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Title: David Iris Cameron Strachan papers
Dates: circa 1986-2005
Collection Number: 2005-12
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 3.75 linear feet (three cartons)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: David Iris Cameron Strachan is an intersex activist, a long-term HIV survivor, and a member of the Radical Faeries. The vast
majority of this collection consists of Strachan’s subject files, loosely organized and including printouts, clippings, publications,
reports, newsletters, and correspondence.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research. Donor has given explicit permission for medical records to remain unrestricted.
Copyright to material 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.
[Identification of item]. David Iris Cameron Strachan papers. Collection Number: 2005-12. GLBT Historical Society
The collection was donated to the GLBT Historical Society by David Iris Cameron Strachan in 2005.
Biography/Administrative History
David Iris Cameron Strachan is an intersex activist, a long-term HIV survivor, and a member of the Radical Faeries (“Iris”
is their Radical Faerie name). Strachan has Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY chromosomes); they were diagnosed at the age of twenty-nine,
and have devoted their activist life to educating the public about intersex experiences.
Scope and Content of Collection
The vast majority of this collection consists of Strachan’s subject files, loosely organized and including printouts, clippings,
publications, reports, newsletters, and correspondence. Most pertain to intersex and gender issues, Klinefelter Syndrome,
the Intersex Society of North America, the San Francisco Human Rights Commission's Intersex Task Force, and similar organizations.
The collection also contains a box of obituary clippings and memorabilia from Strachan’s friends who have passed, as well
as some of Strachan’s medical records, which they have authorized to be made public.
GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000171
Intersex people