Box 3

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18 photos featuring PRISM members at various events throughout the 2014-2015 academic year. Originally included within the PRISM Club Journal, 2014-2015.

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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).

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Mixed materials from events at Queens College themed around LGBTQ pride, visibility, or awareness issues. GLASA was often involved in the planning or execution of such events. Most events during this period were coordinated by JC Carlson and/or Adam Rockman.

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 August 2011 to May 2012. Topics inlcude (not limited to): club activities, school life, poetry, allyship, safer sex, relationships, mental health, pop culture, hate crimes, racism, coming out.

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Club journal from September 2012 to April 2013. Topics include (not limited to): club activities, school life, pop culture, art, safer sex, transgenderism and transitioning, bisexuality, asexuality, the annual Day of Silence.

In the course of this journal, the club voted to change its name to PRISM: The Sexuality and Gender Alliance (also called the "Say-Gay"). The name was proposed by T. Oliver Melbourne.

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Club journal from September 2013 to May 2014. Topics include (not limited to): club activities, school life, gender roles, poetry, short stories, art, pop culture, coming out, queerness, safer sex, relationships, unlearning prejudice.

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Club journal from August 2014 to May 2015. Topics include (not limited to): club activities, school life, poetry, art, coming out, relationships, theatre, pop culture, short stories, mental health.

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Club journal starting September 2015. Last date listed is in Feburary 2016, successive entries undated throughout Spring 2016 semester. Topics include (not limited to): club activities, school life, pop culture, queerness, poetry, short stories, art, mental health, the closet and coming out.

Scope and Contents Contains names and messages in solidarity with people with HIV/AIDS living and dead. Likely created in conjunction with an AIDS-themed event hosted by the Queens College Student Association at the Student Union. 36 sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt (a 54-ton handmade tapestry memorial to individuals lost to AIDS) were on view on Dec 1st, 2010 from 10am to 10pm. Link to event information ...