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=== Fruit Bowl ===
=== Fruit Bowl ===
Formerly Women Loving Women (WLW), Fruit Bowl is a weekly social initiative.
Formerly Women Loving Women (WLW), Fruit Bowl is a weekly social initiative.

[[File:Levin-Richardson&Hall.png|thumb|alt=Rainbow flags wave in front of the Capitol Building.|Spring 2010 issue of ''Lambda Magazine'' (Volume 30, Issue 1). [http://studentorgs.unc.edu/glbtsa/index.php/documents/doc_download/1-volume-30-issue-1-spring-2010 Download here]]]


== Chairs/Presidents ==
== Chairs/Presidents ==

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The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Straight Alliance
File:GLBTSAflagraising.jpg
AbbreviationGLBTSA
FormationSeptember 1974
Legal statusStudent organization
PurposeLGBTIQ
HeadquartersUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Membership
500+
Co-Presidents
Alexander Kilkka, Billy Kluttz
Websitehttp://studentorgs.unc.edu/glbtsa

The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Straight Alliance (GLBTSA) of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the largest LGBTIQ student organization in the Southeastern United States.[1] GLBTSA is home to the annual Southeast Regional Unity Conference and Lambda Magazine, the nation's oldest LGBTIQ student publication.[2] The general body holds weekly meetings as well as guest speakers, drag shows, retreats, trips, and service projects. GLBTSA has three additional programs: Colors (monthly discussions), Committee for a Queerer Carolina (activism), and Fruit Bowl (social).

History

1974-1985: Carolina Gay Association (CGA)

The Carolina Gay Association was founded by Dan Leonard and others involved with the Duke Gay Alliance and the Human Sexuality Information and Counseling Services (HSICS) at UNC-CH.[3]On February 6, 1974, their trial organization, the Gay Awareness Rap Group, held its first meeting at the Newman Catholic Student Center. It met every Monday that spring and was predominately attended by men. In the fall they became recognized as the Carolina Gay Association, having encountered little resistance from administrators. CGA meetings were held on the first Monday of the month in Craig. Consciousness raising groups met each Tuesday evening in the Lutheran Student Center and coffeehouses were held there on some Fridays. The Social Action Committee was formed in 1975 and staged an informational picket when two men were kicked out of the He's Not Here bar in September 1975 for dancing together.[4] In April 1976, the CGA held its first Southeastern Gay Conference with hundreds in attendance, and in August 1976, the CGA printed the first copy of Lambda for "Gay Orientation Week."[5]

1985-1992: Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association (CGLA)

On February 13, 1985, the CGA voted to change its name to the Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association to make the name more inclusive of women.

1992-1998: Bisexuals, Gay Men, Lesbians, and Allies for Diversity (B-GLAD)

In 1992 the organization changed its name to the Bisexuals, Gay Men, Lesbians, and Allies for Diversity.

1998-2002?: Queer Network for Change (QNC)

In 1998, B-GLAD changed its name to the Queer Network for Change in an effort to be more inclusive of transgender people. Inter-Varsity controversy: http://www.ibiblio.org/cr/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2003_02.pdf

2002-2010: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender - Straight Alliance (GLBT-SA)

A junior named Alice Newton started the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender - Straight Alliance in the spring of 2002. The focus of GLBT-SA was to promote political activism for LGBTIQ issues on campus and throughout the state. The GLBT-SA eventually replaced the Queer Network for Change, which many believe had lost participation from straight members after it changed its name from B-GLAD.[6]

2010-Present: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Straight Alliance (GLBTSA)

On April 15, 2010, GLBT-SA voted to officially change its name to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Straight Alliance (though the dash had fallen out of use many month prior). The change was one of many proposed by the Committee on the Future of GLBTSA, which met weekly during the spring semester to prepare for the future of the growing organization. Other notable changes included bringing back the Committee for a Queerer Carolina, expanding the social group Women Loving Women (and renaming it The Fruit Bowl), and giving the presidents of Duke University's Blue Devils United and North Carolina State University's GLBT-Community Alliance honorary, non-voting positions on the GLBTSA Executive Board.

