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RSO card 1975 #2

RSO card 1975

Gay Students' Alliance first notices

Letter to the editor

Gay Students' Alliance first meeting memo

  • RSO card 1975 #2
    Image | 1975 | LGBT at UIUCOfficial RSO card for the Gay Students' Alliance. Purpose statement changed again in the same year, to "devlop a sense of pride in the gay community and to educate the student body on homosexuality."
  • RSO card 1975
    Image | 1975 | LGBT at UIUCOfficial RSO card for the Gay Students' Alliance. Along with the name of the group, the purpose statement changed again, this time to, "foster a sense of pride in homosexual students, to inform the general public on the subject, and to provide an alternative to gay bars."
  • Gay Students' Alliance first notices
    Image | 1975 | LGBT at UIUCThe first notices to appear in the Daily Illini announcing the Gay Students' Alliance meetings, forums, and a dance.
  • Letter to the editor
    Image | 1975 | LGBT at UIUCThis letter was never submitted to the Daily Illini, but members of the Gay Students' Alliance threatened to submit it when a fraternity on campus denied the right of a same sex couple to dance at a fundraiser. As someone (unknown) noted, the fraternity conceded after the threat, but the situation was undoubtedly uncomfortable by then, and ultimately no gay couple did wind u...
  • Gay Students' Alliance first meeting memo
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1975 | LGBT at UIUCThis memo was distributed at Giovanni's, The Balloon Saloon, and presumably other LGBT friendly locales around the C-U area, encouraging members outside of the university to join the group.
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