Finding aid to the David Cameron Strachan Intersex Papers, 1995-2018 GLC 54

Series 1 Binders, 1999-2015

Scope and Contents

The binders are grouped by subject and document Strachan's search for information and exploration of issues on gender, sex, sexuality, and intersexuality. There is correspondence, government task force minutes and agendas, publications by organizations, resource lists, newspaper and magazine articles, academic articles, and speeches and writings by Strachan.

Arrangement

Arranged in the original order received from the donor.

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Gender vs. Sex 1999-2015

General

"David's journey of discovery started with Gender Issues." Table of contents: Shades of LGBTQI Communities (2009); 1. International Foundation of Androgynous Studies (IFAS) Communications (2001-2003); 2. Gender Identity and Stereotypes (2000-2010), Transgender medical information by Arlena Maria (1999), "The Gay Animal Kingdom" by Jonah Lehrer (2006), "Left-Handed Bears & Androgynous Cassowaries: Homosexual/Transgendered animals and indigenous knowledge" by Bruce Bagemihl (2000), "The Unforgiving Scalpel, Clinical Precision and the Untold of Gender" by Vicki Crowley--a critique of Unseen Genders, Beyond the Binaries (2001), "Coming out as Gay, then trans, then Jewish: the gender journey of Rivkah Chayah Freund" (2010), Community Provider AIDS Training update meeting agenda (April 10, 2000), "India's third gender gets own identity in voter rolls" (2011), GenderLink2000 and the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, Zenger's newsmagazine "Are They a Man or Woman? NO! 'Non-Binary' RED Explains Their Gender Identity" (August 2011), "State has opportunity to provide equality for its transgender youth" (San Francisco Chronicle, July 21, 2013), "What makes a man behave like a man and a woman a woman?" (2005), "Do These 'Definitions' Hold True?"; 3. Transgender Civil Rights implementation Task Force (2000-2002): "Compliance Rules and Regulations Regarding Gender Identity Discrimination" (November 12, 2002), Cheryl Chase's letter of Recommendation (of David Strachan for the Transgender Civil Rights Implementation Task Force) to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2000), David's letter to San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2000), Charter [for] The San Francisco Transgender Civil Rights Implementation Task Force (2000), *** Sub-committees Meeting Minutes, Transgender Public Townhall Meeting (February 1, 2001), The Charter Committee of the Transgender Political Caucus, David's resignation letter to the Honorable Mark Leno, Suggested Alternative Task Force Names--to be more inclusive of Intersex identities; *** 4. Trans March 2006 Lineup with 3 intersex speakers. David Cameron Strachan's Trans march speech (June 4, 2006); "(Rethinking) Gender" ( Newsweek , May 21, 2007); "Are You a Man or a Woman? Growing hair to push the boundaries of gender bias" by Codi Georges and photos by Aleli May Vuelta (2015), " 'A Rose is a Rose' on Producing Legal Gender Classifications" by Tey Meadow (2011).

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Intersex 101 1999-2014

General

Table of contents: Introduction. Recent 1999-2014 David's communications and group participations. Trying the change the male/female binary system -- letters to editors, Knight Initiative. 1. LGBT Senior Task Force at San Francisco Human Rights Commission - Communications with Tom Nolan; 2. Intersex and Religion -- Adelaide Herculine Barbin and Intersex Awareness Day, Caster Semenya - a question of sex, Ardhanarisvara - divine Hindu god/dess, Intersexuality and Scripture by Sally Gross - OII, South Africa, Jewish sources on intersex; 3. Education on Intersex Issues -- Letters, The Green Party includes the I, Mani's Story - Yellow for Hermaphrodites October 2004, Communications with Bevan Dufty and Mark Leno's offices, The Intersex Film Fundraiser that never happened! Human Sexuality Panel for Dr. Naomi O'Feefe, ACTCM talk on Intersex and HIV, PFLAG talk, Aidan Dunn and I speak to SF Prime Timers at UUSF, SFSU Summer Institute - Intersex 101 class, UCSF (nursing dept.) Intersex presentation, serving LGBTIQ Library and Archives Users (book announcement); 4. Intersex and the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, Gender Identity Guidelines, LGBT Advisory Committee Recruitment and intersex priorities, Intersex Infant Genital Surgery Project, Intersex presentation to HRC - 9/11/2003, Preparations for the Intersex hearing at City Hall, Beyond the Sex and Gender Binary panel 10/2004, Intersex Report Recommendations, Intersex under the TG umbrella via Trans March, Intersex resources, Larry Brinkin retires, Letter to Theresa Sparks, Executive Director at SFHRC; 5. Marriage Equality USA and Intersex Outreach Director; 6. Australia and New Zealand Intersex Projects; and, 7. Organization Intersex International (OII). "TRANScending Identities: a bibliography of resources on Transgender and Intersex topics" (San Francisco Public Library).

