1980s
Duane McWaine
McWaine discusses attending Princeton as a questioning and closeted, gay student. He speaks about his observations of the Gay Alliance at Princeton and their parties at the top of New South. He also talks about participating in Triangle Club shows, and navigating the differences between Bay Area and East Coast cultural practices as a black man. He also reflects on his private psychiatric practice and losing friends and community members during the AIDS epidemic. Finally, he speaks about moving to New Zealand as the partner of the first openly gay ambassador and his personal work with the Samoan government.
McWaine discusses attending Princeton as a questioning and closeted, gay student. He speaks about his observations of the Gay Alliance at Princeton and their parties at the top of New South. He also talks about participating in Triangle Club shows, and navigating the differences between Bay Area and East Coast cultural practices as a black man. He also reflects on his private psychiatric practice and losing friends and community members during the AIDS epidemic. Finally, he speaks about moving to New Zealand as the partner of the first openly gay ambassador and his personal work with the Samoan government.
Duane McWaine
McWaine discusses attending Princeton as a questioning and closeted, gay student. He speaks about his observations of the Gay Alliance at Princeton and their parties at the top of New South. He also talks about participating in Triangle Club shows, and navigating the differences between Bay Area and East Coast cultural practices as a black man. He also reflects on his private psychiatric practice and losing friends and community members during the AIDS epidemic. Finally, he speaks about moving to New Zealand as the partner of the first openly gay ambassador and his personal work with the Samoan government.
McWaine discusses attending Princeton as a questioning and closeted, gay student. He speaks about his observations of the Gay Alliance at Princeton and their parties at the top of New South. He also talks about participating in Triangle Club shows, and navigating the differences between Bay Area and East Coast cultural practices as a black man. He also reflects on his private psychiatric practice and losing friends and community members during the AIDS epidemic. Finally, he speaks about moving to New Zealand as the partner of the first openly gay ambassador and his personal work with the Samoan government.
Howard Rosen
Rosen speaks about his experience at Princeton as a questioning, closeted gay student. He discusses how he came to attend Princeton, his participation in the university marching band, how the campus was unwelcoming towards LGBT students, and his awareness of Gay People Princeton. Finally, he discusses his career, his work as the secretary of the alumni group BTGALA, how BTGALA influences the university, coming out later in life, and his marriage.
Rosen speaks about his experience at Princeton as a questioning, closeted gay student. He discusses how he came to attend Princeton, his participation in the university marching band, how the campus was unwelcoming towards LGBT students, and his awareness of Gay People Princeton. Finally, he discusses his career, his work as the secretary of the alumni group BTGALA, how BTGALA influences the university, coming out later in life, and his marriage.
Howard Rosen
Rosen speaks about his experience at Princeton as a questioning, closeted gay student. He discusses how he came to attend Princeton, his participation in the university marching band, how the campus was unwelcoming towards LGBT students, and his awareness of Gay People Princeton. Finally, he discusses his career, his work as the secretary of the alumni group BTGALA, how BTGALA influences the university, coming out later in life, and his marriage.
Rosen speaks about his experience at Princeton as a questioning, closeted gay student. He discusses how he came to attend Princeton, his participation in the university marching band, how the campus was unwelcoming towards LGBT students, and his awareness of Gay People Princeton. Finally, he discusses his career, his work as the secretary of the alumni group BTGALA, how BTGALA influences the university, coming out later in life, and his marriage.
Mark Wyn
Mark Wyn talks about growing up in Michigan and what it was like growing up gay in the 60s and 70s. Wyn shares insights into the activites which shaped him growing up such as the Boy Scouts and Teenage Republicans. He discusses the social and poltiical contexts of growing up in Grand Rapids during the 60s and how larger national landscapes influenced his personal development as a man. As the interview progresses Wyn is able to share insights into major LGBTQIA+ issues of the 20th century such as The Briggs Initiative and Proposition 6 of California. Towards the end of the interview he shares more on the Princeton campus life during his time there and his personal relationships with other gay men.
Mark Wyn talks about growing up in Michigan and what it was like growing up gay in the 60s and 70s. Wyn shares insights into the activites which shaped him growing up such as the Boy Scouts and Teenage Republicans. He discusses the social and poltiical contexts of growing up in Grand Rapids during the 60s and how larger national landscapes influenced his personal development as a man. As the interview progresses Wyn is able to share insights into major LGBTQIA+ issues of the 20th century such as The Briggs Initiative and Proposition 6 of California. Towards the end of the interview he shares more on the Princeton campus life during his time there and his personal relationships with other gay men.
Mark Wyn
Mark Wyn talks about growing up in Michigan and what it was like growing up gay in the 60s and 70s. Wyn shares insights into the activites which shaped him growing up such as the Boy Scouts and Teenage Republicans. He discusses the social and poltiical contexts of growing up in Grand Rapids during the 60s and how larger national landscapes influenced his personal development as a man. As the interview progresses Wyn is able to share insights into major LGBTQIA+ issues of the 20th century such as The Briggs Initiative and Proposition 6 of California. Towards the end of the interview he shares more on the Princeton campus life during his time there and his personal relationships with other gay men.
Mark Wyn talks about growing up in Michigan and what it was like growing up gay in the 60s and 70s. Wyn shares insights into the activites which shaped him growing up such as the Boy Scouts and Teenage Republicans. He discusses the social and poltiical contexts of growing up in Grand Rapids during the 60s and how larger national landscapes influenced his personal development as a man. As the interview progresses Wyn is able to share insights into major LGBTQIA+ issues of the 20th century such as The Briggs Initiative and Proposition 6 of California. Towards the end of the interview he shares more on the Princeton campus life during his time there and his personal relationships with other gay men.
