Box 2

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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 October 1999 to September 2000. Topics include (not limited to): club activities, sexuality and relationships, religion and homosexuality, poetry, the Millennium March on Washington, and growing visibility on campus.

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Record of meeting agendas, minutes, and contact information from October 1999 to May 2000. Topics include (not limited to): club events, conflict resolution, support group meetings, use of club funds, attending events including Millenium March on Washington, Rent the Musical, and the AIDS Quilt Memorial Display in the Queens College Student Union.

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Club journal for Spring 2001 semester, beginning in February. No dates listed following initial entry. Topics inlcude (not limited to): club activities, sex and relationships, prose, religion, meeting notes, anti-gay marriage bill proposed in Queens.

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Club journal from November 2002 to May 2003. Topics include (not limited to): club activities, sex and relationships, literature, Yaoi, bisexuality, poetry, school life, pop culture.

At some point in the previous year, the club changed its name to GLASA (The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Alliance).

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Club journal from July to December 2003. Topics include (not limited to): sex and relationships, pornography, cooking, poetry, club supplies, pop culture, transgenderism, home life, mental health.

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Club journal from September 2004 to September 2005. Topics include (not limited to): club acitvities, school life, pop culture, sex and relationships, moving club rooms and shifting culture in GLASA.

Scope and Contents Though the title lists this as a GLASA journal, the contents are primarily class and personal notes of an unnamed student. Mostly music and music history notes. This journal was likely originally intended as the next journal to be used for the Fall 2005-Spring 2006 school year, but was then taken and used as a class notebook. This act speaks to the porousness of the journals and their tendencies to be taken, filled out, and returned to the Student Union, and thus merits its...

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Club journal for August 2005 to November 2006. Topics include (not limited to): club upkeep and activities, GLASA history, school life, event planning.