tsironis Bitsas (born 1963 March 13) is a gay, Greek-American diarist and former interpreter. Bitsas spent much of his childhood and young adulthood in Italy (1971-1988). In 1988, he graduated from Hampshire College with a degree in Linguistics. In 1999, Bitsas earned an MBA from the University of Illinois, Chicago, focusing on Economics and International Business. He met his husband, Mike Moen, in 2004; they married in 2013. Bitsas and Moen lived together in Spokane and Chattaroy, Washington. Moen died on 2021 October 10.
Acquisition information:: Sent to archives by Mike Savino on July 1, 2023. Deed of gift signed by Athanasios Bitsas on October 21, 2023

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: circa 1985-1987
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

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Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright to materials created by Athanasios Tsironis Bitsas 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. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Preferred citation:: Athanasios Tsironis Bitsas diary. GLBT Historical Society

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

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