Suzan Cooke (b. 1947) is an activist and trans woman. During the 1960s and 1970s, Cooke was active in feminist, gay and lesbian, and trans movements, including as a staff photographer for Lesbian Tide and a peer counselor at the National Transsexual Counseling Unit in San Francisco. The collection includes subject files, primarily containing newspaper clippings related to trans individuals; loose newspaper clippings; and over 20 audio cassettes featuring recordings of parties, informal interviews, conversations, and television and radio programs, among other content. Cooke received a cassette recorder as a Christmas gift in 1974 and had an active interest in exploring the uses of this new technology, resulting in a remarkable audio archive of trans and queer life in the 1970s.

2.5 linear feet (2 cartons)

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Collection is open for research.