{"id":8233,"date":"2019-06-13T16:27:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T22:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=8233"},"modified":"2019-06-14T10:23:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T16:23:08","slug":"depaul-takes-pride-in-its-lgbtq-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2019\/06\/13\/depaul-takes-pride-in-its-lgbtq-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"DePaul Takes Pride in Its LGBTQ Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month our student assistant, Jade Ryerson (sophomore history major), has taken over the controls for our blog post. <\/em><\/p>\n

In recognition of Pride Month and the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, this June seemed like an opportune time to highlight and trace DePaul\u2019s own history with queer and trans activism through relevant materials in DePaul University\u2019s Special Collections and Archives (SPCA).<\/p>\n

The University Archives includes the Office of LGBTQA Student Services records<\/a>. This collection contains University documents describing administrative efforts to address the recognition and promotion of LGBTQ student groups, such as the Bisexual, Gay, and Lesbian Student Union, Spectrum, and PRIDE, during the 1980s and 1990s. Internal memos and correspondence with other universities shed light on the university\u2019s discussion about how to best support students and respond to their requests.<\/p>\n

While university administrators were grappling with policy and procedure, student leaders guided the conversation on campus, inviting speakers that would help increase openness and inclusion.\u00a0 In November 1998, the student group PRIDE hosted the forum \u201cHomosexuality and the Catholic Church,\u201d featuring Rev. Thomas Gumbleton\u2014now a retired Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit.\u00a0 At the forum, Bishop Gumbleton explained how his view of homosexuality drastically changed after his brother came out. To learn more, you can read an article published in The DePaulia<\/em><\/a> describing the event. Other materials related to this event can also be found in the Office of LGBTQA Student Services records.<\/p>\n

Additional materials in this collection speak to the efforts of faculty, including the publication of \u201cOut at DePaul: Emergence of an Open Faculty Community,\u201d describing experiences of LGBTQ faculty during the 1980s. Another report, \u201cPutting It All Together: The Creation of an LGBTQ Minor\u201d details how DePaul became the first Catholic university to establish an LGBTQ Studies minor in 2005.<\/p>\n

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St. Vincent de Paul “Fierce” t-shirt, box 6.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Office of LGBTQA Student Services records also include materials produced by students, such as a \u2018fierce\u2019 depiction of St. Vincent created by Spectrum in 2011. Compelling titles from the 2016 student-organized event, Act Out DePaul \u201c50 Shades of Gay\u201d Zine Exchange, can also be found in this collection, including You Are Not Broken: A Zine about Asexuality, Every Body is a Modified Body, Sista\u2019s Speak Up: Selected interviews, reflections, and writings from the women of the Black Panther Party<\/em>, and Women are in Prison<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Special Collections also has its fair share of books about the broader LGBTQ community of Chicago. If you\u2019re not burnt out from finals yet, consider adding Proyecto Latina<\/em><\/a>: Descubri\u00e9ndonos- A Study on the Lives of Latina LGBTQ Women in Chicago<\/em><\/a> or Evaluating the Role of Chicago’s <\/em><\/a>Liaison <\/em><\/a>to the Gay Community<\/em><\/a> to your reading list. For something with a broader geographic scope, you might be interested in Long Before Stonewall: Histories of Same-Sex Sexuality in Early America<\/em><\/a> or Gays Under the Cuban Revolution<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or if you\u2019re interested in a quick read, take a look at the Inge Stockburger<\/a>, Anthony Rayson<\/a>, and Michelle Luellen<\/a> zine collections in Community Archives. These self-published volumes provide a look into queer literature produced independently of academia and the publishing industry. Titles of note include: Bash Back! Press – Queer and Transgendered Prison Solidarity<\/em>, What\u2019s So Queer about Bykes?<\/em>, HIV\/AIDS Mobile Clinics<\/em>, Out of the Closets and into the Libraries: A Collection of Radical Queer Moments<\/em>, Gender Anarky<\/em>, and Transgender Liberation: A Movement Whose Time has Come<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Transgender Liberation, Michelle Luellen zine collection, Box 4, Folder 23.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, the next time you find yourself a seeking a reprieve from the blazing summer sun, consider a visit to DePaul\u2019s Special Collections and Archives in JTR 314. There\u2019s plenty of time to do some good reading before the Pride parades kickoff.<\/p>\n

To view these materials or any of our other collections, please visit SPCA during our regular hours of 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday. On June 17th we will begin our summer hours of Monday through Thursday 1:00pm to 5:00pm. To learn more about DePaul Special Collections and Archives, visit our webpage<\/a> or contact us at archives@depaul.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This month our student assistant, Jade Ryerson (sophomore history major), has taken over the controls for our blog post. In recognition of Pride Month and the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, this June seemed like an opportune time to highlight and trace DePaul\u2019s own history with queer and trans activism through relevant materials in <\/p>\n

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