http://www.npdemers.net Web, photos and assorted geekery Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.npdemers.net/history/comment-page-1#comment-902 Snapshot of SFU queer student activism | Queer History Project Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:07:39 +0000 http://www.npdemers.net/wp_tezt/?page_id=5#comment-902 [...] Simon Fraser University has enjoyed a long history of queer organizing. There was the Gay Student Union (1972), Gay People of SFU (1974-79), Gays of SFU (1981) that changed its name to Gays and Lesbian People of SFU (1981), the Gay and Lesbian Club of SFU (1984) that changed its name to the Gay And Lesbian Association of SFU in 1985.  Fast forward to 1994 when the name “Out on Campus, SFU’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered collective” first appears. By 1996 the culmination of campus queer activism (including the tradition of Queer Awareness Week, which continues today) had made an impression at SFU and the Simon Fraser Student Society granted Out on Campus $5000 to continue their programming activities and begin a library. By 1997 and 14 years after their first attempt to secure a permanent space, Out on Campus opened the first “Rainbow Room” in the south Rotunda with enough room for drop-ins, a library, and collective meetings. A year later, Out on Campus would move into roomier digs around the corner. [...] [...] Simon Fraser University has enjoyed a long history of queer organizing. There was the Gay Student Union (1972), Gay People of SFU (1974-79), Gays of SFU (1981) that changed its name to Gays and Lesbian People of SFU (1981), the Gay and Lesbian Club of SFU (1984) that changed its name to the Gay And Lesbian Association of SFU in 1985.  Fast forward to 1994 when the name “Out on Campus, SFU’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered collective” first appears. By 1996 the culmination of campus queer activism (including the tradition of Queer Awareness Week, which continues today) had made an impression at SFU and the Simon Fraser Student Society granted Out on Campus $5000 to continue their programming activities and begin a library. By 1997 and 14 years after their first attempt to secure a permanent space, Out on Campus opened the first “Rainbow Room” in the south Rotunda with enough room for drop-ins, a library, and collective meetings. A year later, Out on Campus would move into roomier digs around the corner. [...]

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