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Historical Documents – 1981 Homophobia: Local and National Threat

By Chuck Hanson and Steven A. Morris
May 1, 1981, Oberlin Review

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Historical Documents

Before 1960s
Darwin Letter to President Fairchild
Luke Warmer (pseudonym; OC 53) Diary Entries
Overview
June 8 Tuesday 11p 1948
June 13 Sunday 4p 1948
June 19 Saturday 2p
June 20 Sunday 11p
June 26 Saturday 12 1948
July 23, 1948
Aug 9, 1948
Wednesday Aug 11 1948 4pm
December 7 Tuesday 10p 1948
December 10 Friday 1a 1948
December 27 Monday 11p 1948
February 2 Wednesday 11p 1949
February 10 Thursday 11p 1949
February 16 Wednesday 12p 1949
Tuesday, Feb 22 1949 10 pm
Wednesday Feb 23 1949 4p
Monday March 14, 1949
Sunday April 17, 1949, 7p
Sept 27 1949
Early November 1949
51 3 11 Sunday 11p
51 5 13 Sunday 10:45p
51 5 16 Wednesday 4
51 6 8 Friday 11pm
52 2 4 Monday 11p
Feb 14 1952
52 10 18 Saturday 16:15
52 12 17 Wednesday 24 [midnight]
The 1960s
Sex Lectures Exchange
"The Boy Friend"
"Senate Letter on Admissions"
The 1970s
"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"
1979 Gay Union Charter
The 1980s
"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 in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual World"
"LGBU Lost from View(Book)"
The 1990s
"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"
The 2000s
"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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