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GLBT Awareness Days

LGBT Awareness Days

  • GLBT Awareness Days
    Image | 1998 | LGBT at UIUCIn 1998, the words lesbian and gay were switched, to make the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Awareness Days. There has been much debate about the acronym of groups around the world over the years, particularly in the past two decades.
  • LGBT Awareness Days
    Image | 1997 | LGBT at UIUCBy 1996 the name of the week long event had been changed to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Awareness Days. Note the list of sponsors, by this time several RSOs now fell under the umbrella Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns.
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