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'''Watauga County, North Carolina: We are the MountainQueers'''
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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 mores, its university, Appalachian State University, acts as a liberalizing factor in the area.  ASU, 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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===Pages===
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* [[AIDS in Watauga County, North Carolina, 1985-2009]]
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** [[AIDS Support Group, 1987-1995]]
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** [[Appalachian State University's Response to HIV/AIDS]]
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*** [[Condom Dispensers at ASU, 1988-1989]]
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* [[Appalachian State University LGBT Life]]
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** [[Appalachian State University LGBT Life, 1969-1978]]
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***[[Suicide at Appalachian State University, 1970]]
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** [[Appalachian State University LGBT Life, 1979-1988]]
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*** [[(Gays) don’t need a special Bill of Rights," Boone, NC in 1981]]
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*** [[Condom Dispensers at ASU, 1988-1989]]
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** [[Appalachian State University LGBT Life, 1989-1998]]
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** [[Appalachian State University LGBT Life, 1999-2009]]
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* [[Comprehensive Timeline for Watauga County, North Carolina LGBT Life, 1970-2009]]
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* [[LGBT Life in Watauga County, North Carolina, 1990-2009]]
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** [[Older Women in Watauga County, North Carolina, c. 1950-2010]]
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** [[Watauga High School LGBT Activism, 1999-2009]]
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* [[Sources for LGBTQ Life in Watauga County, North Carolina]]
  
'''Watauga County, NC to 1970s'''
 
  
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===Abbreviated Timeline===
  
'''Watauga County, NC from 1970s to 1987'''
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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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* 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” to its 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.” 
  
county response to ASU's 1st l/g student group
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Watauga County, NC from 1987 to 2001
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===References===
Watauga County's first non-university LGBT organization, PFLAG
 
  
AIDS in Watauga
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Staley, Kathryn. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Life at Appalachian State University.” Master’s Thesis, Appalachian State University, 2009.
Low incidence but affected by university
 
AIDS Support Group
 
  
GLOW's failed attempt
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Written by Kathy Staley, 2010
  
 
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[[Category:Aging]] | [[Category:AIDS/HIV]] | [[Category:Appalachian State University]] | [[Category:Bisexual ]]| [[Category:Gay]] | [[Category:Gay Straight Alliances (GSAs)]] | [[Category:Hate Crimes]] | [[Category:Lesbian]] | [[Category:LGBT High School, College, and University Groups]] | [[Category:North Carolina]] | [[Category:North Carolina -- Blowing Rock]] | [[Category:North Carolina -- Boone]] | [[Category:North Carolina -- Watauga County]] | [[Category:Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)]] | [[Category:Rural Life]] | [[Category:Transgender]] | [[Category:20th century]] | [[Category:21st century]] | [[Category:Women's Studies]] | [[Category:Youth]]
Reparitive Therapy in Watauga
 
LGBT-affirming congregations
 
 
 
First Pride March, 1998
 
 
 
'''Watauga County, NC from 2001 to present'''
 
Boone Pride
 
WHS>>Day of Silence, Bigoted School Board, Diversity Club, GSA approval
 
PFLAG
 
Boone Impact
 
Dinner Groups
 
Carefree Cove, a gated lesbian and gay community
 
 
 
'''Appalachian State University general overview '''                     
 
ASU from founding to 1955
 
ASU from 1955 to 1969
 
ASU from 1969 to 1979
 
Gay Liberation  a la "Gay Mountain" and Wesley Foundation
 
Women's Studies Program
 
Association for Women Students
 
Counseling Center 'homosexual support group'
 
AGAA
 
 
 
ASU from 1979 to 1993
 
Student Newspaper desensitization
 
AIDS
 
Incidence on campus
 
condom dispensers
 
Gay Bashings
 
SAGA formation
 
Women Outdoors
 
 
 
'''ASU from 1993 to 2002'''
 
Guerilla Girls
 
Drag Shows
 
SAGA to BGLAD to BGLAAD
 
New breed of LGBT professors
 
Queer Film Series
 
 
 
'''ASU from 2002 to present'''
 
BGLAAD back to SAGA
 
New policy making with GLBT Taskforce
 
trans issues on campus
 
transACTION
 
new EEO
 
bathroom and housing policies
 
pro-active education via counseling center                                                       
 
 
 
'''Bibliography of sources'''
 

Latest revision as of 10:48, 1 May 2010

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 mores, its university, Appalachian State University, acts as a liberalizing factor in the area. ASU, 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


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” to its 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

Staley, Kathryn. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Life at Appalachian State University.” Master’s Thesis, Appalachian State University, 2009.

Written by Kathy Staley, 2010 | | || | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |