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LGBT month celebrated on campus with LGBTQA
Jenn Halligan
Issue date: 10/29/07 Section: Features
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J.K. Rowling, the author of the "Harry Potter" series, picked the perfect time to reveal Albus Dumbledore's homosexuality October is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, or LGBT, History Month.
LGBT month was first celebrated in October of 1994 in America by a Missouri high school history teacher Rodney Wilson. In the years following, its popularity grew rapidly, especially since it coincides with National Coming Out Day, which is celebrated on Oct. 11 each year, and was also the first Gay Rights March in 1979.
It became official in 1995 by the National Education Associations' General Assembly and is now celebrated alongside other awareness months.
The GLBT history month web site is celebrating the month by telling the 31 biographies of famous homosexual people for each day of October. The people range from Leonardo da Vinci to Florence Nightingale, to Alexander the Great to Cary Grant. The biographies can be found at www.glbthistorymonth.com.
Here at West Chester University, our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Ally Alliance is celebrating LGBT Month as well.
Established in 1975, the WCU chapter of the LGBTQA focuses on making an effort to "promote equality for all people, and to insure the rights and privileges of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual students, staff, faculty and community members-at-large," according to their mission statement.
"We spread awareness by being an active group on campus and by not being afraid of who we are," LGBTQA President Lauren Forst said.
This year's executive board, in addition to Lauren Forst as president, includes Andrew Kerwood, vice-president; David McMahon, treasurer; Melissa Nieves, secretary; Amy Marvin, SGA Representative; and Nikki Rockwell, graduate assistant. The faculty advisor is Jackie Hodes, Assistant to the Vice-President for Student Affairs
LGBTQA is celebrating LGBT month in a number of ways. In the beginning of the month, several students attended OutFest 2007, which is a day-long BBQ in Philadelphia that brings all people together. On Oct. 11, members wore shirts that said "Gay? Fine by me" on the front, and they encouraged non-members to do the same.
LGBT month was first celebrated in October of 1994 in America by a Missouri high school history teacher Rodney Wilson. In the years following, its popularity grew rapidly, especially since it coincides with National Coming Out Day, which is celebrated on Oct. 11 each year, and was also the first Gay Rights March in 1979.
It became official in 1995 by the National Education Associations' General Assembly and is now celebrated alongside other awareness months.
The GLBT history month web site is celebrating the month by telling the 31 biographies of famous homosexual people for each day of October. The people range from Leonardo da Vinci to Florence Nightingale, to Alexander the Great to Cary Grant. The biographies can be found at www.glbthistorymonth.com.
Here at West Chester University, our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Ally Alliance is celebrating LGBT Month as well.
Established in 1975, the WCU chapter of the LGBTQA focuses on making an effort to "promote equality for all people, and to insure the rights and privileges of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual students, staff, faculty and community members-at-large," according to their mission statement.
"We spread awareness by being an active group on campus and by not being afraid of who we are," LGBTQA President Lauren Forst said.
This year's executive board, in addition to Lauren Forst as president, includes Andrew Kerwood, vice-president; David McMahon, treasurer; Melissa Nieves, secretary; Amy Marvin, SGA Representative; and Nikki Rockwell, graduate assistant. The faculty advisor is Jackie Hodes, Assistant to the Vice-President for Student Affairs
LGBTQA is celebrating LGBT month in a number of ways. In the beginning of the month, several students attended OutFest 2007, which is a day-long BBQ in Philadelphia that brings all people together. On Oct. 11, members wore shirts that said "Gay? Fine by me" on the front, and they encouraged non-members to do the same.
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