Gay Student and Terrace Eating Club
Through the decades, Terrace eating club has been thought of as a haven for queer students on Princeton’s campus. In 1981, following the closing of New South’s dining facilities, GAP began to hold its dances at Terrace. It was thought that moving the dances off-campus would help closeted students feel more comfortable attending. This is not to say that Terrace was a safe space for queer students without fail – in 1982, a group of athletes broke a window to enter a GAP dance, where they verbally harassed attendees before being removed from the premises.
In 1983, membership at Terrace F. Club was dwindling. The Terrace president felt that the club’s low membership was related to Terrace’s image as a “gay club”; in an attempt to alter the association, Terrace canceled a GAP dance in November 1983. The club president explained, “the unfortunate reality of our community is that GAP is a controversial and unpopular group.” Terrace members were outraged by the cancellation, as were several members of GAP. The club held a referendum in which a majority of members voted to continue allowing GAP to host their dances in Terrace. Mark Shere ‘85, a member of Cloister Club with no affiliation to GAP, was appalled by the Terrace incident and held a referendum at Cloister to determine whether the club could discriminate when it rented out spaces. Though the vote was not binding because only the Cloister Board of Trustees can set club policy, Cloister voted 52 to 45 not to discriminate.
Through the decades, Terrace eating club has been thought of as a haven for queer students on Princeton’s campus. In 1981, following the closing of New South’s dining facilities, GAP began to hold its dances at Terrace. It was thought that moving the dances off-campus would help closeted students feel more comfortable attending. This is not to say that Terrace was a safe space for queer students without fail – in 1982, a group of athletes broke a window to enter a GAP dance, where they verbally harassed attendees before being removed from the premises.
In 1983, membership at Terrace F. Club was dwindling. The Terrace president felt that the club’s low membership was related to Terrace’s image as a “gay club”; in an attempt to alter the association, Terrace canceled a GAP dance in November 1983. The club president explained, “the unfortunate reality of our community is that GAP is a controversial and unpopular group.” Terrace members were outraged by the cancellation, as were several members of GAP. The club held a referendum in which a majority of members voted to continue allowing GAP to host their dances in Terrace. Mark Shere ‘85, a member of Cloister Club with no affiliation to GAP, was appalled by the Terrace incident and held a referendum at Cloister to determine whether the club could discriminate when it rented out spaces. Though the vote was not binding because only the Cloister Board of Trustees can set club policy, Cloister voted 52 to 45 not to discriminate.
Gay Student and Terrace Eating Club
Through the decades, Terrace eating club has been thought of as a haven for queer students on Princeton’s campus. In 1981, following the closing of New South’s dining facilities, GAP began to hold its dances at Terrace. It was thought that moving the dances off-campus would help closeted students feel more comfortable attending. This is not to say that Terrace was a safe space for queer students without fail – in 1982, a group of athletes broke a window to enter a GAP dance, where they verbally harassed attendees before being removed from the premises.
In 1983, membership at Terrace F. Club was dwindling. The Terrace president felt that the club’s low membership was related to Terrace’s image as a “gay club”; in an attempt to alter the association, Terrace canceled a GAP dance in November 1983. The club president explained, “the unfortunate reality of our community is that GAP is a controversial and unpopular group.” Terrace members were outraged by the cancellation, as were several members of GAP. The club held a referendum in which a majority of members voted to continue allowing GAP to host their dances in Terrace. Mark Shere ‘85, a member of Cloister Club with no affiliation to GAP, was appalled by the Terrace incident and held a referendum at Cloister to determine whether the club could discriminate when it rented out spaces. Though the vote was not binding because only the Cloister Board of Trustees can set club policy, Cloister voted 52 to 45 not to discriminate.
Through the decades, Terrace eating club has been thought of as a haven for queer students on Princeton’s campus. In 1981, following the closing of New South’s dining facilities, GAP began to hold its dances at Terrace. It was thought that moving the dances off-campus would help closeted students feel more comfortable attending. This is not to say that Terrace was a safe space for queer students without fail – in 1982, a group of athletes broke a window to enter a GAP dance, where they verbally harassed attendees before being removed from the premises.
In 1983, membership at Terrace F. Club was dwindling. The Terrace president felt that the club’s low membership was related to Terrace’s image as a “gay club”; in an attempt to alter the association, Terrace canceled a GAP dance in November 1983. The club president explained, “the unfortunate reality of our community is that GAP is a controversial and unpopular group.” Terrace members were outraged by the cancellation, as were several members of GAP. The club held a referendum in which a majority of members voted to continue allowing GAP to host their dances in Terrace. Mark Shere ‘85, a member of Cloister Club with no affiliation to GAP, was appalled by the Terrace incident and held a referendum at Cloister to determine whether the club could discriminate when it rented out spaces. Though the vote was not binding because only the Cloister Board of Trustees can set club policy, Cloister voted 52 to 45 not to discriminate.
Ann Strayer
Strayer talks about attending Princeton as a closeted, lesbian student-athlete. She discusses her recruitment onto the women's rowing team, joining Cap and Gown eating club, dating a girl during her senior year, and studying US history. In addition, she explains her thoughts on the Naked Olympics, influential classwork, making the US Olympic Rowing team, and meeting her wife. Finally, she speaks about her involvement with the gay and lesbian bar association in San Francisco, coaching high school rowing teams, and her relationship with her children.
Strayer talks about attending Princeton as a closeted, lesbian student-athlete. She discusses her recruitment onto the women's rowing team, joining Cap and Gown eating club, dating a girl during her senior year, and studying US history. In addition, she explains her thoughts on the Naked Olympics, influential classwork, making the US Olympic Rowing team, and meeting her wife. Finally, she speaks about her involvement with the gay and lesbian bar association in San Francisco, coaching high school rowing teams, and her relationship with her children.
