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Title: Athanasios Tsironis Bitsas diary
Dates: circa 1985-1987
Collection Number: 2023-93
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .05 linear feet (1 folder)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Athanasios Tsironis Bitsas (born 1963 March 13) is a gay, Greek-American diarist and former interpreter. Bitsas’s diary includes
entries dated 29 February-5 June, most likely in 1985, 1986, or 1987, while he was a student at Hampshire College. Entries
written in English and Italian record Bitsas’s daily activities, as well as his reflections upon college life; his relationships
with his parents, friends, and romantic interests; gay identity; Greek immigrant ethnic identity; race in the United States;
and God. The diary also includes extensive paper collage artworks, some of which are self-portraits.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright to materials created by Athanasios Tsironis Bitsas 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. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[Identification of item]. Athanasios Tsironis Bitsas diary. Collection Number: 2023-93. GLBT Historical Society
Sent to archives by Mike Savino on July 1, 2023. Deed of gift signed by Athanasios Bitsas on October 21, 2023
Biography/Administrative History
Athanasios Tsironis Bitsas (born 1963 March 13) is a gay, Greek-American diarist and former interpreter. Bitsas spent much
of his childhood and young adulthood in Italy (1971-1988). In 1988, he graduated from Hampshire College with a degree in Linguistics.
In 1999, Bitsas earned an MBA from the University of Illinois, Chicago, focusing on Economics and International Business.
He met his husband, Mike Moen, in 2004; they married in 2013. Bitsas and Moen lived together in Spokane and Chattaroy, Washington.
Moen died on 2021 October 10.
Scope and Content of Collection
Bitsas’s diary includes entries dated 29 February-5 June, most likely in 1985, 1986, or 1987, while he was a student at Hampshire
College. Entries written in English and Italian record Bitsas’s daily activities, as well as his reflections upon college
life; his relationships with his parents, friends, and romantic interests; gay identity; Greek immigrant ethnic identity;
race in the United States; and God. The diary also includes extensive paper collage artworks, some of which are self-portraits.
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