Crit Goin collection

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GLBT Historical Society

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San Francisco, California 94103

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Crit Goin collection

Dates: 1978-2006

Collection Number: 2006-37

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1 linear foot

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: The collection includes a biography of Crit Goin, notes about his possessions, postcards, a photograph and a long, white, hand-embroidered gauze gown featured in the photo. Newbold Crittenenden Goin, also known as Hoti, was a Radical Faerie who lived in California. He died in 1986 at the age of 47. Goin was best known for his T-Shirt and postcard, “Faggots are fantastic!”.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research. Mailing lists and other records holding the names, addresses, and/or phone numbers of individuals will be restricted for 20 years.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Crit Goin collection. Collection Number: 2006-37. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Sanford Goin on May 8, 2006.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection includes a biography of Crit Goin, notes about his possessions, postcards, a photograph and a long, white, hand-embroidered gauze gown featured in the photo. Newbold Crittenenden Goin, also known as Hoti, was a Radical Faerie who lived in California. He died in 1986 at the age of 47. Goin was best known for his T-Shirt and postcard, “Faggots are fantastic!”. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001154

Indexing Terms

Art