Queer Youth: On Campus and in the Media, 1947-2007

Curated by Sharon Ullman. Copyright (c) by Sharon Ullman 2008. All rights reserved.

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This exhibit focuses on activism on college and high school campuses anas well as on representations of queer youth in the media. This exhibit was researched by Bryn Mawr and Haverford students for a class on the History of Sexuality in America, taught by Sharon Ullman. Topics range from Gay Straight Alliances to the Gay Liberation Front, to hate crimes perpetrated against at-risk youth in the second half of the twentieth century. If you are a teacher or student at another college or university, please tell us about the history of LGBTQ organizing on your campus.

Index for Queer Youth - On Campus and in the Media

On College Campuses

• Queer Awareness Groups at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges

• Queer History at Swarthmore College

• Student Homophile League/Gay Liberation Front

• Boston College Gala Dispute, 2005

On High School Campuses

• Gay-Straight Alliances

• Equal Access Act of 1984

• BAGLY: America’s first GLBT prom, 1981

• Two "Queens" Attend Prom - Together, 1980

Youth Organizing

• Jewish LGBT Youth Groups and Organization

• Transgender Youth Action and Organizing

Queer Youth At Risk

• Hate Crimes Against Queer Youth

• Gwen Araujo

• Sakia Gunn

• Support Programs for Queer At-Risk Youth

Facing Discrimination

• Dancing at Disneyland: Gays in the Fast Lane

National Events

• National Coming Out Day

• National Day of Silence

Media

• Media by Queers, For Queer Youth

• Vice Versa - The First "Lesbian" Magazine, 1947

Noted Youth

• Glenn Burke Hits a Homerun for the Gays, 1977

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