Western Carolinian announcement for Lavender Bridges

Description

The February 12, 1987 issue of the Western Carolinian includes a meeting notice for Lavender Bridges Advocates for Gay Awareness. Lavender Bridges, an anonymously founded student organization open to all individuals, aimed to promote awareness of lesbian and gay lifestyle, provide lesbian and gay resources, and increase communication with all students and community members. The first organizational meeting took place October 10, 1985 and was officially recognized by the office of Student Development on December 13, 1985. The last mention of the group appeared in the October 10, 1991 issue of the Western Carolinian.
Details
- Format
  - Clippings (information artifacts)
- Type
  - Text
- Date
  - Date: 1987-02-12
- Extent
  - Dimension: 1.5" x 2"
- Subject - Topic
- Location
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Lavender Bridges
- Identifier
  - HL_WesternCarolinianClipping_1987-02-12_Vol52_No18_06_01
- Related material
  - This clipping is from a full page in the Western Carolinian student newspaper. The entire page is available at Https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/54924
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library
Transcript

Lavender Bridges Advocates for Gay Awareness will hold a meeting in Killian 264 at 4:30-5:30 p.m. Attendance does not indicate sexual orientation. Among the topics that will be discussed are learning about the gay lifestyle, support groups, information about AIDS/ARC, and reading lesbian/gay literature.

Western Carolinian announcement for Lavender Bridges

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Part of: LGBTQ Archive of Jackson County