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== '''Watauga County, North Carolina: We are the MountainQueers, 1969-2009''' ==
 
== '''Watauga County, North Carolina: We are the MountainQueers, 1969-2009''' ==
  
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LGBTQ Life in Watauga County, North Carolina, 1969-2009
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Timeline
 
Timeline
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1929: first documented LGBT person relocates to Boone to work for Appalachian State Teachers College
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References
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March, 1970: Appalachian State University students Kathy Rogers and Sharon McDonald found Elizabeth Cady Stanton chapter of the Women’s Liberation Front
 
  
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March 1970: Bisexual ASU professor commits suicide
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'''LGBTQ Life in Watauga County, North Carolina, 1969-2009'''
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::While Watauga County, North Carolina, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, remains rural and retains many conservative practices, its university, Appalachian State University, acts as a liberalizing factor in the area.  Appalachian, as Watauga County’s main employer and the primary draw for in-migration, has similarly acted as a focal point for cultural activities and community development, especially with many students and employees active in civic and political organizations. Within the span of a century, attitudes toward LGBT people have moved from complete silence to one of open tolerance in many segments of the county.
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December, 1970: NOW founder Betty Friedan speaks on ASU campus
 
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January, 1971: ''The Appalachian'' newspaper publishes “Mastering the Draft – Homosexuality and the Draft”
 
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1976: ASU Women’s Studies Program is founded
 
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1976: Counseling Center begins homosexual support group
 
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November, 1978: Donna Helseth and Susie Greene of the Counseling and Psychological Services present a program in Doughton Residence Hall about basic orientation of human sexuality
 
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March, 1979: Appalachian Gay Awareness Association (AGAA) requested official recognition from ASU Student Government Association (SGA)
 
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April, 1979: ASU SGA passes AGAA constitution
 
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April, 1979: Stony Fork Baptist Association sends ASU petition to not recognize AGAA
 
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May, 1979: 8% of ASU student population vote 3-to-1 in a Special Student Referendum against the recognition of AGAA
 
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June, 1979: AGAA faculty adviser Bill Dunlap moves to Memphis, Tennessee
 
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June, 1979: Chancellor Herbert Wey announces that ASU administration decided to approve AGAA
 
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Fall, 1979: AGAA president Jeff Isenhour does not return to ASU
 
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February, 1980: AGAA has recognition, Maggie McFadden as faculty adviser
 
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January, 1981: AGAA has recognition, Maggie McFadden as faculty adviser
 
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1980-1981: AGAA is not listed on ASU official club list found in Women’s Studies Program files
 
 
 
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1981: Association for Appalachian Women organized
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AIDS in Watauga County, North Carolina, 1985-2009
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April, October, 1983: AGAA reorganizing with a covered dish supper; however, vandalism of posters announcing covered dish and formation of organization
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Appalachian State University LGBT Life, 1969-2009
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Comprehensive Time Line
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[unknown month] 1984: Cris Williamson performs at ASU’s Women’s Week
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County-wide LGBT Life, 1990-2009
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Older Women in Watauga County, North Carolina, [dates]
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October, 1984: NOW meeting at Jones House
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Sources for LGBTQ Life in Watauga County, North Carolina
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Women’s Studies at Appalachian State University, 1976-2009
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1985: Elizabeth Barker attempts to revitalize AGAA, Cheryl Claassen as faculty adviser
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Watauga High School LGBT Activism, 1999-2009
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April, 1986: ASU AIDS Task Force established by the UNC General Administration; Barbara Daye and Dr. Evan Ashby co-chair
 
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September, 1986: Counseling Center advertizing Gay Support Group
 
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May, 1987: Watauga County’s first reported AIDS case (a native returning home)
 
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November, 1987: Student Affairs sponsors a series of lectures on Gay and Lesbian Awareness for a variety of audiences such as students and Resident Directors
 
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December, 1987: ASU AIDS Task Force sponsors AIDS seminar
 
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1988: ASU’s first reported HIV+ student
 
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1988: AIDS Support group facilitated by Terry Taylor, Dr. Jack Taylor, and Dr. Pat Geiger for 6 years
 
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December, 1988: Student Government Association approves condom dispensers in ASU public restrooms
 
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January, 1989: Condom dispensers are placed in ASU public restrooms
 
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1990: Feminist Collective organizes
 
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February, 1990: PWAer Garland Lancaster speaks on campus
 
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c. 1990: Sexual Awareness Group of Appalachian (SAGA) founded as support and education group
 
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August, 1991: ASU professor dies of complications due to AIDS during paid medical leave
 
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Fall, 1991: ASU's first Gay Studies course, IDS 3533 Gay Experience/Media Interpretations, is offered by Kim Duckett
 
