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Title: Shiloh Quine papers
Dates: 2011-2018
Collection Number: 2019-04
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .1 linear feet (one folder)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Shiloh Heavenly Quine, a transgender woman born in 1959, was the first person in the United States to receive state-funded
gender-affirming surgery while incarcerated. The collection consists of two signed self-portrait drawings created by Quine.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright to material has not 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. 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]. Shiloh Quine papers. Collection Number: 2019-04. GLBT Historical Society
The collection was donated to the GLBT Historical Society by Ruth Beham Leonard on the instructions of Shiloh Quine.
Biography/Administrative History
Shiloh Heavenly Quine, a transgender woman born in 1959, was the first person in the United States to receive state-funded
gender-affirming surgery while incarcerated. Her 2015 settlement with the state of California established a key precedent
that transition care should not be considered elective and must be provided to incarcerated people. Quine had begun transitioning
several years prior while serving a life sentence; when her request for surgery was rejected, she sued the state with the
support of the Transgender Law Center.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of two signed self-portrait drawings created by Quine. The drawings are dated July 20, 2011 and August
30, 2011. The collection also includes a letter about the donation from Quine to Ruth Beham Leonard, her friend and donor
of the drawings, dated December 30, 2018. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000130; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000384
Transgender people
Trans women