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Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) 1995-2003

General

The Beginnings of the Intersex Human Rights Movement. Table of Contents: 1. The Five Sexes--letter from Cheryl Chase (1995); 2. The Founding of the Intersex Society of North America, Pictures of Hermaphrodites, www.isna.org, Hermaphrodites with Attitude newsletter (1995-1997); 3. In the Beginning of the Movement, Brainstorms and potlucks at David and Peter's home (1999-2000), ISNA-CA (2000), Plans to March in the PRIDE parade (2000), The ACLU gets involved (2001), Sex and Gender Variation Survey (2003), Draft statement on intersex rights (2001), Answers to Medical Questions about Intersexuality, Frameline Film Festival (2003), Intersex Society of Northern America Mission Statement, Glossary of Intersex terms, Glossary of Androgynous terms, postcard for "Thea Hillman presents Rated XXXY"; 4. ISNA Board of Directors minutes, [Julie Dorf interviews David for the Board], Cheryl Chase steps down as ED, Letter from Dr. Alice Dreger, Board Chair, Monica Casper is hired and ISNA moves to Seattle, Policy statements, ISNA Fundraisers 2002, David's Board Questionnaire, ISNA Strategic Plan 2003, David's telephone interview with Monica, Letter to ISNA from Jeffrey Eugenides, author of Middlesex , Telephone Conference with Attorney Julie Greenberg (August 15, 2003), Monica gets pregnant and steps down while Cheryl returns, ARCUS Funding Application (2003), ISNA activities 2004--the website is created! James Hormel's generosity; 5. Medical Advisory Board formed (2003), Dr. Vernon Rosario named Chair, XXY manuscript seeks feedback, MERI Pilot Data Report (2004); 6. Intersex to "Disorders of Sex Development" (DSD), "ISNA transforms into Accord Alliance--Intersex Activists horrified!"

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Yellow For Hermaphrodites by David Cameron Strachan

General

David writes: "I created this album to document my pictorial activist and advocacy work with Intersex. I didn't know that intersex existed before 1995. I just thought that my physical sexual anatomy difference wasn't wholly 'male.' I've included my work with the San Francisco Human Rights Commission LGBT Advisory Committee, on which I served as the first intersex person (2003-2006). I include people that I've met and worked with on intersex issues from 1995-present. Some are intersex-identified while others are not."

Series 2 Files and Publications, 1995-2018

Physical Description: 1 document case (0.5 cubic feet)

Scope and Contents

The files and publications contain reports, flyers, pamphlets, certificates, and some books. Some of the pamphlets are educational materials produced in New Zealand; others are San Francisco-produced 'zines.

Arrangement

Aranged alphabetically by folder title.

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Advocates for Informed Choice (AIC), 2006-2010 ; IGRP (Intersex, Genderqueer Recognition Project), 1997-2015

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BALIF 2018 Awards Program. BALIF Legal Service award to Toby Adams and IGRP (Intersex and Genderqueer Recognition Project), 2018

General

Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF).

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Bodies Like Ours, Inc. [flyer], undated

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Business cards: David C. Strachan "Seven Feet in Shoes"

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Business cards undated

General

Intersexion - a Feature Documentary; Mani B. Mitchell, E. D.; David C. Strachan, Seven Feet In Shoes; Thriving In SF: HIV+ Gay Men Creating Community; Consortium on the Management of Disorders of Sex Development: www.dsdguidelines.org; Bob Weinhold; Abi Weissman.

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Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition presented to David Cameron Strachan, LGBT PRIDE Month honoree, June 11, 2008

General

Signed by Nancy Pelosi.

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Certificates of Honor and of Recognition for David Cameron Strachan, LGBT Pride Month Honoree, June 11, 2008

General

State of California Senate, Certificate of Recognition, David Cameron Strachan, Intersex Community Activist [signed by Carole Migden]; California Legislature Assembly, Certificate of Recognition, David Cameron Strachan, 2008 Pride Month Awardee [signed by Fiona Ma]; California Legislature Assembly, Certificate of Recognition, David Cameron Strachan, Intersex Community Volunteer Activist [signed by Mark Leno]; The City and County of San Francisco, Certificate of Honor, presented to David Cameron Strachan [signed by Gavin Newsom]; Proclamation, City and County of San Francisco, commending KQED 2008 Unsung Heroes award given to Dr. Marcy Adelman, Tita Aida, and David Cameron Strachan with photocopy and correction by Strachan [signed by Board of Supervisors].

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Community: a monthly publication of the Pride Center of the Capital Region , volume 2, issue 9, November 2014

General

Includes: "Intersex: Raising Awareness" by Moonhawk RiverStone.

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Herrn, Rainer. "100 Years of the Gay Rights Movement in Germany: an exhibition of the Geothe-Institut" exhibition catalog, 1997

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Hillman, Thea. For Lack of a Better Word. (San Francisco: Suspect Thoughts Press) [book], 2007

General

Signed: "To David--With Gratitude, Thea"

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A Human Rights Investigation into the Medical "Normalization" of Intersex People: A report ... by the Human Rights Commission of the City and County of San Francisco, April 28, 2005

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Human Rights Watch. Interact Advocates for Intersex Youth. "I Want to be Like Nature Made Me," July 2017

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Intersex Society of North America mission statement; "Shifting the Paradigm of Intersex Treatment" and "Notes on the Treatment of Intersex" prepared by Alice Dreger; "Frequency: How Common Are Intersex Conditions," undated

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Intersex Trust Aotearoa, New Zealand [flyer], 2004

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"Is G. I. D. ... an Intersex Condition?" a publication of Intersex Initiative, undated

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Kerekere, Elizabeth. "Takatapui: Part of the Whanau," 2015

General

Auckland: Tiwhanawhana Trust and Mental Health Foundation; Maori rainbow communities.

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Lindahl, Hann. Cat Burglar, a tiny intersex comic and Future Husband, a tiny intersex comic

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Lindahl, Hann. What Is Intersex? a Tiny Guide,

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MRKH Organization [flyer], 2006

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Organisation Intersex International [flyer], undated

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OutRight Action International. Human Rights League for LGBTIQ People Everywhere [handbill]

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Psychiatric Survivors Memorial Skylight Dedication, Ceremony and Reception and the Vie En Rose Awards program, March 3, 2002

General

At the LGBT Center, San Francisco.

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Queer and Trans* 101: a Super Simple Comic Guide (New Zealand: RainbowYOUTH), 2015

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Rights Now: the Newsletter of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee , Summer/Fall 2016

General

Contains: "Stop Preaching Hate: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Rights in Africa" by Jillian Tuck.

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Tom. Christmas letter from Tom / Mrs. G [Odegard] and Connie, undated

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Tom. "Prompted Poems" [by] Tom / Mrs. G (aka: Tom Odegard). Only In Our Heads , volume 2, number 2; The Little Magazine of San Juan Island. (Friday Harbor, Washington: Zooommm Publishing), 2014

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21st Century Sexualities: Contemporary Issues in Health, Education, and Rights. Edited by Gilbert Herdt and Cymene Howe (London and New York: Routledge) [book], 2007

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Wagman, Gary "Ram" (Ram Narasimha). Obituary and Celebration of Life flyer, 1995

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Eugenides, Jeffrey. Middlesex. (New York: Picador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux) [book], 2002

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Harper, Catherine. Intersex. (Oxford and New York: Berg) [book], 2007

Series 3 Realia [Objects], 2008-2014

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Frameline 37 guest badge. "David Strachan, Intersexion " [photo], 2013

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Kaiser Permanente "Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Month Local Hero" award to David Cameron Strachan, Intersex Community Volunteer Activist, KQED, June 11, 2008

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Lapel pin with Intersex flag [yellow background with purple circle]

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Lapel pin: Keith Haring exhibition, de Young [Museum], San Francisco, 2014

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T-Shirt: "Hermaphrodites with Attitude"

Series 4 Audiovisual Materials, 1997-2014

Physical Description: 1 carton (1 cubic foot)

Scope and Contents

The series contains audio- and video- recordings that address gender and intersex issues. These include talk shows, San Francisco government meetings, documentaries and motion pictures. It also includes interviews / oral histories with David Cameron Strachan and others.

