Mark Duran collection of Queer Nation and Queer Planet materials

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2023


Descriptive Summary

Title: Mark Duran collection of Queer Nation and Queer Planet materials
Dates: 1990s
Collection Number: 2015-14
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2 linear feet (one carton, one manuscript box)
Repository: GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Mark Duran co-founded the San Francisco chapter of Queer Nation, a direct action advocacy organization known for its forceful and anti-assimilationist politics. Inspired by ACT UP but with a broader sense of mission, Queer Nation uses camp, wit, and reclamation of slurs to oppose homophobic violence and increase queer visibility. The collection consists largely of sticker graphics and fliers, with slogans reflecting Queer Nation’s confrontational tactics.
Language of Material: English

Access

English, with a few materials in German and Spanish

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]. Mark Duran collection of Queer Nation and Queer Planet materials. Collection Number: 2015-14. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated to the GLBT Historical Society by Mark Duran in 2015.

Biography/Administrative History

Mark Duran co-founded the San Francisco chapter of Queer Nation, a direct action advocacy organization known for its forceful and anti-assimilationist politics. Inspired by ACT UP but with a broader sense of mission, Queer Nation uses camp, wit, and reclamation of slurs to oppose homophobic violence and increase queer visibility. The organization has no formal hierarchy and has never disbanded, although the San Francisco chapter was active only between 1990 and 1991.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection consists largely of sticker graphics and fliers, with slogans reflecting Queer Nation’s confrontational tactics. There is also a significant amount of material related to Queer Nation’s campaign to convince Amnesty International to recognize queer people as a protected class. The collection also contains limited amounts of correspondence, clippings, newsletters, press releases, and similar material. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001590; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001154

Indexing Terms

Gay men
Lesbians
Bisexual people
Art

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