Tomboy (Texas) Collection, circa 1970-2014

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Scope and content:: The Texas Tomboy collection contains materials from video artist Texas Tomboy, aka Tex Starr, one of the stars of Monika Treut’s film “Gendernauts” (1999) and Cary Cronenwett’s “Maggots and Men” (2009). The collection is unprocessed and includes: films and video art by or starring Tomboy; DV footage of trans events in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, New Zealand and other places; black & white negatives and slides from the Texas Tomboy Brand Prod Archive; personal photographs; ephemera and personalia; the essay “Texperimental”; grant applications; G-Drives; publications; an Elvis doll and a Michael Jackson doll; diaries / journals; correspondence; and Frameline material and other film related material. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000130; http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001154; http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_000297; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000372
Acquisition information:: Gift of Tex Starr, 2009-2019.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: circa 1970-2014
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright to materials in this donation created by Texas Tomboy (Tex Starr) is retained by Starr until his death, at which point it will transfer to the GLBT Historical Society. 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.

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, CA 94103, US