Audiocassettes 2001, 2003

Container Summary: 2 audiotapes

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"Intersexuality Panel," San Francisco Public Library July 25, 2001

General note

90 minute tape. Note from Jim Van Buskirk to David Strachan: "David—Thanks for all your hard work making the panel such a success. –Jim"

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"Intersex Introduction to Commissioner. Human Rights Commission Meeting" September 11, 2003

Videocassettes 1997-2007

General

Several titles in the VHS section are also available in DVD format.

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Hermaphrodites Speak! The first documentary film created by and about intersex people 1997

Container Summary: VHS

General note

Petaluma, CA : Intersex Society of North America. TRT: 35 min.

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"Is it a Boy or a Girl?" Discovery Channel March 26, 2000

Container Summary: VHS

General note

Marked: "master"

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Board of Supervisors' Rules Committee April 27, 2000

Container Summary: VHS (TRT: 2:02:00)

General note

©CCSF. David Cameron Strachan's acceptance onto Transgender CRI Task Force as intersex person.

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Intersex: redefining sex 2000

Container Summary: VHS

General note

"A half hour documentary on medical management of children with ambiguous sex anatomy." CityTV of Toronto, 2000. TRT: 0:23:32.

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"A Video Introduction to Klinefelter Syndrome (47XXY)" 2000

Container Summary: VHS

General note

©AERMedia 2000. For more information, contact: K.S. & Associates, Roseville, CA.

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XXXY: a film by Porter Gale and Laleh Soomekh 2000

Container Summary: VHS

General note

Marked: "master." Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2000. TRT: 0:12:50.

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Final Report. Transgender Task Force at San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Introduction of intersex by David Cameron Strachan November 4, 2002

Container Summary: VHS

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San Francisco. Board of Supervisors. Full meeting [2 tapes] November 4, 2002

Container Summary: VHS

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Mani's Story 2002

Container Summary: VHS

General note

Greenstone Pictures, 2002. TRT: 0:48:15. NTSC copy.

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David Cameron interview by Ajae Clearway for film One in 2000 December 2003

Container Summary: VHS

General note

Marked: "master"

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Human Rights Commission. Intersex hearing May 27, 2004

Physical Description: 2 videotape VHS

General note

SFGTV (San Francisco Government Television).

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Human Rights Commission. Intersex hearing filmed by Eli May 27, 2004

Physical Description: 2 videotape VHS

General note

One tape marked: "Tape #1-4. LP."

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"Mani's Story" event/screener. Interview with Dr. Carol Queen October 2, 2004

Container Summary: VHS

General note

Window dub. NTSC.

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Human Rights Commission, LGBT Advisory Committee. "Beyond the Binary" panel, organized by David Cameron October 19, 2004

Container Summary: VHS

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"Beyond the Binary" Interview with intersex activists David & Mani [2004?]

General note

2 VHS copies + 2 mini-digital videocassette masters.

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The Oprah Winfrey Show on intersex September 21, 2007

Container Summary: VHS

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In the Life . Gender and intersex issues undated

Container Summary: VHS

General note

Ru Paul and Betsy Driver.

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PFLAG talk: David Cameron interview with Kenda Autumn undated

Container Summary: VHS

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Solaris Films. Borderline trailer, a film by Lisset Barcellos and Rafael Dumett, San Francisco, CA undated

Container Summary: VHS (4 min.)

Videodiscs, 2000-2014

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XXXY: a film by Porter Gale and Laleh Soomekh , 2000

Physical Description: 3 items

General note

Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2000. TRT: 0:12:50. 2 copies.

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Intersex: redefining sex , 2000

Physical Description: 2 items

General note

CityTV of Toronto, 2000. TRT: 0:23:32. DVD copy.

