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Watauga County, North Carolina: We are the MountainQueers
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Watauga County, NC to 1970s
possibly mention a nationally recognized folklorist and his homosexuality [no written sources and no oral sources are willing to go on record; he was accused of pedophilia and 'burned' out]
Watauga County, NC from 1970s to 1987
county response to ASU's 1st l/g student group [Watauga Democrat editorial cartoon, petition letters to Wey]
Watauga County, NC from 1987 to 2001 Biography of Terry Taylor (linked from PFLAG and AIDS)
Watauga County's first non-university LGBT organization, PFLAG
AIDS in Watauga Low incidence but affected by university AIDS Support Group quotes from Pat Geiger and Terry Taylor interviews
GLOW's failed attempt quotes from interviews with Cheryl Claasen and Cindy Long, journal article quote about bomb threat
Reparitive Therapy in Watauga LGBT-affirming congregations
First Pride March, 1998
Watauga County, NC from 2001 to present Boone Pride WHS>>Day of Silence brohaha, Bigoted School Board, Diversity Club, GSA approval PFLAG Boone Impact Dinner Groups Carefree Cove (not actually in Watauga but advertises connection to ASU)
Appalachian State University general overview ASU from founding to 1955 ASU from 1955 to 1969 [dorm staff manual, quotes from "Jim Sparrow"] ASU from 1969 to 1979 Bio of gay professor who committed suicide, use pseudonym or not? [photo, on campus plaque] Gay Liberation a la "Gay Mountain" and Wesley Foundation Women's Studies Program Association for Women Students [interview with Dail Bridges] Counseling Center 'homosexual support group' AGAA
ASU from 1979 to 1993 Student Newspaper desensitization AIDS Incidence on campus [image from NAMES project?] condom dispensers [quotes from Tom Beaman, Lee O'Malley, John Mager, Pat Geiger] Gay Bashings [Paul Dodson and other incidents] SAGA formation
ASU from 1993 to 2002 Guerilla Girls [image of mask? -- ask Neva for contact info] Drag Shows SAGA to BGLAD to BGLAAD New breed of LGBT professors (Mary Ballard, Kim Hall, Jill Ehnenn (date of arrival?)) Queer Film Series
ASU from 2002 to present BGLAAD back to SAGA New policy making with GLBT Taskforce: Voices Project, Appalachian Allies, LGBT Center [interview with Chad Wilson] trans issues on campus transACTION new EEO bathroom and housing policies pro-active education via counseling center
Bibliography of sources