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February, 1991: Dr. Pat Geiger said ASU has about 20-25 HIV+ students
 
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March, 1991: Boone Gay and Lesbian Coalition received a threatening phone call and stops meeting
 
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May, 1991: Earliest known same sex commitment ceremony in Watauga County at the home of local LGBT allies after the couple is refused by Daniel Boone Gardens
 
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December, 1992: ASU Student Government Association (SGA) request that ASU include sexual orientation in the university discrimination policy
 
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December, 1992: AIDS task force set up in Boone
 
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January, 1993: ASU student Paul Dodson reports a gay-related assault; he drops out of school shortly afterwards
 
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January, 1993: ASU faculty approves SGA resolution that ASU include sexual orientation in the university discrimination policy
 
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February, 1993: AIDS Task Force set up office in First Baptist Church
 
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February, 1993: John Thomas announces the addition of “sexual orientation” to the ASU’s equal opportunity and nondiscrimination policy
 
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February, 1993: Counseling Center advertizing Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Group
 
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1993: Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of the High Country opens
 
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October, 1993: SAGA renamed Bisexuals, Gays, and Lesbians Associated for Diversity (B-GLAD)
 
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October, 1993:  B-GLAD paints tunnel for National Coming Out Day
 
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October, 1993: Anti-gay messages cover tunnels
 
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February, 1994: B-GLAD requests office space in new student union as well as a paid advisor and mentor; Vice Chancellor Gregory Blimling denies B-GLAD’s request
 
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c. 1995: Delta Love Delta sponsors fist Miss Gay Boone World pageant
 
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October, 1995: B-GLAD paints tunnels for National Coming Out Day
 
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October, 1995: ASU tunnel defaced with anti-gay messages
 
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October, 1995: ASU faculty and community members present a “Speak Out” against hate crimes and intolerance
 
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November, 1995: Full page ad in the Appalachian newspaper “your silence equals compliance.  Speak out for respect”
 
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November, 1995: ASU tunnel spray painted with anti-gay messages
 
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December, 1995: World AIDS Day March and candlelight vigil
 
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February, 1996: MASC Troupe organized to speak to local organizations and schools, lasts 2 years
 
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February, 1996: Multicultural Center opens
 
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1996: MCC pastor Cindy Long becomes ASU chaplain
 
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October, 1996: B-GLAD paints tunnel for National Coming Out Day
 
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October, 1996: ASU tunnel defaced with anti-gay messages
 
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November, 1996: Names Quilt displayed in Boone Unitarian Universialist Fellowship
 
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April, 1997: “Six Degrees of Separation” presented Dept. Of Theater and Dance in collaboration with the Charlotte Repertory Theater (which was defunded in Charlotte)
 
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1997: Boone Gay Pride march
 
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Fall, 1997: Barbara Campbell becomes Boone Unitarian Universialist Fellowship minister
 
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October, 1997: B-GLAD paints tunnel for National Coming Out Day
 
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October, 1997: ASU tunnel defaced with anti-gay messages
 
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October, 1997: B-GLAD sponsors a drag show at Legends
 
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February, 1998: B-GLAD adviser Mary Ballard reported threatening phone calls on answering machine
 
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February, 1998: MASC sponsors Names Quilt at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
 
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March, 1998: Drag Show at Legends; this becomes an bi-annual event
 
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February, 1999: ASU NOW sponsors National Right to Marry Day mock wedding at the court house
 
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February, 1999: First ‘Tunnel of Oppression’ [continues to present]
 
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April, 1999: ASU NOW sponsors Day of Silence
 
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October, 1999: B-GLAAD paints the tunnel for National Coming Out Day
 
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October, 1999: ASU tunnel defaced with anti-gay messages
 
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April, 2000: B-GLAAD sponsors “Rave 4 AIDS II’ at Rafters to benefit Mountain AIDS Support Council
 
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1999-2000: ASU Club Council names B-GLAAD’s Drag Show “Most Creative Fundraiser”
 
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October, 2000: Women’s Studies Program and B-GLAAD sponsors first annual “Queer Film Series”
 
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November, 2000: Eggplant Faerie Players performed “Next Year in Sodom” at ASU
 
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2000: Mountain AIDS Support Endowment organized after MASC desolves
 
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April, 2001: ASU play, “As Is” about AIDS
 
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May, 2001: a Christian group sponsored an activity where individual Christians carried a rock to symbolize their sin.  At the end of the week, they placed the rocks at the foot of a wooden cross that they'd put in the Sanford Mall.  Local gay Christians had heard about this & decided to join it and painted their rocks with pink and rainbow colors to show that queers can be Christian too.  An Appalachian columnist angrily wrote about it -- w/o fully understanding what was going on or talking to any of the gay participants.
 
