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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.

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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 | | || | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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+===LGBTQ Life in Watauga County, North Carolina, 1969-2009===
-== '''Watauga County, North Carolina: We are the MountainQueers''' ==
+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.
-Timeline
-: first documented LGBT person relocates to Boone to work for Appalachian State Teachers College
-March, 1970: Appalachian State University students Kathy Rogers and Sharon McDonald found Elizabeth Cady Stanton chapter of the Women’s Liberation Front
-March 1970: Bisexual ASU professor commits suicide
-December, 1970: NOW founder Betty Friedan speaks on ASU campus
-January, 1971: ''The Appalachian'' newspaper publishes “Mastering the Draft – Homosexuality and the Draft”
-: ASU Women’s Studies Program is founded
-: Counseling Center begins homosexual support group
-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
-March, 1979: Appalachian Gay Awareness Association (AGAA) requested official recognition from ASU Student Government Association (SGA)
-April, 1979: ASU SGA passes AGAA constitution
-April, 1979: Stony Fork Baptist Association sends ASU petition to not recognize AGAA
-May, 1979: 8% of ASU student population vote 3-to-1 in a Special Student Referendum against the recognition of AGAA
-June, 1979: AGAA faculty adviser Bill Dunlap moves to Memphis, Tennessee
-June, 1979: Chancellor Herbert Wey announces that ASU administration decided to approve AGAA
-Fall, 1979: AGAA president Jeff Isenhour does not return to ASU
-February, 1980: AGAA has recognition, Maggie McFadden as faculty adviser
-January, 1981: AGAA has recognition, Maggie McFadden as faculty adviser
--1981: AGAA is not listed on ASU official club list found in Women’s Studies Program files
-: Association for Appalachian Women organized
-April, October, 1983: AGAA reorganizing with a covered dish supper; however, vandalism of posters announcing covered dish and formation of organization
-[unknown month] 1984: Cris Williamson performs at ASU’s Women’s Week
-October, 1984: NOW meeting at Jones House
-: Elizabeth Barker attempts to revitalize AGAA, Cheryl Claassen as faculty adviser
-April, 1986: ASU AIDS Task Force established by the UNC General Administration; Barbara Daye and Dr. Evan Ashby co-chair
-September, 1986: Counseling Center advertizing Gay Support Group
-May, 1987: Watauga County’s first reported AIDS case (a native returning home)
-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
-December, 1987: ASU AIDS Task Force sponsors AIDS seminar
-: ASU’s first reported HIV+ student
-: AIDS Support group facilitated by Terry Taylor, Dr. Jack Taylor, and Dr. Pat Geiger for 6 years
-December, 1988: Student Government Association approves condom dispensers in ASU public restrooms
-January, 1989: Condom dispensers are placed in ASU public restrooms
-: Feminist Collective organizes
-February, 1990: PWAer Garland Lancaster speaks on campus
-c. 1990: Sexual Awareness Group of Appalachian (SAGA) founded as support and education group
-August, 1991: ASU professor dies of complications due to AIDS during paid medical leave
-Fall, 1991: ASU's first Gay Studies course, IDS 3533 Gay Experience/Media Interpretations, is offered by Kim Duckett
-February, 1991: Dr. Pat Geiger said ASU has about 20-25 HIV+ students
-March, 1991: Boone Gay and Lesbian Coalition received a threatening phone call and stops meeting
-May, 1991: Earliest known same sex commitment ceremony in Watauga County of Richard Huffine and Alfred Percy IV at the home of Jack and Terry Taylor after being refused by Daniel Boone Gardens
-December, 1992: ASU Student Government Association (SGA) request that ASU include sexual orientation in the university discrimination policy
-December, 1992: AIDS task force set up in Boone
-January, 1993: ASU student Paul Dodson reports a gay-related assault; he drops out of school shortly afterwards
-January, 1993: ASU faculty approves SGA resolution that ASU include sexual orientation in the university discrimination policy
-February, 1993: AIDS Task Force set up office in First Baptist Church
-February, 1993: John Thomas announces the addition of “sexual orientation” to the ASU’s equal opportunity and nondiscrimination policy
-February, 1993: Counseling Center advertizing Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Group
-: Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of the High Country opens
-October, 1993: SAGA renamed Bisexuals, Gays, and Lesbians Associated for Diversity (B-GLAD)
-October, 1993:  B-GLAD paints tunnel for National Coming Out Day
-October, 1993: Anti-gay messages cover tunnels
-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
-c. 1995: Delta Love Delta sponsors fist Miss Gay Boone World pageant
-October, 1995: B-GLAD paints tunnels for National Coming Out Day
-October, 1995: ASU tunnel defaced with anti-gay messages
-October, 1995: ASU faculty and community members present a “Speak Out” against hate crimes and intolerance
-November, 1995: Full page ad in the Appalachian newspaper “your silence equals compliance.  Speak out for respect”
-November, 1995: ASU tunnel spray painted with anti-gay messages
-December, 1995: World AIDS Day March and candlelight vigil
-February, 1996: MASC Troupe organized to speak to local organizations and schools, lasts 2 years
-February, 1996: Multicultural Center opens
-: MCC pastor Cindy Long becomes ASU chaplain
-October, 1996: B-GLAD paints tunnel for National Coming Out Day
-October, 1996: ASU tunnel defaced with anti-gay messages
-November, 1996: Names Quilt displayed in Boone Unitarian Universialist Fellowship
-April, 1997: “Six Degrees of Separation” presented Dept. Of Theater and Dance in collaboration with the Charlotte Repertory Theater (which was defunded in Charlotte)
-: Boone Gay Pride march
-Fall, 1997: Barbara Campbell becomes Boone Unitarian Universialist Fellowship minister
-October, 1997: B-GLAD paints tunnel for National Coming Out Day
-October, 1997: ASU tunnel defaced with anti-gay messages
-October, 1997: B-GLAD sponsors a drag show at Legends
-February, 1998: B-GLAD adviser Mary Ballard reported threatening phone calls on answering machine
-February, 1998: MASC sponsors Names Quilt at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
-March, 1998: Drag Show at Legends; this becomes an bi-annual event
-February, 1999: ASU NOW sponsors National Right to Marry Day mock wedding at the court house
-February, 1999: First ‘Tunnel of Oppression’ [continues to present]
-April, 1999: ASU NOW sponsors Day of Silence
-October, 1999: B-GLAAD paints the tunnel for National Coming Out Day
-October, 1999: ASU tunnel defaced with anti-gay messages
-April, 2000: B-GLAAD sponsors “Rave 4 AIDS II’ at Rafters to benefit Mountain AIDS Support Council
--2000: ASU Club Council names B-GLAAD’s Drag Show “Most Creative Fundraiser”
-October, 2000: Women’s Studies Program and B-GLAAD sponsors first annual “Queer Film Series”
-November, 2000: Eggplant Faerie Players performed “Next Year in Sodom” at ASU
-: Mountain AIDS Support Endowment organized
-April, 2001: ASU play, “As Is” about AIDS
-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.
