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 includes photographs, news clippings, essays, and videocassette tapes.

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).

1.5 linear feet (1 oversized box and 1 oversized mounted photographic print)

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.