Southeast Regional Unity Conference

Gender-ambiguous person holding shovel standing in a field.
Promotional image from the 2009 Southeast Regional Unity Conference. The theme was Sweet T: Transgressing, Transforming, and Transcending Gender and Sexuality in the South.Visit Website

The Southeast Regional Unity Conference is the largest LGBTIQ conference in the Southeastern United States. It is hosted each spring at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Originally called the North Carolina Unity Conference, its name was changed in 2005 to the Southeast Unity Conference to reflect the growing geographic diversity of its participants.[7]

Date Theme Speakers/Performers Conference Director(s) Attendance
April 11-13, 2003 Urvashi Vaid, Loree Erickson, Mandy Carter Trevor Hoppe 120+
March 26-28, 2004 Living Below the Bible Belt: The Experiences of LGBTIQ Southerners Mab Segrest, Skott Freedman, Erik Himan, Nomy Lamm[8] Trevor Hoppe 100+
April 1-3, 2005 Queerniversity: Testing Your LGBT-IQ Suzanne Pharr, Danny Roberts, Mandy Carter, Robyn Ochs, Tranzmission Trevor Hoppe
April 7-9, 2006 Unorthodox Union: Connecting the GLBTQ and Faith Communities Mandy Carter, Rev. Irene Monroe, Staceyann Chin, S. Bear Bergman[9] Sarah Carucci
March 30-April 1, 2007 Outlawing Orgasm: Sex, Disease, and the Policing of Pleasure Win Chesson
April 4-6, 2008 Are You Being Served?: LGBTIQ Representation in the Media Kate Bornstein, D’Lo, Mandy Carter, Magdalen Hsu-Li, Ignacio Rivera, Pam Spaulding, Craig Stephens Robert Wells 400+[10]
April 3-5, 2009 Sweet T: Transgressing, Transforming, and Transcending Gender and Sexuality in the South Haley Koch
April 9-11, 2010 Intersecting Identities: Performance, Politics, Power Kareem Khubchandani, Rev. Roger Hayes Kimberly Fisher
April 1-3, 2011 TBA TBA Rebecca Lovewell, Zachary Fields
Previous Conferences

The Carolina Gay Association held the first Southeastern Gay Conference at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1976. The Second Annual Southeastern Gay Conference was held April 1-3, 1977.[11] In 1978, the conference moved to Atlanta, GA. It returned to Chapel Hill, NC in 1979 with over 600 people in attendance.[12]

On March 25-27, 1983, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill held the first North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Conference. The theme for the conference was "Survival in a Hostile Environment."[13] The second annual North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Conference was held March 30-April 1, 1984, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.[14] In 1985 the Southeastern Gay Conference returned to Chapel Hill for its tenth anniversary. The conference was held April 11-14, 1985, and themed "Here Today and Here to Stay."[15]

Lambda Magazine

Started in 1976, Lambda is the oldest LGBTIQ student publication in the United States.[16] It has always been a product of the LGBTIQ student organization at UNC-CH and is currently a semesterly publication of the GLBTSA.

Rainbow flags wave in front of the Capitol Building.
Spring 2010 issue of Lambda Magazine (Volume 30, Issue 1). Download here
Mission Statement

"LAMBDA is UNC-Chapel Hill's Lesbian-, Gay-, Bisexual-, Transgender-, Intersex- and Queer-affirming publication, providing a progressive outlet for news, analysis, opinion and dialogue. As such, we are inherently committed to a feminist, anti-racist and historically conscious perspective in pursuit of social justice for all people."[17]

Awards

The Front Page awarded Lambda its 1983 Media Award for "Best Gay Newsletter". This appeared in The Front Page's March 27, 1984 issue.[18] (The Front Page was a North Carolina gay newspaper founded in 1979 that merged with Q-Notes in 2006.)[19][20]

Other Programs

Colors

Formerly Diversions[21], Queer People And Allies of Color (QPAC), and United for New Ideas Towards Ethnic Diversity (U.N.I.T.E.D.), Colors is a monthly discussion about the intersection of sexuality and race/culture/religion.

Committee for a Queerer Carolina

The Committee for a Queerer Carolina is an activist group formed in the spring of 2004 in response to the conservative Committee for a Better Carolina.[22]

Fruit Bowl

Formerly Women Loving Women (WLW), Fruit Bowl is a weekly social initiative.