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October, 2001: Faculty Senate and SGA vote to severe ties to Liberty University after Jerry Falwell’s comments that homosexuals and feminists are the cause of the September 11th terrorist attacks
 
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November, 2001: Chancellor Frank Borkowski decides to retain relationship with Liberty University
 
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November, 2001: Jimmy Creech of Soulforce speaks on ASU campus
 
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2002: ASU GLBT Taskforce organized
 
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2002: MCC of the High Country leaves the denomination, reorganizes, and joins Christ’s Church United
 
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January, 2003: Student Development Diversity Committee conducts a confidential Campus Climate Survey to assess ASU’s experiences related to race, creed, and sexuality
 
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April, 2003: B-GLAAD sponsors a “Second Chance Prom”
 
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April, 2003: Dept. Of Theatre and Dance produces “The Laramie Project” to benefit the Actors’ Fund
 
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September, 2003: Out lesbian and NOW advisor Eva Hyatt wins UNC Board of Governors’ Award for Excellence
 
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September, 2003: ASU AppCard long distance callers directed to gay men’s porn phone line
 
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2003-2004: Watauga High School students attempt to organize a gay-straight alliance; Watauga County School Board says no
 
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March, 2004: ASU Student Government Association (SGA) Sen. Amanda Zeddy introduced Resolution 037-012 requesting equal access to university soft benefits for domestic partners of faculty and staff
 
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April, 2004: Watauga High School Day of Silence protested by three students who are suspended for offensive clothing and anti-Day of Silence adults picket school
 
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April, 2004: Watuaga County School Board reinstates suspended students
 
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Fall, 2004: Watauga High School’s Diversity Club organized by James Carp
 
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August, 2004: Jill Ehnenn, Kim Hall and Ann K. found ASU LGBT Staff/Faculty Group
 
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October 2004: NC Outings founded
 
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2005: Out lesbian Cindy Long becomes president of Children’s Council Board of Directors
 
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April, 2005: Watauga High School Day of Silence participants not allowed to advertize their activity on campus
 
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April, 2005: First Watauga High School Day of Truth
 
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July, 2005: First annual Boone Pride Dance
 
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September 18, 2005: First (and only) “Gathering of the Queers”
 
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September, 2005: B-GLAAD attends its first NC Pride March
 
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October, 2005: boonepride.org reorganizes to act a hub of local information
 
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October 11, 2005: Out lesbian wins Boone town council seat
 
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2006: Out lesbian Cindy Long becomes president of Ram’s Rack Board of Directors
 
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Spring 2006: Watauga High School’s Day of Silence is inclusive of all -isms and no problems reported
 
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July, 2006: Boone Pride incorporates
 
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September, 2006: LGBT teen group forms and continues for 6 months
 
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September, 2006: LGBT parents group forms and continues for 1 year
 
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Spring 2007: Student Government Association addresses single stall bathrooms issue
 
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Spring 2007: High school senior drops out of school on the Day of Silence in part due to harassment
 
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Fall 2007: ASU approves single stall bathrooms being labeled with a unisex symbol
 
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Fall 2007: ASU student organization transACTION approved
 
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January 2008?: BGLAAD renamed Sexuality and Gender Alliance
 
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Spring 2008: Faculty Senate votes to add ‘gender identity and expression’ to EEO
 
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Spring 2008: ASU Trans housing policy committee addresses trans students needs
 
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April 2008: Watauga County superintendent Bobbie Short allows students absent on the Day of Silence and the Day of Truth to receive excused absences; silent students penalized as per the law
 
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May 2008: ASU’s first Lavender Graduation with 12 graduates
 
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August 2008: Gender identity and gender expression added to ASU's Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
 
  
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October 2008: Grand Opening of ASU's LGBT Center
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'''Abbreviated Timeline'''
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1976: Appalachian State University (ASU) Women’s Studies Program founds and Counseling Center homosexual support group begins
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1979: ASU official recognizes Appalachian Gay Awareness Association (AGAA) after much controversy (disbands by 1986)
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1987: Watauga County’s first reported AIDS case soon followed by first reported HIV+ ASU student
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1988: Community-based AIDS support group begins (disbands in 1995)
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1989: PFLAG chapter begins
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1990: Sexual Awareness Group of Appalachian (SAGA) begins meeting at ASU
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March, 1991: Gays and Lesbians of Watauga (GLOW) organizes, receives a bomb threat, and ceases meeting
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Fall, 1991: ASU's first Gay Studies course is offered
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December, 1992: Mountain AIDS Support Committee set up in Boone (disbands in 2001)
  