Ann Strayer
Strayer talks about attending Princeton as a closeted, lesbian student-athlete. She discusses her recruitment onto the women's rowing team, joining Cap and Gown eating club, dating a girl during her senior year, and studying US history. In addition, she explains her thoughts on the Naked Olympics, influential classwork, making the US Olympic Rowing team, and meeting her wife. Finally, she speaks about her involvement with the gay and lesbian bar association in San Francisco, coaching high school rowing teams, and her relationship with her children.
Strayer talks about attending Princeton as a closeted, lesbian student-athlete. She discusses her recruitment onto the women's rowing team, joining Cap and Gown eating club, dating a girl during her senior year, and studying US history. In addition, she explains her thoughts on the Naked Olympics, influential classwork, making the US Olympic Rowing team, and meeting her wife. Finally, she speaks about her involvement with the gay and lesbian bar association in San Francisco, coaching high school rowing teams, and her relationship with her children.
David Huebner
Huebner discusses his time at Princeton as a closested gay student and his position as an American diplomat to New Zealand and Samoa. He speaks about joining the Princeton University Band, academics at Princeton, and the lack of gay visibility during his time on campus. He also reflects on his time at Yale Law School, his experience in Japan on the Henry Luce fellowship, and how he formed the AIDS law journal. Finally, he speaks about his time working for GLAAD, including his time as the chair of the organization, his relationship with his spouse, and his work as a lawyer and American ambassador.
Huebner discusses his time at Princeton as a closested gay student and his position as an American diplomat to New Zealand and Samoa. He speaks about joining the Princeton University Band, academics at Princeton, and the lack of gay visibility during his time on campus. He also reflects on his time at Yale Law School, his experience in Japan on the Henry Luce fellowship, and how he formed the AIDS law journal. Finally, he speaks about his time working for GLAAD, including his time as the chair of the organization, his relationship with his spouse, and his work as a lawyer and American ambassador.
David Huebner
Huebner discusses his time at Princeton as a closested gay student and his position as an American diplomat to New Zealand and Samoa. He speaks about joining the Princeton University Band, academics at Princeton, and the lack of gay visibility during his time on campus. He also reflects on his time at Yale Law School, his experience in Japan on the Henry Luce fellowship, and how he formed the AIDS law journal. Finally, he speaks about his time working for GLAAD, including his time as the chair of the organization, his relationship with his spouse, and his work as a lawyer and American ambassador.
Huebner discusses his time at Princeton as a closested gay student and his position as an American diplomat to New Zealand and Samoa. He speaks about joining the Princeton University Band, academics at Princeton, and the lack of gay visibility during his time on campus. He also reflects on his time at Yale Law School, his experience in Japan on the Henry Luce fellowship, and how he formed the AIDS law journal. Finally, he speaks about his time working for GLAAD, including his time as the chair of the organization, his relationship with his spouse, and his work as a lawyer and American ambassador.
Jenny Thomas
Jenny Thomas describes her perspective on the queer scene during her time at Princeton in the early '80s, where she studied psychology and was on the diving team. After graduating, Thomas moved to Japan, where she discovered she was a lesbian and began pursuing photography. After returning to the United States, she spent several years developing her own photography businessin San Francisco, where she met her wife, before returning to school to become a nurse.
Jenny Thomas describes her perspective on the queer scene during her time at Princeton in the early '80s, where she studied psychology and was on the diving team. After graduating, Thomas moved to Japan, where she discovered she was a lesbian and began pursuing photography. After returning to the United States, she spent several years developing her own photography businessin San Francisco, where she met her wife, before returning to school to become a nurse.
Jenny Thomas
Jenny Thomas describes her perspective on the queer scene during her time at Princeton in the early '80s, where she studied psychology and was on the diving team. After graduating, Thomas moved to Japan, where she discovered she was a lesbian and began pursuing photography. After returning to the United States, she spent several years developing her own photography businessin San Francisco, where she met her wife, before returning to school to become a nurse.
Jenny Thomas describes her perspective on the queer scene during her time at Princeton in the early '80s, where she studied psychology and was on the diving team. After graduating, Thomas moved to Japan, where she discovered she was a lesbian and began pursuing photography. After returning to the United States, she spent several years developing her own photography businessin San Francisco, where she met her wife, before returning to school to become a nurse.
Founding of GALA
On March 22, 1982, an advertisement appeared in Princeton Alumni Weekly urging, “[d]on’t skip reunions because you’re gay. Contact Scott Anderson [‘72] and Jim Weinrich [‘72].” This advertisement would lead to the creation of a Reunions panel on June 5, 1982 titled “Being Gay at Princeton in the 60s and 70s.” Alumni were asked to come back and share their experiences at Princeton, or if they could not make it, to write a letter about their experience to be read aloud at the panel. Although Anderson and Weinrich were under the impression the Class of 1972 would cosponsor the panel, the class denied any knowledge of this arrangement. It was noted that this was not necessarily a homophobic reaction on the part of the Class of 1972; such miscommunications were commonplace around Reunions at the time. The panel attracted sixty people and built momentum for a possible gay alumni organization. During the next year, Karen Magee ’83 founded Princeton GALA (Gay and Lesbian Alumni) as a chapter of the national organization.
On March 22, 1982, an advertisement appeared in Princeton Alumni Weekly urging, “[d]on’t skip reunions because you’re gay. Contact Scott Anderson [‘72] and Jim Weinrich [‘72].” This advertisement would lead to the creation of a Reunions panel on June 5, 1982 titled “Being Gay at Princeton in the 60s and 70s.” Alumni were asked to come back and share their experiences at Princeton, or if they could not make it, to write a letter about their experience to be read aloud at the panel. Although Anderson and Weinrich were under the impression the Class of 1972 would cosponsor the panel, the class denied any knowledge of this arrangement. It was noted that this was not necessarily a homophobic reaction on the part of the Class of 1972; such miscommunications were commonplace around Reunions at the time. The panel attracted sixty people and built momentum for a possible gay alumni organization. During the next year, Karen Magee ’83 founded Princeton GALA (Gay and Lesbian Alumni) as a chapter of the national organization.
