Daniel C. Tsang
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{{short description|American activist and scholar}}
Daniel Chun-Tuen Tsang{{cite encyclopedia|last=Lee|first= Susie J. |title=Tsang, Daniel Chuen-Tuen|encyclopedia= Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History in America|editor-first= Marc |editor-last=Stein|volume= 3|location= Detroit|publisher= Charles Scribner's Sons|year= 2004}}{{rp|210–11}} ({{lang-zh|t=曾振鍛|j=Zang1 Zan3-dyun3}}){{cite web|access-date=2023-01-21|title=城市大學與文獻學會探討美國檔案與澳門史料，發揮UNESCO澳門世界記憶學術中心平台作用 - 世界記憶學術中心|url=https://mow.cityu.edu.mo/news/9|website=mow.cityu.edu.mo}} is an American activist and scholar whose writings have been of great importance in the Asian American and LGBT political movements.{{cite web|last=Reyes|first= David|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-14-me-33903-story.html|title= UCI Lecturer, Mentor Out 'to Change Society'|work=Los Angeles Times|date= March 14, 1994|access-date=June 21, 2014}}
Education
Tsang graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Government from the University of Redlands in 1971. He later received a Master of Arts in Political Science in 1973 and a Master of Library Sciences in 1977, both from the University of Michigan.{{Cite web|title=UC Irvine – Faculty Profile System – Daniel C. Tsang|url=https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5142|access-date=May 7, 2021|website=faculty.uci.edu}}
Career
Tsang worked with early activist organizations such as the Gay Liberation Front in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO), and East Wind, an Asian American activist organization.{{rp|210}} Tsang also worked as a librarian for Temple University, Community College of Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia and the University of California, Irvine.{{cite web|url=http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5142|title=DANIEL C. TSANG|accessdate=June 21, 2014|publisher=University of California}}
In 1978 Tsang attended what he described as the founding meeting of the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), a pro-paedophilia advocacy organisation.{{cite news |last1=Tsang |first1=Daniel |title=Men & Boys: The Boston Conference |work=Gaysweek |volume=3 |number=103 |date=February 12, 1979 |pages=8–9}} He edited the 1981 volume The Age Taboo: Gay Male Sexuality, Power, and Consent, a publication that argued in favor of the legalization of sex between adults and children, child prostitution, and child pornography.{{cite news |title='Age Taboo' Editor at NAMBLA Reception |url=https://archive.org/details/BAR_19820624/page/n11/mode/2up |work=Bay Area Reporter |volume=12 |number=25 |date=June 24, 1982 |page=12 |language=English}}D. Tsang, ed., The Age Taboo: Gay Male Sexuality, Power and Consent (Boston, Alyson Publications, 1981), pp. 49, 51. As of 1989 he was a member of the Southern California chapter of NAMBLA.{{cite news |last1=Bull |first1=Chris |title=LA boylovers battle dwindling participation |url=https://archive.org/details/gaycommunitynews1629gayc/page/2/mode/2up |work=Gay Community News |volume=16 |number=29 |date=February 11–15, 1989 |page=2}}
Tsang's career has combined librarianship with activism. Key areas include organizing for queer rights among Asians, queer liberation, union rights, documenting social change, and archiving protest.
Tsang's scholarship has focused on data archivingTsang, Daniel C. "Public Opinion Archiving and Data Sharing in Asia." Paper presented at a regional meeting of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) at the University of Hong Kong, December 8–10, 2005. and data management.Tsang, Daniel C. "Research Data Management: Tools & Services." Presentation prepared for a Town Hall for faculty on e-research and research computing, January 7, 2013, University of California, Irvine.https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0817m7mq He has also documented the way data sets can be identified for research.Tsang, Daniel C. "Stalking the Wild Dataset: 2016 Update." Presentation prepared for UCI Prof Nina Bandelj's Soc 220A Research Design Winter 2016 class on January 19, 2016. His assessment of sustainability for research library collections was the focus of a presentation at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.Tsang, Daniel C. and Gelfand, Julia M. "The Changing Landscape of Research Library Collections: Ensuring Realistic Sustainability.” Slides presented at Academic Librarian 4 Conference at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, June 2, 2016.
During Tsang's career he has also identified resources that document protest movements such as the First March for Lesbian and Gay Rights,Tsang, D. C. [https://medium.com/@dancal04 Remembering the First March for Lesbian and Gay Rights (1979) in Washington, D.C. at its 20th Anniversary in 1999.] Medium 2021.
the U.S. Underground and Alternative Press of the 1960s and '70sTsang, D. C. (1993). Preserving the U.S. Underground and Alternative Press of the 1960s and '70s: History, Prospects, and Microform Sources. UC Irvine. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3cv1k1m9 and the Umbrella Movement.
Tsang, Daniel C. "Web Archiving: Preserving the Umbrella Movement." Slides presented at a talk at University of Hong Kong Library, September 16, 2015.
Tsang has podcast at KUCI: Subversity 88.9 fm Irvine, CA.[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kuci-subversity/id307838691 KUCI: Subversity.] KUCI 88.9 fm in Irvine, California.
Tsang's archival papers will be accessible at the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives at New York University.{{cite web |title=Daniel C. Tsang Papers (TAM pending) |url=https://apa.nyu.edu/daniel-c-tsang-papers-tam-pending/ |website=Asian/Pacific/American Institute {{!}} NYU |date=March 2, 2020}}
References
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External links
- [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-85426?view=text Daniel Tsang papers: 1970–1978.] Bentley Historical Library. University of Michigan.
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Category:Asian-American movement activists
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Category:American LGBTQ people of Asian descent
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