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October 2008: Watauga High School principal approves GSA
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January, 1993: ASU student reports a gay-related assault
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1993: Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of the High Country opens
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1993: ASU adds “sexual orientation” to its Equal Employment Opportunity statement
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1995: Delta Love Delta sponsors first Miss Gay Boone World pageant
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1997: Boone Gay Pride march
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October, 2000: First annual “Queer Film Series” at ASU
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2003-2004: Watauga High School students attempt to organize a gay-straight alliance; Watauga County School Board says no
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2005: First annual Boone Pride
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Fall 2007: ASU student organization transACTION begins
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October, 2008: ASU's LGBT Center opens
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Spring, 2008: ASU adds “gender identity and expression” Equal Employment Opportunity policy
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October, 2008: Watauga High School principal approves Gay-Straight Alliance
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March, 2009: Town of Boone votes unanimously to add “sexual orientation and gender identity” to its Equal Employment Opportunity Statement, to oppose NC Senate Bill 272, which calls for a state-wide vote for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman, and to support NC House Bill 207, “The Safer Communities Act.” 
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March 2009: Town of Boone votes unanimously to add sexual orientation and gender identity to its Equal Employment Opportunity Statement and to resolve not to favor a General Assembly bill to hold a vote to create a constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman
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Categories: Appalachian State University | Bisexual | Gay | Gay Straight Alliances (GSAs) | Hate Crimes | Lesbian | LGBT High School, College, and University Groups | North Carolina | North Carolina -- Blowing Rock | North Carolina -- Boone | North Carolina -- Watauga County | Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) | Rural Life | Transgender | 20th century | 21st century | Youth

Revision as of 10:58, 3 June 2009

Watauga County, North Carolina: We are the MountainQueers, 1969-2009

Contents LGBTQ Life in Watauga County, North Carolina, 1969-2009 Pages Timeline References Categories


LGBTQ Life in Watauga County, North Carolina, 1969-2009

While Watauga County, North Carolina, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, remains rural and retains many conservative practices, its university, Appalachian State University, acts as a liberalizing factor in the area. Appalachian, as Watauga County’s main employer and the primary draw for in-migration, has similarly acted as a focal point for cultural activities and community development, especially with many students and employees active in civic and political organizations. Within the span of a century, attitudes toward LGBT people have moved from complete silence to one of open tolerance in many segments of the county.

Pages AIDS in Watauga County, North Carolina, 1985-2009 Appalachian State University LGBT Life, 1969-2009 Comprehensive Time Line County-wide LGBT Life, 1990-2009 Older Women in Watauga County, North Carolina, [dates] Sources for LGBTQ Life in Watauga County, North Carolina Women’s Studies at Appalachian State University, 1976-2009 Watauga High School LGBT Activism, 1999-2009

Abbreviated Timeline 1976: Appalachian State University (ASU) Women’s Studies Program founds and Counseling Center homosexual support group begins 1979: ASU official recognizes Appalachian Gay Awareness Association (AGAA) after much controversy (disbands by 1986) 1987: Watauga County’s first reported AIDS case soon followed by first reported HIV+ ASU student 1988: Community-based AIDS support group begins (disbands in 1995) 1989: PFLAG chapter begins 1990: Sexual Awareness Group of Appalachian (SAGA) begins meeting at ASU March, 1991: Gays and Lesbians of Watauga (GLOW) organizes, receives a bomb threat, and ceases meeting Fall, 1991: ASU's first Gay Studies course is offered December, 1992: Mountain AIDS Support Committee set up in Boone (disbands in 2001)

January, 1993: ASU student reports a gay-related assault 1993: Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of the High Country opens 1993: ASU adds “sexual orientation” to its Equal Employment Opportunity statement 1995: Delta Love Delta sponsors first Miss Gay Boone World pageant 1997: Boone Gay Pride march October, 2000: First annual “Queer Film Series” at ASU 2003-2004: Watauga High School students attempt to organize a gay-straight alliance; Watauga County School Board says no 2005: First annual Boone Pride Fall 2007: ASU student organization transACTION begins October, 2008: ASU's LGBT Center opens Spring, 2008: ASU adds “gender identity and expression” Equal Employment Opportunity policy October, 2008: Watauga High School principal approves Gay-Straight Alliance March, 2009: Town of Boone votes unanimously to add “sexual orientation and gender identity” to its Equal Employment Opportunity Statement, to oppose NC Senate Bill 272, which calls for a state-wide vote for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman, and to support NC House Bill 207, “The Safer Communities Act.” References

Categories Categories: Appalachian State University | Bisexual | Gay | Gay Straight Alliances (GSAs) | Hate Crimes | Lesbian | LGBT High School, College, and University Groups | North Carolina | North Carolina -- Blowing Rock | North Carolina -- Boone | North Carolina -- Watauga County | Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) | Rural Life | Transgender | 20th century | 21st century | Youth

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