Founding of GALA
On March 22, 1982, an advertisement appeared in Princeton Alumni Weekly urging, “[d]on’t skip reunions because you’re gay. Contact Scott Anderson [‘72] and Jim Weinrich [‘72].” This advertisement would lead to the creation of a Reunions panel on June 5, 1982 titled “Being Gay at Princeton in the 60s and 70s.” Alumni were asked to come back and share their experiences at Princeton, or if they could not make it, to write a letter about their experience to be read aloud at the panel. Although Anderson and Weinrich were under the impression the Class of 1972 would cosponsor the panel, the class denied any knowledge of this arrangement. It was noted that this was not necessarily a homophobic reaction on the part of the Class of 1972; such miscommunications were commonplace around Reunions at the time. The panel attracted sixty people and built momentum for a possible gay alumni organization. During the next year, Karen Magee ’83 founded Princeton GALA (Gay and Lesbian Alumni) as a chapter of the national organization.
On March 22, 1982, an advertisement appeared in Princeton Alumni Weekly urging, “[d]on’t skip reunions because you’re gay. Contact Scott Anderson [‘72] and Jim Weinrich [‘72].” This advertisement would lead to the creation of a Reunions panel on June 5, 1982 titled “Being Gay at Princeton in the 60s and 70s.” Alumni were asked to come back and share their experiences at Princeton, or if they could not make it, to write a letter about their experience to be read aloud at the panel. Although Anderson and Weinrich were under the impression the Class of 1972 would cosponsor the panel, the class denied any knowledge of this arrangement. It was noted that this was not necessarily a homophobic reaction on the part of the Class of 1972; such miscommunications were commonplace around Reunions at the time. The panel attracted sixty people and built momentum for a possible gay alumni organization. During the next year, Karen Magee ’83 founded Princeton GALA (Gay and Lesbian Alumni) as a chapter of the national organization.
Maria Trumpler
Maria Trumpler discusses studying biophysics as a woman in the 1970s and '80s, particularly her efforts to apply a feminist lens to science. She describes her time as an undergrad at Princeton before getting her PhD at Yale, where she was faculty for an extended period of time. During this time, Trumpler met her now-wife, and she describes how this relationship introduced her to ideasaround queerness and lesbianism. Trumpler later had a brief stint at Harvard before returning to Yale to work on supporting LGBTQ+ students.
Maria Trumpler discusses studying biophysics as a woman in the 1970s and '80s, particularly her efforts to apply a feminist lens to science. She describes her time as an undergrad at Princeton before getting her PhD at Yale, where she was faculty for an extended period of time. During this time, Trumpler met her now-wife, and she describes how this relationship introduced her to ideasaround queerness and lesbianism. Trumpler later had a brief stint at Harvard before returning to Yale to work on supporting LGBTQ+ students.
Maria Trumpler
Maria Trumpler discusses studying biophysics as a woman in the 1970s and '80s, particularly her efforts to apply a feminist lens to science. She describes her time as an undergrad at Princeton before getting her PhD at Yale, where she was faculty for an extended period of time. During this time, Trumpler met her now-wife, and she describes how this relationship introduced her to ideasaround queerness and lesbianism. Trumpler later had a brief stint at Harvard before returning to Yale to work on supporting LGBTQ+ students.
Maria Trumpler discusses studying biophysics as a woman in the 1970s and '80s, particularly her efforts to apply a feminist lens to science. She describes her time as an undergrad at Princeton before getting her PhD at Yale, where she was faculty for an extended period of time. During this time, Trumpler met her now-wife, and she describes how this relationship introduced her to ideasaround queerness and lesbianism. Trumpler later had a brief stint at Harvard before returning to Yale to work on supporting LGBTQ+ students.
Peter Aupperle
In this oral history, Peter Aupperle discusses his experience of being queer and low-income at Princeton and Columbia, including the difficulty he faced finding a psychiatric residency program due to homophobic discrimination. He describes what it was like living and working in New York City during the AIDS crisis and how his identity as a gay man intersects with his mental health struggles. He also discusses founding a still-active group for queer students studying health science at Columbia and beingthe first same-sex couple married in his city.
In this oral history, Peter Aupperle discusses his experience of being queer and low-income at Princeton and Columbia, including the difficulty he faced finding a psychiatric residency program due to homophobic discrimination. He describes what it was like living and working in New York City during the AIDS crisis and how his identity as a gay man intersects with his mental health struggles. He also discusses founding a still-active group for queer students studying health science at Columbia and beingthe first same-sex couple married in his city.
Peter Aupperle
In this oral history, Peter Aupperle discusses his experience of being queer and low-income at Princeton and Columbia, including the difficulty he faced finding a psychiatric residency program due to homophobic discrimination. He describes what it was like living and working in New York City during the AIDS crisis and how his identity as a gay man intersects with his mental health struggles. He also discusses founding a still-active group for queer students studying health science at Columbia and beingthe first same-sex couple married in his city.
In this oral history, Peter Aupperle discusses his experience of being queer and low-income at Princeton and Columbia, including the difficulty he faced finding a psychiatric residency program due to homophobic discrimination. He describes what it was like living and working in New York City during the AIDS crisis and how his identity as a gay man intersects with his mental health struggles. He also discusses founding a still-active group for queer students studying health science at Columbia and beingthe first same-sex couple married in his city.
Tina Madison White
Tina Madison White first talks about growning up and experiencing gender dysphoria, but not having the vocabulary to understand the experience. She discusses her unhappiness at Princeton, and not feeling like she could authentically say she had gone to Princeton until she came out as Tina at her 35th reunion. She details coming out after 10 years of marriage, about phsyically transitioning later in life, and about moving to North Carolina and being trans in the south.
