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Gays' writings

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

James W. "Jym" Robear, Jr. Diary,

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00039
Scope and Contents

The journal of Jym Robear details his struggles to come to terms with two major issues in his life: his identity as a gay man and his mental illness.  Some pages include drawings made by Robear.

This collection is unprocessed.  More description from the dealer can be found in the collection control file. Please consult Special Collections staff for assistance.

Dates: 1983-1986

Thomas Long Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2008.84
Scope and Contents

The Thomas Long Papers document Long's editorship of Harrington Gay Men's Fiction Quarterly. The collection includes published and unpublished manuscripts, volumes of the journals, correspdondence, and syllabi.

Dates: 1999-2007

Samuel Ace Creative Writing Award Submission

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00092
Scope and Contents

This bound volume contains the submission "Tales of a Lost Boyhood" for the Jerome Lowell Dejur Prize in Creative Writing. It is dated March, 1986 and consists of a (titular) novella, two short stories, and three narrative poems. The volume is anonymous, but is identifiably written by the transgender poet Samuel Ace (then known as Linda Smukler), as he used material from this submission in his later published writings. The writings deal with Ace's childhood gender dysphoria.

Dates: 1986 March