Aguirre (Tina Valentin) Papers, 1988-2020

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Scope and content:: Tina Valentin Aguirre is a genderqueer activist, filmmaker, writer, and cultural administrator with extensive involvement in the Bay Area queer Latinx community since the 1980's. The collection contains materials related to their community work and art, including cards, programs, posters and flyers for the Queer Latina/o Arts Festival, National Queer Arts Festival and other cultural festivals in the Bay Area; issues of a la brava; an issue of Estos Tiempos; a medal from the Imperial Court of San Francisco; ephemera for the memorials of Francisco X. Lamora and John Juarez. The collection also contains items related to Aguirre's personal history, including correspondence; certificates; and photographs.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Tina Valentin Aguirre, December 2024.

Subjects:: LGBTQ
Latinx people
People of color
Nonbinary people
Transgender people
Art
Places:: San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: 1988-2020
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on April 17, 2025, 11:29 a.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright to materials created by Tina Valentin Aguirre 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. Copyright to other materials in the collection may be held by their creators, or the creators' heirs or assigns. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, CA 94103, US