Tina Madison White first talks about growning up and experiencing gender dysphoria, but not having the vocabulary to understand the experience. She discusses her unhappiness at Princeton, and not feeling like she could authentically say she had gone to Princeton until she came out as Tina at her 35th reunion. She details coming out after 10 years of marriage, about phsyically transitioning later in life, and about moving to North Carolina and being trans in the south.
Tina Madison White
Tina Madison White first talks about growning up and experiencing gender dysphoria, but not having the vocabulary to understand the experience. She discusses her unhappiness at Princeton, and not feeling like she could authentically say she had gone to Princeton until she came out as Tina at her 35th reunion. She details coming out after 10 years of marriage, about phsyically transitioning later in life, and about moving to North Carolina and being trans in the south.
Tina Madison White first talks about growning up and experiencing gender dysphoria, but not having the vocabulary to understand the experience. She discusses her unhappiness at Princeton, and not feeling like she could authentically say she had gone to Princeton until she came out as Tina at her 35th reunion. She details coming out after 10 years of marriage, about phsyically transitioning later in life, and about moving to North Carolina and being trans in the south.
Gay Women of Princeton
In 1982, GAP held its first women-only meeting. Female attendance at the meeting doubled that of female membership in the organization, and “Lesbians of Princeton” was formed. Barbara Clanton ’84 also explained that the split was made, in part, so that Lesbians of Princeton could provide more support to the growing lesbian feminist movement. In 1983, Lesbians of Princeton changed its name to “Gay Women of Princeton” (GWOP).
In 1982, GAP held its first women-only meeting. Female attendance at the meeting doubled that of female membership in the organization, and “Lesbians of Princeton” was formed. Barbara Clanton ’84 also explained that the split was made, in part, so that Lesbians of Princeton could provide more support to the growing lesbian feminist movement. In 1983, Lesbians of Princeton changed its name to “Gay Women of Princeton” (GWOP).
Gay Women of Princeton
In 1982, GAP held its first women-only meeting. Female attendance at the meeting doubled that of female membership in the organization, and “Lesbians of Princeton” was formed. Barbara Clanton ’84 also explained that the split was made, in part, so that Lesbians of Princeton could provide more support to the growing lesbian feminist movement. In 1983, Lesbians of Princeton changed its name to “Gay Women of Princeton” (GWOP).
In 1982, GAP held its first women-only meeting. Female attendance at the meeting doubled that of female membership in the organization, and “Lesbians of Princeton” was formed. Barbara Clanton ’84 also explained that the split was made, in part, so that Lesbians of Princeton could provide more support to the growing lesbian feminist movement. In 1983, Lesbians of Princeton changed its name to “Gay Women of Princeton” (GWOP).
Alan Flippen
Flippen describes his experience as a closeted gay student at Princeton. He speaks about coming to terms with his sexuality through his participation in student radio station WPRB, access to books at Firestone Library, and his membership with the Gay Alliance at Princeton. In addition, he discusses his journalism career after Princeton, finding his first gay relationships in Rhode Island, his thoughts on the alumni groups Fund for Reunion and BTGALA, and how he helped form the National Lesbian and Gay Association.
Flippen describes his experience as a closeted gay student at Princeton. He speaks about coming to terms with his sexuality through his participation in student radio station WPRB, access to books at Firestone Library, and his membership with the Gay Alliance at Princeton. In addition, he discusses his journalism career after Princeton, finding his first gay relationships in Rhode Island, his thoughts on the alumni groups Fund for Reunion and BTGALA, and how he helped form the National Lesbian and Gay Association.
Alan Flippen
Flippen describes his experience as a closeted gay student at Princeton. He speaks about coming to terms with his sexuality through his participation in student radio station WPRB, access to books at Firestone Library, and his membership with the Gay Alliance at Princeton. In addition, he discusses his journalism career after Princeton, finding his first gay relationships in Rhode Island, his thoughts on the alumni groups Fund for Reunion and BTGALA, and how he helped form the National Lesbian and Gay Association.
Flippen describes his experience as a closeted gay student at Princeton. He speaks about coming to terms with his sexuality through his participation in student radio station WPRB, access to books at Firestone Library, and his membership with the Gay Alliance at Princeton. In addition, he discusses his journalism career after Princeton, finding his first gay relationships in Rhode Island, his thoughts on the alumni groups Fund for Reunion and BTGALA, and how he helped form the National Lesbian and Gay Association.
Barry Saiff
Saiff speaks about attending Princeton while questioning his sexuality and coming out as bisexual later in life. He discusses his close relationship with his freshman year roommate, organizing with the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, and starting a Princeton chapter of The Hunger Project. He talks about coming to terms with his identity after college and the LGBT community in San Francisco during the 1980's and 90's. Finally, he describes participating in the 1993 March on Washington, organizing a large-scale academic conference focused on bisexuality, and meeting his husband online.
Saiff speaks about attending Princeton while questioning his sexuality and coming out as bisexual later in life. He discusses his close relationship with his freshman year roommate, organizing with the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, and starting a Princeton chapter of The Hunger Project. He talks about coming to terms with his identity after college and the LGBT community in San Francisco during the 1980's and 90's. Finally, he describes participating in the 1993 March on Washington, organizing a large-scale academic conference focused on bisexuality, and meeting his husband online.
Barry Saiff
Saiff speaks about attending Princeton while questioning his sexuality and coming out as bisexual later in life. He discusses his close relationship with his freshman year roommate, organizing with the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, and starting a Princeton chapter of The Hunger Project. He talks about coming to terms with his identity after college and the LGBT community in San Francisco during the 1980's and 90's. Finally, he describes participating in the 1993 March on Washington, organizing a large-scale academic conference focused on bisexuality, and meeting his husband online.
