Collection context
Summary
Background
- Scope and content:
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The vast majority of this collection consists of Strachan’s subject files, loosely organized and including printouts, clippings, publications, reports, newsletters, and correspondence. Most pertain to intersex and gender issues, Klinefelter Syndrome, the Intersex Society of North America, the San Francisco Human Rights Commission's Intersex Task Force, and similar organizations. The collection also contains a box of obituary clippings and memorabilia from Strachan’s friends who have passed, as well as some of Strachan’s medical records, which they have authorized to be made public. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000171
- Biographical / historical:
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David Iris Cameron Strachan is an intersex activist, a long-term HIV survivor, and a member of the Radical Faeries (“Iris” is their Radical Faerie name). Strachan has Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY chromosomes); they were diagnosed at the age of twenty-nine, and have devoted their activist life to educating the public about intersex experiences.
- Acquisition information:
- The collection was donated to the GLBT Historical Society by David Iris Cameron Strachan in 2005.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Intersex people
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- circa 1986-2005
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research. Donor has given explicit permission for medical records to remain unrestricted.
- Terms of access:
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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:
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David Iris Cameron Strachan papers. GLBT Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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989 Market Street, Lower LevelSan Francisco, CA 94103, US
- Contact:
- (415) 777-5455