{"id":485,"date":"2018-06-25T17:45:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T21:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/?p=485"},"modified":"2024-04-29T16:33:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:33:22","slug":"gay-and-lesbian-student-union-glsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/2018\/06\/25\/gay-and-lesbian-student-union-glsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Breaking the Ice Gay Pride Festival, 1992<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU)<\/strong> was a student organization at Old Dominion University (ODU)<\/strong> dedicated to raise awareness for the gay and lesbian communities on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Gay Alliance, an organization founded in 1976,\u00a0 was the first student organization at ODU dedicated to raising awareness of LGBTQ issues on campus. The Gay Alliance was open to students, faculty, staff, and alumni. In the early 1980s, gay and lesbian students met at a weekly support group held at the university’s\u00a0Campus Catholic Ministry<\/strong>.\u00a0 The GLSU was established in 1988 as an official student organization.\u00a0 Some of the events the group held included a National Coming Out Day social, a Shattering the Myths campaign to break stereotypes surrounding the LGBTQ community, and the annual Breaking the Ice Gay Pride Festival sponsored by GLSU and the Hampton Roads Gay and Lesbian Pride Coalition (later Hampton Roads Pride). In order to be more inclusive of other members of the LGBTQ community, the group changed its name in 1993 to the\u00a0Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Students and Allies (GLBSA),\u00a0<\/strong>again in 2002 to\u00a0ODU Out<\/strong>, and most recently in 2018 to\u00a0Old Dominion University Sexuality and Gender Alliance (ODUSAGA)<\/strong>.\u00a0 Today, the organization works closely with the\u00a0Office of Institutional\u00a0Equity and Diversity<\/b><\/a> and the\u00a0Office of Intercultural Relations<\/strong> on programs and events that foster diversity and inclusion at ODU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Old Dominion University Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records<\/a>,  Special Collections and University Archives, Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, VA 23529.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Old Dominion University Photographic and Multimedia Collection<\/a>, Special Collections and University Archives, Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, VA 23529.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Celebrating 85 Yeas of Diversity at ODU<\/a>, Old Dominion University Libraries Digital Exhibit, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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