Saiff speaks about attending Princeton while questioning his sexuality and coming out as bisexual later in life. He discusses his close relationship with his freshman year roommate, organizing with the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, and starting a Princeton chapter of The Hunger Project. He talks about coming to terms with his identity after college and the LGBT community in San Francisco during the 1980's and 90's. Finally, he describes participating in the 1993 March on Washington, organizing a large-scale academic conference focused on bisexuality, and meeting his husband online.
Julie Anderson
Anderson discusses how she was drawn to athletics through childhood struggles to embody feminine traits and how her athletic involvement led to her attendance at Princeton. She speaks about her experiences as a Princeton basketball and softball player and how she often struggled with class divides on campus as a middle-class student. In addition, she reflects on how she acted as a peer counselor within relationships with other LGBT students on campus. Finally, she speaks about her post-graduate work which includes graduate school, working with the LA Gay and Lesbian Center and GLAAD, and, later as an administrator in the UC college system.
Anderson discusses how she was drawn to athletics through childhood struggles to embody feminine traits and how her athletic involvement led to her attendance at Princeton. She speaks about her experiences as a Princeton basketball and softball player and how she often struggled with class divides on campus as a middle-class student. In addition, she reflects on how she acted as a peer counselor within relationships with other LGBT students on campus. Finally, she speaks about her post-graduate work which includes graduate school, working with the LA Gay and Lesbian Center and GLAAD, and, later as an administrator in the UC college system.
Julie Anderson
Anderson discusses how she was drawn to athletics through childhood struggles to embody feminine traits and how her athletic involvement led to her attendance at Princeton. She speaks about her experiences as a Princeton basketball and softball player and how she often struggled with class divides on campus as a middle-class student. In addition, she reflects on how she acted as a peer counselor within relationships with other LGBT students on campus. Finally, she speaks about her post-graduate work which includes graduate school, working with the LA Gay and Lesbian Center and GLAAD, and, later as an administrator in the UC college system.
Anderson discusses how she was drawn to athletics through childhood struggles to embody feminine traits and how her athletic involvement led to her attendance at Princeton. She speaks about her experiences as a Princeton basketball and softball player and how she often struggled with class divides on campus as a middle-class student. In addition, she reflects on how she acted as a peer counselor within relationships with other LGBT students on campus. Finally, she speaks about her post-graduate work which includes graduate school, working with the LA Gay and Lesbian Center and GLAAD, and, later as an administrator in the UC college system.
First Mention of AIDS in Daily Princetonian
HIV/AIDS was a large, often invisible, part of Princeton’s LGBT history in the 1980s and 1990s. The first reported case in New Jersey of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, appeared in 1981, a year after the “gay cancer” started appearing in San Francisco. The acronym AIDS first appeared in The Daily Princetonian on February 18, 1983. The first full piece on AIDS was an editorial by Frederick C. Foote published October 6, 1983 which cited AIDS as further proof of the “anti-social and unhealthy” nature of “homosexual practices.”
By 1985, University organizations were addressing AIDS in public forums with the University Chapel, holding a lunch discussion on October 1 asking what public policy should be “towards the carriers of the AIDS virus and towards its victims.” On November 14, the Woodrow Wilson School cosponsored a forum in Dodd Auditorium, “AIDS: Rights and Realities” where panelists spoke against excluding children with AIDS from public schools and drew out the negative implications of using the then-controversial “AIDS test” to screen for AIDS victims. Both events emphasized the marginal status of AIDS victims in society.
HIV/AIDS was a large, often invisible, part of Princeton’s LGBT history in the 1980s and 1990s. The first reported case in New Jersey of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, appeared in 1981, a year after the “gay cancer” started appearing in San Francisco. The acronym AIDS first appeared in The Daily Princetonian on February 18, 1983. The first full piece on AIDS was an editorial by Frederick C. Foote published October 6, 1983 which cited AIDS as further proof of the “anti-social and unhealthy” nature of “homosexual practices.”
By 1985, University organizations were addressing AIDS in public forums with the University Chapel, holding a lunch discussion on October 1 asking what public policy should be “towards the carriers of the AIDS virus and towards its victims.” On November 14, the Woodrow Wilson School cosponsored a forum in Dodd Auditorium, “AIDS: Rights and Realities” where panelists spoke against excluding children with AIDS from public schools and drew out the negative implications of using the then-controversial “AIDS test” to screen for AIDS victims. Both events emphasized the marginal status of AIDS victims in society.
First Mention of AIDS in Daily Princetonian
HIV/AIDS was a large, often invisible, part of Princeton’s LGBT history in the 1980s and 1990s. The first reported case in New Jersey of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, appeared in 1981, a year after the “gay cancer” started appearing in San Francisco. The acronym AIDS first appeared in The Daily Princetonian on February 18, 1983. The first full piece on AIDS was an editorial by Frederick C. Foote published October 6, 1983 which cited AIDS as further proof of the “anti-social and unhealthy” nature of “homosexual practices.”
By 1985, University organizations were addressing AIDS in public forums with the University Chapel, holding a lunch discussion on October 1 asking what public policy should be “towards the carriers of the AIDS virus and towards its victims.” On November 14, the Woodrow Wilson School cosponsored a forum in Dodd Auditorium, “AIDS: Rights and Realities” where panelists spoke against excluding children with AIDS from public schools and drew out the negative implications of using the then-controversial “AIDS test” to screen for AIDS victims. Both events emphasized the marginal status of AIDS victims in society.
HIV/AIDS was a large, often invisible, part of Princeton’s LGBT history in the 1980s and 1990s. The first reported case in New Jersey of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, appeared in 1981, a year after the “gay cancer” started appearing in San Francisco. The acronym AIDS first appeared in The Daily Princetonian on February 18, 1983. The first full piece on AIDS was an editorial by Frederick C. Foote published October 6, 1983 which cited AIDS as further proof of the “anti-social and unhealthy” nature of “homosexual practices.”