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Mani's Story , 2002

Physical Description: 2 items

General note

Greenstone Pictures, 2002. TRT: 0:48:15. DVD copy.

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Oprah-2003 60 minutes. Transgender Teens. 80 minutes Paper Dolls (2006)—Sundance documentary, 2003, 2006

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David Cameron interviews: One in 2000; and, PFLAG Talk, 2003, undated

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"Beyond the Sex and Gender Binary" interview with intersex activists David, iris, Mani, and Bruce, October 2004

General

Includes Human Rights Commission Panel, October 19, 2004.

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Philoso?hyTalk. "Gender" with Anne Fausto-Sterling, January 4, 2005

General note

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One in 2000 , 2006

Physical Description: 2 items

General note

Box 5

T-Shirt and Sweatshirt Theology . First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco, Rev. Greg Stewart, January 7, 2007

General note

David Strachan's "Hermaphrodites with Attitudes" t-shirt starts at 52 minutes, Peter Tannen's "Brokeback Mountain" t-shirt ends at 55 minutes. Plus many other gay and lesbian themes.

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The Oprah Winfrey Show on intersex September 21, 2007

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KQED / LGBT Pride Event Unsung Heroes TV credit, June 2008

General note

Marcy Adelman, Tita Aida, and David Cameron Strachan.

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KQED / LGBT Award program. Still photos by Damon J. Louie, June 11, 2008

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KQED / LGBT Award video with Maya Scott Chung, 2008

Physical Description: 2 items

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Lavender Law Career Fair and Conference (San Francisco), September 4-6, 2008

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Intersexion. Directed by Grant Lahood; produced by John Keir. Copyright Ponsonby Productions [DVD], 2012

General

68 minutes.

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Oral History of David Cameron Strachan, by David A. Reichard [Audio (Mp3)], August 20, 2014

Posters, Series 5 2012-[2013?]

Physical Description: 6 oversize items

oversize-folder 1

Assume Nothing a film by Kirsty MacDonald. Frameline 33. Castro Theatre. Friday June 19th 2:15 pm. Focusing on the art, photography and performances of five 'alternative' gender artists of Maori, Samoan-Japanese, and Pakeha-European descent, ASSUME NOTHING poses the questions: 'What if 'male' and 'female' are not the only options. How do other genders express themselves through art?' (18-inches x 12-inches), 2009

Physical Description: 2 items

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Black and White a film by Kirsty MacDonald. Director of Photography Christopher Pryor. aGLIFF Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival. Screening at The Regal Arbour Cinema, Saturday 7th October 2.40 pm. "Oh my God! It's a hermaphrodite!" screams the nurse, moments after Mani Mitchell is born. Fifty years later, Black and White interweaves the stories of intersex activist Mani Mitchell and acclaimed New Zealand photographer Rebecca Swan, exploring their potent creative collaboration (17-inches x 11-inches), 2006

Physical Description: 1 items

General note

Includes note: "David Hermbuddy--so much in just 10 years!! With so much love, Mani Bruce Mitchell."

oversize-folder 1

Intersexion . Documentary Edge Festival 2012. World Premier intersexion, Auckland Friday 27 April...a documentary by Grant Lahood (22-3/4-inches x 16-1/2-inches), 2012

Physical Description: 2 items

oversize-folder 1

The ROXIE [movie theater showing Intersexion ], February [2013?]

Appendix: Books removed to the SFPL catalog

Dreger, Alice Domurat. Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998)

Dreger, Alice Domurat. One of Us: Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2004). Inscribed by author.

Goldberg, Ellen. The Lord Who Is Half Woman: Ardhanarisvara in Indian and Feminist Perspective (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 2002)

Kessler, Suzanne J. Lessons from the Intersexed (New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1998)

Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara. The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50 (New York: Sarah Crichton Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009)

Odegard, Tom. Past Lives Led ; Ms. G Steps Out (Berkeley, Calif.: Beatitude Press, 2006)

Odegard, Tom. Friends Well Met & More (Berkeley, Calif.: Beatitude Press, 2006)

Preves, Sharon E. Intersex and Identity : the Contested Self (New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2003)

Serving LGBTIQ Library and Archives Users: Essays on Outreach, Service, Collection and Access . Edited by Ellen Greenblatt. (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2011)