Fantasia Fair and Other Transgender Events Collection
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2023
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Title: Fantasia Fair and Other Transgender Events Collection
Dates: 1990s-2000s
Collection Number: 2006-41
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .5 linear feet (one document box)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Fantasia Fair is a conference for transgender and gender-nonconforming people. The collection consists of ephemera from Fantasia
Fair and similar transgender events nationwide, including photographs, fliers, newsletters, buttons, and pamphlets.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
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to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist. Permission for reproductions
and/or permission to publish or quote from material is given on behalf of the GLBT Historical Society as the owner of the
physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by
the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Fantasia Fair and Other Transgender Events Collection. Collection Number: 2006-41. GLBT Historical
Society
The collection was donated to the GLBT Historical Society by an unknown person before 2006.
Biography/Administrative History
Fantasia Fair is a conference for transgender and gender-nonconforming people. Founded in 1975, the Fair originally positioned
itself as an event for cross-dressers, but its scope expanded to keep pace with the changing understanding of gender-nonconforming
expression.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of ephemera from Fantasia Fair and similar transgender events nationwide, including photographs, fliers,
newsletters, small publications, buttons, and pamphlets. The other events include International Foundation for Gender Education
conventions, the Southern Comfort Conference, Tri-Ess Holiday En Femme, and Atlanta Pride. This collection’s origins are unknown,
but it appears to represent a regular conference attendee’s personal memorabilia. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000130
Transgender people