The Clemmer College of Education is proud to represent and celebrate the contributions made by lesbian, bi, transgendered, and gay individuals. Because of widespread homoprejudice, their contributions have often gone unrecognized. When their contributions have been honored, it has usually necessitated hiding their affectional orientation. October is not only a time to celebrate the contributions of lesbians, bis, trans, and gay males to history, but also to focus one’s attention on LBGT issues, such as discrimination, marriage rights, AIDS, domestic partner benefits, and more. Throughout this month, the COE Diversity Committee acknowledges and promotes awareness and celebration of lesbian, bi, trans, and gay contributions. Art and books relating to this celebration, as well as, informative brochures are available in the main foyer of Warf-Pickel Hall in the College of Education.

In addition, the Diversity committee wants to provide some helpful resources on the ETSU campus such as:

ETSU Lambda Society: lambdaetsu@hotmail.com
ETSU Office of Multicultural Affairs, Laura Terry: TerryL@mail.etsu.edu
ETSU Affirmative Action Director, Mary Jorda:njordanm@mail.etsu.edu
ETSU Safe Zone Project, Pat Robertson: Robertpe@mail.etsu.edu

There are also a number of other informative resources that you may find beneficial:

American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org

Gay, Lesbian, Straight Educational Network
www.glsen.org

National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
www.ngltf.org

Library Resources

Web Resources

History description.
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/other/lgbhist.html

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
http://www.glaad.org

Discusses gay & lesbian issues.
http://www.rslevinson.com

Historical figures.
http://www.uic.edu/depts/quic/history/reclaiming_history.html

Resource listing.
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Gay,_Lesbian,_and_Bisexual/History/

Ways to include LGBT history in your school.
http://www.glsen.org/templates/index.html

Resource links for transgendered individuals.
http://www.ftm-intl.org/

Educational resources.
http://www.glsen.org/templates/resources/?section=16

Gay history information.
http://rainbowlinks.com

Resource links.
http://www.mountainpridemedia.org

The Shango Project: Black Lesbians and Gay Men http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/womensstudies/ReferenceRoom/

Community Resources
http://www.lambda.org

LGBT archives.
http://www.yale.edu/lgbt/archives.html

The Trevor Project- teen suicide prevention.
http://www.thetrevorproject.org/

The Human Rights Campaign
http://www.hrc.org

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force-NGLTF
http://www.ngltf.org

Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays-PFLAG
http://www.pflag.org