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Marcus Arana Oral History

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OUTWORDS interview with Marcus Arana conducted by Mason Funk on July 26, 2016 in San Francisco. In 1976, Marcus moved to the “queer paradise” of San Francisco, falling immediately in love with the City’s vast array of queer bars and its grassroots organizing. Over the course of a decade with the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, he trained over 2,000 San Francisco police officers in transgender community awareness, integrated transgender women into women’s shelters, and helped draft protocols for the fair treatment of transgender inmates. Marcus authored two reports for the San Francisco Human Rights Commission and is an expert witness in police protocols on treatment of transgender people.

Item Information:

Identifier
k643b135v
Collection
Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution
OUTWORDS
Creator(s)
Arana, Marcus
Contributor(s)
Funk, Mason
Publisher
OUTWORDS
Date Created
Jul. 26, 2016
Dates Covered
1957
1962
1966
1976
1973
2004
1978
1977
Genre
Oral Histories
Transcriptions
Subject(s)
Advocates for Informed Consent
Anita Bryant
Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS)
Briggs Initiative
Center for Individual Responsibility
Christine Jorgensen
City College of Fresno
Claire Skiffington
Community United Against Violence (CUAV)
Dan White
David Harris
David Rubin
Donald Laub
Dubcoe Park
Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask
George Moscone
Harvey Milk
Human Rights Commission of San Francisco
Humboldt State University
James Green
Joan Baez
John Briggs
Larry Baskin
Lina
Marcus Arana
Octavian Haight
People's Union Co-Op Farm
Pinocchio
Queer Nation
Renee Richards
Rock Hudson
Ronald Reagan
Running Eagle
Steve Dain
Stonewall Parade
Tom Ammiano
Tom Waddell Clinic
Trans March
University of California San Francisco
Places
California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
New York
California
Mexico
California > Fresno County > Fresno
Alaska > Anchorage
California > Santa Clara > Saratoga
Topic(s)
Biphobia
Bisexuality
Child abuse
Coming out
Feminism
FtMs
Gender identity disorder
Health care for LGBTQ+ people
Indigenous LGBTQ+ people
Intersex genital mutilation
Intersex people
Lesbian separatism
Lesbians
LGBTQ+ civil rights
LGBTQ+ discrimination
LGBTQ+ night life
LGBTQ+ spiritual people
Native American LGBTQ+ people
Poverty
Public bathroom bills
Queer people
Stonewall riots
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Transsexual people
Two-Spirit people
Resource Type
Moving image
Language
English
Rights
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