David Cameron Strachan Intersex Audio-Visual Materials, 1997-2012
GLC 54
Finding aid prepared by Tim Wilson
James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA, 94102
(415) 557-4400
info@sfpl.org
2008
Title: David Cameron Strachan Intersex Audio-Visual Materials,
Date (inclusive): 1997-2012
Collection Identifier: GLC 54
Creator:
Strachan, David Cameron
Physical Description:
2 sound cassettes, 25 videocassettes, 12 videodiscs, 1 poster.
(1.0 cubic foot)
Contributing Institution:
James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA, 94102
(415) 557-4400
info@sfpl.org
Abstract: David Cameron Strachan is an intersex advocate whose life experience living with XXY sex chromosomes has helped him educate
others about body type variations and difference. The collection documents gender and intersex issues addressed on talk shows,
at San Francisco government meetings, and in motion pictures.
Physical Location: The collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in
English.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], David Cameron Strachan Intersex Audio-Visual Materials (GLC 54), Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco
Public Library.
Provenance
Donated by David Cameron Strachan, 2008, 2010 and 2013.
Materials Transferred
Books have been removed from the collection and added to the San Francisco Public Library's collection. See Appendix for the
list.
Biographical Note
David Cameron Strachan is an intersex advocate whose life experience living with XXY sex chromosomes has helped him educate
others about body type variations and difference. He has written papers and given lectures as "David Cameron" and served on
the San Francisco Human Rights Commission's LGBT Advisory Committee, 2003-2006, being the founding member of their Intersex
Task Force. Strachan also served on the San Francisco Transgender Civil Rights Implementation Task Force.
Scope and Contents
The collection documents gender and intersex issues addressed on talk shows, at San Francisco government meetings, and in
motion pictures. It includes interviews with David Cameron Strachan and others.
Arrangement
Organized by format, then by date with undated materials at the end.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cameron, David
Human Rights Commission of San Francisco (San Francisco, Calif.). Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Advisory Committee. Intersex
Task Force.
San Francisco (Calif.). Transgender Civil Rights Implementation Task Force.
Strachan, David Cameron
Gender indentity
Intersex people
Intersexuality
Audiocassettes,
2001, 2003
Physical Description:
2 audiotapes
Item 1
"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"
Item 2
"Intersex Introduction to Commissioner. Human Rights Commission Meeting,"
September 11, 2003
Videocassettes,
1997-2007
Physical Description:
25 videotapes
Item 3
Hermaphrodites Speak! The first documentary film created by and about intersex people,
1997
Physical Description:
VHS
General note
Petaluma, CA : Intersex Society of North America. TRT: 35 min.
Item 4
"Is it a Boy or a Girl?" Discovery Channel,
March 26, 2000
Physical Description:
VHS
General note
Marked: "master"
Item 5
Board of Supervisors' Rules Committee,
April 27, 2000
Physical Description:
VHS (TRT: 2:02:00)
General note
©CCSF. David Cameron Strachan's acceptance onto Transgender CRI Task Force as intersex person.
Item 6
Intersex: redefining sex,
2000
Physical Description:
VHS
General note
"A half hour documentary on medical management of children with ambiguous sex anatomy." CityTV of Toronto, 2000. TRT: 0:23:32.
Item 7
"A Video Introduction to Klinefelter Syndrome (47XXY),"
2000
Physical Description:
VHS
General note
©AERMedia 2000. For more information, contact: K.S. & Associates, Roseville, CA.
Item 8
XXXY: a film by Porter Gale and Laleh Soomekh,
2000
Physical Description:
VHS
General note
Marked: "master." Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2000. TRT: 0:12:50.
Item 9
Final Report. Transgender Task Force at San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Introduction of intersex by David Cameron Strachan,
November 4, 2002
Physical Description:
VHS
Items 10-11
San Francisco. Board of Supervisors. Full meeting [2 tapes],
November 4, 2002
Physical Description:
VHS
Item 12
Mani's Story,
2002
Physical Description:
VHS
General note
Greenstone Pictures, 2002. TRT: 0:48:15. NTSC copy.
Item 13
David Cameron interview by Ajae Clearway for film
One in 2000,
December 2003
Physical Description:
VHS
General note
Marked: "master"
Items 14-15
Human Rights Commission. Intersex hearing,
May 27, 2004
Physical Description:
2.0 videotape
VHS
General note
SFGTV (San Francisco Government Television).
Items 16-17
Human Rights Commission. Intersex hearing filmed by Eli,
May 27, 2004
Physical Description:
2.0 videotape
VHS
General note
One tape marked: "Tape #1-4. LP."
Item 18
"Mani's Story" event/screener. Interview with Dr. Carol Queen,
October 2, 2004
Physical Description:
VHS
General note
Window dub. NTSC.
Item 19
Human Rights Commission, LGBT Advisory Committee. "Beyond the Binary" panel, organized by David Cameron,
October 19, 2004
Physical Description:
VHS
Items 20-23
"Beyond the Binary" Interview with intersex activists David & Mani,
[2004?]
General note
2 VHS copies + 2 mini-digital videocassette masters.
Item 24
The Oprah Winfrey Show on intersex,
September 21, 2007
Physical Description:
VHS
Item 25
In the Life. Gender and intersex issues,
undated
Physical Description:
VHS
General note
Ru Paul and Betsy Driver.
Item 26
PFLAG talk: David Cameron interview with Kenda Autumn,
undated
Physical Description:
VHS
Item 27
Solaris Films.
Borderline trailer, a film by Lisset Barcellos and Rafael Dumett, San Francisco, CA,
undated
Physical Description:
VHS (4 min.)
Videodiscs,
2000-2008
Physical Description:
12 videodiscs
Item 28
XXXY: a film by Porter Gale and Laleh Soomekh,
2000
General note
Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2000. TRT: 0:12:50. 2 copies.
Item 29
Intersex: redefining sex,
2000
General note
CityTV of Toronto, 2000. TRT: 0:23:32. DVD copy.
Item 30
Mani's Story,
2002
General note
Greenstone Pictures, 2002. TRT: 0:48:15. DVD copy.
Item 31
Oprah-2003 60 minutes. Transgender Teens. 80 minutes
Paper Dolls (2006)—Sundance documentary,
2003, 2006
Item 32
David Cameron interviews: One in 2000; and, PFLAG Talk,
2003, undated
Item 33
Philoso?hyTalk. "Gender" with Anne Fausto-Sterling,
January 4, 2005
General note
©Stanford University and Ben Manilla Productions Inc.
Item 34
One in 2000,
2006
General note
A film by Ajae Clearway. Director Ajae Clearway; cinematographer Lisa Kaselak; et al. Copyright ©Polyvinyl Pictures, LLC.
Item 35
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.
Item 36
KQED / LGBT Pride Event Unsung Heroes TV credit,
June 2008
General note
Marcy Adelman, Tita Aida, and David Cameron Strachan.
Item 37
KQED / LGBT Award program. Still photos by Damon J. Louie,
June 11, 2008
Item 38
KQED / LGBT Award video with Maya Scott Chung,
2008
Item 39
Lavender Law Career Fair and Conference (San Francisco),
September 4-6, 2008
Poster,
2012
Physical Description:
1.0 oversize item
Oversize-folder 1
Intersexion. Documentary Edge Festival 2012. World Premier intersexion, Auckland Friday 27 April...a documentary by Grant Lahood,
2012
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)