By 1985, University organizations were addressing AIDS in public forums with the University Chapel, holding a lunch discussion on October 1 asking what public policy should be “towards the carriers of the AIDS virus and towards its victims.” On November 14, the Woodrow Wilson School cosponsored a forum in Dodd Auditorium, “AIDS: Rights and Realities” where panelists spoke against excluding children with AIDS from public schools and drew out the negative implications of using the then-controversial “AIDS test” to screen for AIDS victims. Both events emphasized the marginal status of AIDS victims in society.
Dorene Cornwell
Cornwell speaks about her experiences at Princeton as a visually impaired and queer student. She discusses her interactions with the Gay Alliance at Princeton and the Women's Center, her long-term relationship with another visually impaired female student, writing for the Forerunner student newspaper, and how she explored academics. She discusses the time she took off from her studies to work as a political organizer and for the Peace Action organization formerly known as SANE. Finally, she reflects on attending graduate school, her career trajectory, and romantic relationships across her adult life.
Cornwell speaks about her experiences at Princeton as a visually impaired and queer student. She discusses her interactions with the Gay Alliance at Princeton and the Women's Center, her long-term relationship with another visually impaired female student, writing for the Forerunner student newspaper, and how she explored academics. She discusses the time she took off from her studies to work as a political organizer and for the Peace Action organization formerly known as SANE. Finally, she reflects on attending graduate school, her career trajectory, and romantic relationships across her adult life.
Dorene Cornwell
Cornwell speaks about her experiences at Princeton as a visually impaired and queer student. She discusses her interactions with the Gay Alliance at Princeton and the Women's Center, her long-term relationship with another visually impaired female student, writing for the Forerunner student newspaper, and how she explored academics. She discusses the time she took off from her studies to work as a political organizer and for the Peace Action organization formerly known as SANE. Finally, she reflects on attending graduate school, her career trajectory, and romantic relationships across her adult life.
Cornwell speaks about her experiences at Princeton as a visually impaired and queer student. She discusses her interactions with the Gay Alliance at Princeton and the Women's Center, her long-term relationship with another visually impaired female student, writing for the Forerunner student newspaper, and how she explored academics. She discusses the time she took off from her studies to work as a political organizer and for the Peace Action organization formerly known as SANE. Finally, she reflects on attending graduate school, her career trajectory, and romantic relationships across her adult life.
Jeff Richter
Richter speaks about his time at Princeton as an out, gay student. He talks about the campus' culture of silence surrounding gay issues, participating in protests urging Princeton to divest from South Africa, attending student Gay Alliance at Princeton meetings, and attending the Gay Student's Association Conference. He also discusses coming out in high school, spending time at 2 Dickinson, and working with the Women's Center. Finally, he reflects on traveling to New York gay bars, cruising on campus, and how cultural gender norms have changed since the 1980s.
Richter speaks about his time at Princeton as an out, gay student. He talks about the campus' culture of silence surrounding gay issues, participating in protests urging Princeton to divest from South Africa, attending student Gay Alliance at Princeton meetings, and attending the Gay Student's Association Conference. He also discusses coming out in high school, spending time at 2 Dickinson, and working with the Women's Center. Finally, he reflects on traveling to New York gay bars, cruising on campus, and how cultural gender norms have changed since the 1980s.
Jeff Richter
Richter speaks about his time at Princeton as an out, gay student. He talks about the campus' culture of silence surrounding gay issues, participating in protests urging Princeton to divest from South Africa, attending student Gay Alliance at Princeton meetings, and attending the Gay Student's Association Conference. He also discusses coming out in high school, spending time at 2 Dickinson, and working with the Women's Center. Finally, he reflects on traveling to New York gay bars, cruising on campus, and how cultural gender norms have changed since the 1980s.
Richter speaks about his time at Princeton as an out, gay student. He talks about the campus' culture of silence surrounding gay issues, participating in protests urging Princeton to divest from South Africa, attending student Gay Alliance at Princeton meetings, and attending the Gay Student's Association Conference. He also discusses coming out in high school, spending time at 2 Dickinson, and working with the Women's Center. Finally, he reflects on traveling to New York gay bars, cruising on campus, and how cultural gender norms have changed since the 1980s.
Philip Mahin
Mahin speaks about his time at Princeton as a closeted student. He discusses his major in comparative literature, his involvement with club volleyball, and his dorm in Princeton Inn. He discusses speaking about his sexuality with administrators, his crush on another student, and the Gay Alliance of Princeton's physical and social distance from the campus community. Finally, he reflects on marrying his husband under New York state law, his awareness of the AIDs crisis, and his career in continuing medical education.
Mahin speaks about his time at Princeton as a closeted student. He discusses his major in comparative literature, his involvement with club volleyball, and his dorm in Princeton Inn. He discusses speaking about his sexuality with administrators, his crush on another student, and the Gay Alliance of Princeton's physical and social distance from the campus community. Finally, he reflects on marrying his husband under New York state law, his awareness of the AIDs crisis, and his career in continuing medical education.
Philip Mahin
Mahin speaks about his time at Princeton as a closeted student. He discusses his major in comparative literature, his involvement with club volleyball, and his dorm in Princeton Inn. He discusses speaking about his sexuality with administrators, his crush on another student, and the Gay Alliance of Princeton's physical and social distance from the campus community. Finally, he reflects on marrying his husband under New York state law, his awareness of the AIDs crisis, and his career in continuing medical education.