-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
-November, 2001: Chancellor Frank Borkowski decides to retain relationship with Liberty University
-November, 2001: Jimmy Creech of Soulforce speaks on ASU campus
-: ASU GLBT Taskforce organized
-: MCC of the High Country leaves the denomination, reorganizes, and joins Christ’s Church United
-January, 2003: Student Development Diversity Committee conducts a confidential Campus Climate Survey to assess ASU’s experiences related to race, creed, and sexuality
-April, 2003: B-GLAAD sponsors a “Second Chance Prom”
-April, 2003: Dept. Of Theatre and Dance produces “The Laramie Project” to benefit the Actors’ Fund
-September, 2003: Out lesbian and NOW advisor Eva Hyatt wins UNC Board of Governors’ Award for Excellence
-September, 2003: ASU AppCard long distance callers directed to gay men’s porn phone line
--2004: Watauga High School students attempt to organize a gay-straight alliance; Watauga County School Board says no
-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
-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
-April, 2004: Watuaga County School Board reinstates suspended students
-Fall, 2004: Watauga High School’s Diversity Club organized by James Carp
-August, 2004: Jill Ehnenn, Kim Hall and Ann K. found ASU LGBT Staff/Faculty Group
-October 2004: NC Outings founded
-: Out lesbian Cindy Long becomes president of Children’s Council Board of Directors
-April, 2005: Watauga High School Day of Silence participants not allowed to advertize their activity on campus
-April, 2005: First Watauga High School Day of Truth
-July, 2005: First annual Boone Pride Dance
-September 18, 2005: First (and only) “Gathering of the Queers”
-September, 2005: B-GLAAD attends its first NC Pride March
-October, 2005: boonepride.org reorganizes to act a hub of local information
-October 11, 2005: Out lesbian wins Boone town council seat
-: Out lesbian Cindy Long becomes president of Ram’s Rack Board of Directors
-Spring 2006: Watauga High School’s Day of Silence is inclusive of all -isms and no problems reported
-July, 2006: Boone Pride incorporates
-September, 2006: LGBT teen group forms and continues for 6 months
-September, 2006: LGBT parents group forms and continues for 1 year
-Spring 2007: Student Government Association addresses single stall bathrooms issue
-Spring 2007: High school senior drops out of school on the Day of Silence in part due to harassment
-Fall 2007: ASU approves single stall bathrooms being labeled with a unisex symbol
-Fall 2007: ASU student organization transACTION approved
-January 2008?: BGLAAD renamed Sexuality and Gender Alliance
+===Pages===
+* [[AIDS in Watauga County, North Carolina, 1985-2009]]
+** [[AIDS Support Group, 1987-1995]]
+** [[Appalachian State University's Response to HIV/AIDS]]
+*** [[Condom Dispensers at ASU, 1988-1989]]
+* [[Appalachian State University LGBT Life]]
+** [[Appalachian State University LGBT Life, 1969-1978]]
+***[[Suicide at Appalachian State University, 1970]]
+** [[Appalachian State University LGBT Life, 1979-1988]]
+*** [[(Gays) don’t need a special Bill of Rights," Boone, NC in 1981]]
+*** [[Condom Dispensers at ASU, 1988-1989]]
+** [[Appalachian State University LGBT Life, 1989-1998]]
+** [[Appalachian State University LGBT Life, 1999-2009]]
+* [[Comprehensive Timeline for Watauga County, North Carolina LGBT Life, 1970-2009]]
+* [[LGBT Life in Watauga County, North Carolina, 1990-2009]]
+** [[Older Women in Watauga County, North Carolina, c. 1950-2010]]
+** [[Watauga High School LGBT Activism, 1999-2009]]
+* [[Sources for LGBTQ Life in Watauga County, North Carolina]]
-Spring 2008: Faculty Senate votes to add ‘gender identity and expression’ to EEO
-Spring 2008: ASU Trans housing policy committee addresses trans students needs
+===Abbreviated Timeline===
-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
+* 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.”
-May 2008: ASU’s first Lavender Graduation with 12 graduates
-August 2008: Gender identity and gender expression added to ASU's Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
+===References===
-October 2008: Grand Opening of ASU's LGBT Center
+Staley, Kathryn. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Life at Appalachian State University.” Master’s Thesis, Appalachian State University, 2009.
-October 2008: Watauga High School principal approves GSA
+Written by Kathy Staley, 2010
-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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