Moran (Camille) Papers, 1998-2000

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Summary

Title:
Camille Moran papers
Dates:
1998-2000
Creators:
Moran, Camille
Abstract:
Extent:
0.25 linear feet (1/2 manuscript box)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Camille Moran papers. GLBT Historical Society

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes draft testimony, poetry, a series of satirical notes about her decision to transition, and other writing by Moran, as well as a number of articles she wrote or collected; of particular note is a 1993 special issue of Lavender Network about the relationship between queer community and psychiatry. Also included are awards and certificates, a small amount of correspondence, and photographs (including one of Moran watching Mayor Art Agnos sign a city ordinance opposing ECT, autographed with an appreciative note by Agnos). Some materials are signed with Moran’s pseudonym, Camille Genderella Liberty. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000130; http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008603; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000384

Biographical / historical:

Camille Moran is a transgender poet and painter, as well as an activist who works against psychiatric abuse of queer and trans youth. As a six-year-old child in the 1950s, Moran was institutionalized for years because her parents were disturbed by her femininity. She was given electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which left her with headaches, memory loss, learning disability, and seizures. As an adult, Moran has advocated for the removal of Gender Identity Disorder from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), on the grounds that the diagnosis could easily lead to similar abuse. Moran was also a member of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center Project Board and served on the Transgender Task Force of the Human Rights Commission.

Acquisition information:
The collection was donated to the GLBT Historical Society in 2000 by Camille Moran.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:
1998-2000
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright to material created by Camille Moran 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:

Camille Moran papers. GLBT Historical Society

Location of this collection:
989 Market Street, Lower Level
San Francisco, CA 94103, US
Contact:
(415) 777-5455
reference@glbthistory.org
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