Chairs/Presidents

Name Served Title (Semesters) Organization
Mike G. 1974 President CGA
Howard Fradkin 1976-1977 President (2) CGA
Karen Peterson 1977-1978 President CGA
Doug Ferguson B-GLAD
Kathy Staley B-GLAD
Season Taylor B-GLAD
Trey Harris B-GLAD
Patrick B-GLAD
Dawn Prince B-GLAD
Dale Kawamura B-GLAD
Karen Erickson B-GLAD
Ken Hewett B-GLAD
Heather Cope B-GLAD
Lorelei Costa 1997-1998 Co-Chair (2) B-GLAD
Ian Palmquist[23] 1997-1999 Co-Chair (4) B-GLAD/QNC
Amanda Maris[24] 1998 Co-Chair (1) B-GLAD
Maia Kaplan[25] 1999 Co-Chair (1) QNC
Amanda Hall[26] 2000 Co-Chair QNC
Sarah Levin-Richardson 2000 Co-Chair QNC
Jesse Davidson[27] 2001 Co-Chair QNC
Jamie Sohn 2002 Co-Chair QNC
Alison Newton[28] 2002 Co-Chair GLBT-SA
Trevor Hoppe[29] 2002-2004 Co-Chair (4) GLBT-SA
Alex Ferrando 2004 Co-Chair GLBT-SA
Pooja Gupta 2005 Co-Chair GLBT-SA
Tommy Rimbach 2005-2006 Co-Chair GLBT-SA
Julian Wooten 2006 Co-Chair GLBT-SA
Robert Wells Co-Chair GLBT-SA
Kimberly Fisher Co-Chair GLBT-SA
David Peterson 2007 Co-Chair (2) GLBT-SA
Reva Grace Phillips Co-Chair (1) GLBT-SA
Noel Bynum 2009 Co-Chair (1)/Co-President (1) GLBT-SA
Sean Ryan Kiernan 2009-2010 Co-President (2) GLBT-SA
Alexander Kilkka 2010-Present Co-President (2) GLBT-SA/GLBTSA
Billy Kluttz 2010-Present Co-President GLBTSA

References

  1. ^ http://www.dailytarheel.com/content/lgbt-advocate-guide-ranks-unc-top-100
  2. ^ http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/aboutus.htm
  3. ^ http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/K-0848/K-0848.html
  4. ^ http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/archives/1984/march.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/archives/1976/augustorientation.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.dailytarheel.com/content/lgbt-community-allies-join-forces
  7. ^ http://www.trevorhoppe.com/blog/archives/2005/12/interview_with.html
  8. ^ http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/articles/27/1/unity.htm
  9. ^ http://www.outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/277
  10. ^ http://www.southernersonnewground.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/Southern-LGBT-Map-Directory.pdf
  11. ^ http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/archives/1977/marchapril.pdf
  12. ^ http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/archives/1984/novdec.pdf
  13. ^ http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/archives/1983/march.pdf
  14. ^ http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/archives/1984/march.pdf
  15. ^ http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/archives/1984/novdec.pdf
  16. ^ http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/aboutus.htm
  17. ^ http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/aboutus.htm
  18. ^ http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/archives/1984/aprilmay.pdf
  19. ^ http://www.iveybanks.com/Press/Articles/QueerType.htm
  20. ^ http://goqnotes.com/top2006/top02_052006.html
  21. ^ http://www.dailytarheel.com/content/unc-gay-life-changing
  22. ^ http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/articles/28/1/maturity.htm
  23. ^ http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/K-0848/K-0848.html
  24. ^ http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/K-0848/K-0848.html
  25. ^ http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/K-0848/K-0848.html
  26. ^ http://www.dailytarheel.com/content/qnc-magazine-comes-back-out-unc-campus
  27. ^ http://www.dailytarheel.com/content/spotlight-hits-qnc-week
  28. ^ http://www.trevorhoppe.com/blog/archives/2005/12/interview_with.html
  29. ^ http://www.trevorhoppe.com/blog/archives/2005/12/interview_with.html
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