Greg Pennington Papers

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2023


Descriptive Summary

Title: Greg Pennington Papers
Dates: 1965-2019
Collection Number: 2022-130
Creator/Collector: Greg Pennington
Extent: 2.5 linear foot (1 small oversize box and 1 carton)
Repository: GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: 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.
Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Greg Pennington Papers. Collection Number: 2022-130. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Greg Pennington, November 2022 and May 2023.

Scope and Content of Collection

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.

Indexing Terms

LGBTQ
Leather
Kink
Motorcycle clubs
Gay men
Politics and elections
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)