Lionel A. Biron papers
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GLBT Historical Society
2023
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Dates: circa 1975-2015
Collection Number: 2019-56
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1.5 linear feet (1 oversized box and 1 oversized mounted photographic print)
Online items available
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: 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.
Language of Material: English
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.
[Identification of item]. Lionel A.
Biron
papers. Collection Number: 2019-56. GLBT Historical Society
Biography/Administrative History
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
).
Scope and Content of Collection
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
Photography
Erotica
Gay men
Photography and Photographs