Julia/Dolphin Trahan Papers
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Title: Julia/Dolphin Trahan Papers
Dates: 1991-1996
Collection Number: 1997-28
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .5 linear feet (one manuscript box)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Julia/Dolphin Trahan is a lesbian performance artist who uses a wheelchair as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident.
Her work often explores sexuality and gender, challenging the idea of the disabled body as asexual and genderless. Trahan’s
collection includes correspondence, flyers advertising performances, reviews, and zines, as well as several videotapes of
performances.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item]. Julia/Dolphin Trahan Papers. Collection Number: 1997-28. GLBT Historical Society
The collection was donated to the GLBT Historical Society by an unknown person before 1997.
Biography/Administrative History
Julia/Dolphin Trahan is a disabled and lesbian performance artist. Her work often explores sexuality and gender, challenging
the idea of the disabled body as asexual and genderless.
Scope and Content of Collection
Trahan’s collection includes correspondence, flyers advertising performances, reviews, and zines, as well as several videotapes
of performances. The productions include "Body Talk = Survival: Intersections of Disability, Race & Sex," "Queen of the Girls,"
"Built: Readings and Performance Exploring Butch Identity," "Memories from a Coma," "Orgasms for Survival," "The Love Room,"
and "I Walked with Death Today." GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008520;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_004301
Lesbians
People with disabilities
Theater