Ari Kane papers
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Title: Ari Kane papers
Dates: 1975-1999
Collection Number: 2002-26
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 6.25 linear feet (five cartons)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Ari Kane, born in 1936, is a counselor, gerontologist, and sexologist known for founding the Outreach Institute of Gender
Studies as well as Fantasia Fair, a yearly festival for the transgender and gender-nonconforming community. Kane is bi-gender
and androgynous, identifying with both masculinity and femininity. This collection largely consists of materials from Fantasia
Fair, as well as various gender conferences; there is also a box of Outreach Institute materials and a box of publications.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item]. Ari Kane papers. Collection Number: 2002-26. GLBT Historical Society
The collection was purchased by the GLBT Historical Society from Ari Kane in 2002.
Biography/Administrative History
Ari Kane, born in 1936, is a counselor, gerontologist, and sexologist known for founding the Outreach Institute of Gender
Studies as well as Fantasia Fair, a yearly festival for the transgender and gender-nonconforming community. Kane is bisexual,
bi-gender, and androgynous, identifying with both masculinity and femininity; her pronouns are “he” and “she.” The Outreach
Institute focuses on providing programs that broaden understanding about the diversity of gender experience, expression, and
perception in daily life, and to facilitating research in all aspects of the phenomenon of human gender, particularly as it
pertains to sexuality. Portions of Kane’s papers are also held at Harvard and the University of Victoria.
Kane explicitly does not identify as nonbinary, but rather with both binary genders. The indexing term “nonbinary people”
is included to place this catalog record under the broad genderqueer/nonbinary umbrella, and to aid in findability for researchers
searching for people under that umbrella.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection largely consists of materials from Fantasia Fair, as well as various gender conferences; there is also a box
of Outreach Institute materials and a box of publications.
GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000130; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000395; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001590http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000384
Transgender people
Nonbinary people
Bisexual people