Dear Readers,
Welcome to our Blog! We (some Colorado College students united by an interest in queer history) are here to share our stories, ideas, and thoughts as we undertake to collect and preserve the undocumented histories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals from our college’s past. This project was set in motion in the spring of 2011 when a CC student -after spending a bit too much time in the Tutt Special Collection archives -recognized a major void in the collected (both published and unpublished) history of Colorado College. Though the contemporary LGBT movement has, and continues to make great progress in the fight for equality, the LGBT community continues to face real challenges. This project believes that public queer historical narratives play an important role in present and future community organization. It is our hope that this work, in addition to creating a historically significant collection, will incite dialogue and provide a solid foundation for ongoing activism and community building on our campus and beyond.
Welcome to our Blog! We (some Colorado College students united by an interest in queer history) are here to share our stories, ideas, and thoughts as we undertake to collect and preserve the undocumented histories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals from our college’s past. This project was set in motion in the spring of 2011 when a CC student -after spending a bit too much time in the Tutt Special Collection archives -recognized a major void in the collected (both published and unpublished) history of Colorado College. Though the contemporary LGBT movement has, and continues to make great progress in the fight for equality, the LGBT community continues to face real challenges. This project believes that public queer historical narratives play an important role in present and future community organization. It is our hope that this work, in addition to creating a historically significant collection, will incite dialogue and provide a solid foundation for ongoing activism and community building on our campus and beyond.
In addition to documenting the progress of the history project, it is hoped that this blog, inspired by the potential of the blogosphere to unite and engage independent voices, will provide a space for the sharing of ideas and events relevant to our contemporary lives. Like the history project, this blog is for the community, so let’s see what we can do. Your contributions of any kind - opinion, fiction, art -are welcome.
Looking forward to an exciting year!
Andrew Wallace and the CC LGBT History Project working group
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