Box 1

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Club journals from GLASA, previously known as PRISM; the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Alliance (GLASA); the Lesbian and Gay Union (LGU); and the Gay and Lesbian Union (GLU).

Abstract

The Gender, Love, and Sexuality Alliance (GLASA) is a student association at Queens College. GLASA functions as a space for LGBTQ+ students to interact in community with one another. The collection primarily consists of the club's journals, as well as supplemental materials related to GLASA events.

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Club journal from February 1987 to April 1988. Covers a range of topics including debates with the Women's Union, the AIDS crisis, opposition to Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court, internal elections, events, and vandalism of the office. Contains glued and stapled-in newspaper articles from on-campus paper The Quad.

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Club journal for April 1988 through March 1989. Topics include (not limited to): coming out and homophobia at Queens College, the AIDS crisis, home life, classes, and internal debates.

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Club journal from March 1989 to October 1991. Topics include (not limited to): club events, vandalism to the office, defacing art within the journal, collaborating with the Haitian club, and the visibility of lesbianism within the group.

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Club journal from October 1991 to July 1992. Topics include (not limited to): club activities, classes, poetry, vandalism to the group, sexuality advice, the AIDS crisis, and visibility of the club on campus.

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Club journal from August 1992 to October 1994. Topics include (not limited to): club activities, meeting notes, wicca and paganism, sexuality and relationships, camp, poetry, bisexuality, and Queer Liberation.

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Club journal from November 1995 to October 1996. Topics include (not limited to): club activities, sexuality and relationships, poetry, art, personal experiences of homophoba and gay bashing, censorship/defacing of the journal, history of the group, and visibility of/respect for women in the group.

Scope and Contents Collection of drawings, stories, poetry, comics, and other writings. Provided to the Gay and Lesbian Union by C.H., as referenced on the cover. Earliest date referenced is February 15, 1995, prior dates uncertain. Unlike other journals in the collection, the bulk of material within is intended as "literary" or artistic in nature by its creators, with some correspondence as well. Please note that this journal has overlapping dates with Gay and Lesbian Union Journal,...

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Club journal from October 1996 to May 1998. Topics include (not limited to): club activities, sex and relationships, club alumni, and decline in the use of the journal.

Please note that this journal has overlapping dates with Eclectica: Cartoonies, Fiction, Poetry and Stuff... You Literary Fools You!!, 1995-1999.