Greg Pennington was a cofounder of the GLBT Historical Society and an active member of the leather and motorcycle club community in San Francisco. This collection includes leather community friendship, bike club, and bar anniversary pins, collected by Pennington; mailers, flyers, programs, and posters documenting gay and leather bars, discos, and nightlife events in San Francisco; leather community and organization newsletters; records documenting Pennington’s participation in GLOBE, an organization for LGBT employees of the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9; ephemera related to the Briggs Initiative; meeting minutes, flyers, and other materials stemming from Pennington’s participation in civil disobedience actions to stop the AIDS crisis; publications related to gay and leather communities in San Francisco; an a wooden “Golden Dildeaux” trophy awarded to Pennington’s partner, Philip Turner.

2.5 linear foot (1 small oversize box and 1 carton)

Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.

Collection is open for research.