Biron (Lionel A.) Papers, circa 1975-2015

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Title:: Lionel A. Biron papers
Dates:: circa 1975-2015
Creators:: Biron, Lionel A.
Abstract:
Extent:: 1.5 linear feet (1 oversized box and 1 oversized mounted photographic print)
Language:
Preferred citation:: Lionel A. Biron papers. GLBT Historical Society

Scope and content:: The collection includes: photographic prints; VHS videocassette tapes: A Cruel Lover, Bob Jones Productions #290, Sexual Healing an Oggi Film Exotic Productions, 1994; model release forms; essays by Biron regarding his art, censorship, and photography in the gay community; news clippings; Book: Mike Tadzio of the Nineties Photos by Biron, 1995. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008194; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003450; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374
Biographical / historical:: Lionel A. Biron (born 1941, known as Biron) is a gay political and union activist, scholar and writer who promoted gay racial inclusiveness from the early 1970s at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and later in San Francisco as a photographer specializing in multicultural male images (1993 to present). This collection complements Biron's other collections at the Kinsey Institute (iucat.iu.edu/kinsey?utf8=✓&search_field=all_fields&q=Photos+BIRON&highlight=n), UCLA's Chicano Studies Research Center (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ucla_csrc/albums/72157709408394162/page10), and the Labadie Collection, Hatcher Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sclead/umich-scl-ams0130?rgn=Entire+Finding+Aid;sort=occur;subview=detail;type=simple;view=reslist;q1=Biron).
Acquisition information:: Gift of Lionel A. Biron, August 2019.

Subjects:: Photography
Erotica
Gay men
Sex and Sexuality
Gay erotica--History.
Gay men--Pictorial works.
Photography and Photographs

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: circa 1975-2015
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research. The erotica in this collection may only be viewed by researchers age eighteen and over and it is made available for educational and research purposes. Model release forms are restricted to reading room access only and may not be copied or published.

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, CA 94103, US