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Bruce Mirken Journalism Research Files, 1973-2006
GLC 95
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Title: Bruce Mirken Journalism Research Files,
Date (inclusive): 1973-2006, undated
Date (bulk): 1991-2001
Collection Identifier: GLC 95
Creator:
Mirken, Bruce, 1956-
Physical Description:
20.0 boxes
(18.5 cubic feet)
Contributing Institution:
James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA, 94102
(415) 557-4400
info@sfpl.org
Abstract: Bruce Mirken is a San Francisco-based journalist, advocate, and public relations officer. His journalism research files and
audiotapes cover many issues of concern to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Some of his major story subjects
include AIDS and HIV care and research, AIDS drugs and pharmaceutical companies, AIDS dissidents or denialists, AIDS activism,
Coors Beer and the Coors boycott, the Boy Scouts of America, institutionalized youth, the San Francisco Department of Public
Health and its budget, and the San Francisco Police Department.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.
The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours. Collection is stored offsite and should be
requested 48 hours in advance.
Microcassette tapes and audiotapes require transfer to digital listening copies. Duplicate copies will be made on an as-needed
basis and require advance notice.
Bruce Mirken retains copyright until his death at which time copyright transfers to the San Francisco Public Library.
[Identification of item], Bruce Mirken Journalism Research Files (GLC 95), Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library.
The collection was donated in three accessions: 11 cartons in 2001; 2 cartons in 2002 with Coors Brewing Company research
and articles; and 13 cartons in 2008.
Researchers are encouraged to see also: the Bruce Mirken Papers (Coll2013.094), ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
Bruce Mirken is a San Francisco-based freelance journalist, advocate, and public relations officer. Born in Los Angeles, California,
on May 13, 1956, Mirken lived in and around Los Angeles until 1993 when he moved to San Francisco. He has remained in San
Francisco ever since, except for a short period of time in Washington, D.C.
Circa 1989-1990 Mirken was a founding board member of the Los Angeles Chapter of GLAAD [Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation],
which at the time was a loose federation of local chapters. He was on the board for about a year but stepped down due to outside
commitments. He was connected with ACT-UP in Los Angeles, and, later, ACT-UP Golden Gate/Survive AIDS in San Francisco.
Mirken has written extensively on health, particularly HIV/AIDS, and gay and lesbian issues. His news, feature and investigative
stories have appeared in a variety of magazines and newspapers, including
Men's Health,
California Hospitals,
Clinical Highlights Reporter,
BETA,
POZ,
AIDS Treatment News, the
San Francisco Examiner,
The Advocate,
East Bay Express,
Boston Phoenix,
Los Angeles Reader,
San Francisco Bay Guardian,
Parent.TEEN and
Baltimore City Paper. His op/ed columns have appeared in the
San Francisco Chronicle, the
Miami Herald,
Detroit Free Press,
Baltimore Sun and dozens of other newspapers across the United States. His reporting on the AIDS denialist movement is highly regarded.
He is the winner of many awards for journalistic excellence. He is the winner of two Gay and Lesbian Press Association Outstanding
Achievement Awards and nine Vice Versa Awards for Excellence in the Gay and Lesbian Press. Mirken's articles have been reprinted
in a variety of anthologies.
Mirken's journalism research files and audiotapes cover many issues of concern to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
community. Some of the major story subjects include AIDS and HIV care and research, AIDS drugs and pharmaceutical companies,
AIDS dissidents or denialists, AIDS activism, Coors Beer and the Coors boycott, the Boy Scouts of America, institutionalized
youth, the San Francisco Department of Public Health and its budget, and the San Francisco Police Department.
The collection is arranged into two series: Series 1. Journalism Research Files; and, Series 2. Audiotapes and Microcassette
Tapes.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mirken, Bruce, 1956- .--Archives
AIDS (Disease)--Press coverage.
Gay journalists--California