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Sex Lectures Exchange “The Boy Friend” “Senate Letter on Admissions”

“Loving Freely” “Students consider organizing Gay Lib” “An expression of love- gay liberation widens the scope of human relationships” 1971 Alumni Luncheon Speech “Gay Lib moves out of the closet” “A response to Gay Liberation” “Gay liberation approved as a club; seek acceptance, sexual freedom” “The false fear of homosexuality” “Violent fight forces dance, Rat to close” Gay Liberation Charter “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are!” Coming Out “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Faggot” “Weiss appointed Intern for homosexual concerns” “Gay Obies Take Center Stage” “Gay Union Speaks for State Caucus” “A Message to Black Gays” “Oberlin’s Gay Community: Growing Stronger Every Day” “Gays Lobby in Elyria” “Gay Jeans” “Gays Struggle for Strategy” Gay Union Charter

“Taking on the Future” Gay Union “Homophobia: Local and National Threat” “Students Hold Vigil; Protest Local Prejudice” “Vigil Demonstrates Need for Unity” “Committee Prompts Stir Over Gay Rights Clause” “Sexual Orientation Clause Sets College Apart from Competitors” “Non-discrimination Clause Relocated to Rear of Catalogue” “Smith Defends Feminism” “Lesbians Assert Presence” “OC Students Gather in Mudd to Protest Homophobic Actions” “Weekend Says: Be Proud!” Lesbian Survival Map LGBU Update “Seventh Sense Presents: Religion and Spirituality…” “LGBU Lost from View(Book)”

“Gay Students Respond to Homophobic Attacks” “ACT UP Memorializes AIDS Deaths” Alumni Letter “Valuing Honesty: Third OLGBA Reunion Attracts Hundreds” Undisclosed Recipients: ; “God Loves and Creates Queers” “LGBTU Dorm Request Lost” “LGBTs of Color Flock to Zami”

“Drag Ball Too Grand?” “Kinsey 1-5 Explores Bisexuality” “Transgender Awareness Week Transcends” “Drag Ball is Another Culture Co-opted by Whites” “How Does White Culture Equal Corruption of Drag Ball?” “Institutional Racism in LGBTU” “LGBTU Co-Chair Apologizes” “Recommendation to Include TG” “LGBT Reflect on Hate Crimes” “The Thing to Remember”

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Oberlin’s Gay Community: Growing Stronger Every Day

Historical Documents - The 1970s

By Josh Levin
December 9, 1977, Oberlin Review

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