UNC Greensboro LGBT History Panel Discussion 2017-04-20
Channel: UNCG Special Collections and University Archives
Date: 2018-04-02

[This video is closed caption enabled] In celebration of UNC Greensboro's PRIDE Month in April of 2017, the University Libraries and the Office of Intercultural Engagement sponsored a panel of volunteers, featuring current students, alumni, and faculty who identify as LGBTQ+. The perspective of the LGBTQ+ history of UNCG based upon these panelists spans from the 1970s until present, elaborating upon the gap-filled evidence represented in the university's historical record. 

This panel, “Off the Record: sharing the story of the LGBTQ+ history of UNCG,” is inspired by the oral history project underway as part of the 125th anniversary of the opening of the State Normal and Industrial School (now UNC Greensboro). With Chancellor Gilliam’s sponsorship, the University Archives of UNC Greensboro Libraries is conducting a two year project (2016-2018) of oral history interviews. This ambitious project hopes to capture oral histories from a wide variety of interviewees with connections to UNCG, such as faculty, administrators, alumni, staff, and current students. 

Of the 19,000 students enrolled at UNC Greensboro (at the time of the panel), the school's Fall 2016 ACHA-National College Health Assessment (NCHA) estimated that 23 percent of these students self-identify as nonheterosexual or nongender-binary.

Panelists: Dane Hansen; Kathleen Williams; James V. Carmichael, Jr.; Jay Poole; Zachary Johnson
Moderator: Stacey Krim