Mahin speaks about his time at Princeton as a closeted student. He discusses his major in comparative literature, his involvement with club volleyball, and his dorm in Princeton Inn. He discusses speaking about his sexuality with administrators, his crush on another student, and the Gay Alliance of Princeton's physical and social distance from the campus community. Finally, he reflects on marrying his husband under New York state law, his awareness of the AIDs crisis, and his career in continuing medical education.
U-Council Includes Sexual Orientation to Non-Discrimination Policy
In 1985, thanks in large part to the urging of Provost Neil Rudenstine, the U-Council once again examined the University’s non-discrimination policy. On October 20, the U-Council considered two resolutions, one to add “sexual orientation” to the non-discrimination policy, and one simply to reaffirm the University’s commitment to non-discrimination. This time, the first resolution was approved unanimously by the U-Council and sexual orientation was added. At that time, the New Jersey State Legislature was about to vote on a bill to include sexual orientation in the State non-discrimination policy, which would have forced the University to comply.
In 1985, thanks in large part to the urging of Provost Neil Rudenstine, the U-Council once again examined the University’s non-discrimination policy. On October 20, the U-Council considered two resolutions, one to add “sexual orientation” to the non-discrimination policy, and one simply to reaffirm the University’s commitment to non-discrimination. This time, the first resolution was approved unanimously by the U-Council and sexual orientation was added. At that time, the New Jersey State Legislature was about to vote on a bill to include sexual orientation in the State non-discrimination policy, which would have forced the University to comply.
U-Council Includes Sexual Orientation to Non-Discrimination Policy
In 1985, thanks in large part to the urging of Provost Neil Rudenstine, the U-Council once again examined the University’s non-discrimination policy. On October 20, the U-Council considered two resolutions, one to add “sexual orientation” to the non-discrimination policy, and one simply to reaffirm the University’s commitment to non-discrimination. This time, the first resolution was approved unanimously by the U-Council and sexual orientation was added. At that time, the New Jersey State Legislature was about to vote on a bill to include sexual orientation in the State non-discrimination policy, which would have forced the University to comply.
In 1985, thanks in large part to the urging of Provost Neil Rudenstine, the U-Council once again examined the University’s non-discrimination policy. On October 20, the U-Council considered two resolutions, one to add “sexual orientation” to the non-discrimination policy, and one simply to reaffirm the University’s commitment to non-discrimination. This time, the first resolution was approved unanimously by the U-Council and sexual orientation was added. At that time, the New Jersey State Legislature was about to vote on a bill to include sexual orientation in the State non-discrimination policy, which would have forced the University to comply.
Curtis Schuhmacher
Schumacher speaks about his time at Princeton as a gay student. He discusses dating his freshman year roommate, applying to enter the Wilson School for Public Policy, and coming out to his family in the middle of his first year. He talks about how his identity was tied to the ongoing AIDS crisis, internships abroad during his upper class years, joining Elm eating club, and his time as an officer for the Gay Alliance at Princeton. Finally, he speaks about his involvement with a gay student group while he was a law student at NYU, his law career, his international travels, and meeting his current husband.
Schumacher speaks about his time at Princeton as a gay student. He discusses dating his freshman year roommate, applying to enter the Wilson School for Public Policy, and coming out to his family in the middle of his first year. He talks about how his identity was tied to the ongoing AIDS crisis, internships abroad during his upper class years, joining Elm eating club, and his time as an officer for the Gay Alliance at Princeton. Finally, he speaks about his involvement with a gay student group while he was a law student at NYU, his law career, his international travels, and meeting his current husband.
Curtis Schuhmacher
Schumacher speaks about his time at Princeton as a gay student. He discusses dating his freshman year roommate, applying to enter the Wilson School for Public Policy, and coming out to his family in the middle of his first year. He talks about how his identity was tied to the ongoing AIDS crisis, internships abroad during his upper class years, joining Elm eating club, and his time as an officer for the Gay Alliance at Princeton. Finally, he speaks about his involvement with a gay student group while he was a law student at NYU, his law career, his international travels, and meeting his current husband.
Schumacher speaks about his time at Princeton as a gay student. He discusses dating his freshman year roommate, applying to enter the Wilson School for Public Policy, and coming out to his family in the middle of his first year. He talks about how his identity was tied to the ongoing AIDS crisis, internships abroad during his upper class years, joining Elm eating club, and his time as an officer for the Gay Alliance at Princeton. Finally, he speaks about his involvement with a gay student group while he was a law student at NYU, his law career, his international travels, and meeting his current husband.
Maru Lozano
Lozano discusses her time at Princeton as a questioning student from Puerto Rico. She speaks about working for and with the Third World Center, forming the university's first spanish-speaking theater group Teatro ochenta y seis, and her friendships with closeted students. She also speaks about childhood sexual abuse, sexual harrassment she faced on campus, repeating her junior year, and her mental health struggles. In addition, she reflects on coming out to herself as a bisexual, and later, as a gay woman across her graduate studies. Finally, she talks about returning to campus as an alumni and her employment struggles.
Lozano discusses her time at Princeton as a questioning student from Puerto Rico. She speaks about working for and with the Third World Center, forming the university's first spanish-speaking theater group Teatro ochenta y seis, and her friendships with closeted students. She also speaks about childhood sexual abuse, sexual harrassment she faced on campus, repeating her junior year, and her mental health struggles. In addition, she reflects on coming out to herself as a bisexual, and later, as a gay woman across her graduate studies. Finally, she talks about returning to campus as an alumni and her employment struggles.
Maru Lozano
Lozano discusses her time at Princeton as a questioning student from Puerto Rico. She speaks about working for and with the Third World Center, forming the university's first spanish-speaking theater group Teatro ochenta y seis, and her friendships with closeted students. She also speaks about childhood sexual abuse, sexual harrassment she faced on campus, repeating her junior year, and her mental health struggles. In addition, she reflects on coming out to herself as a bisexual, and later, as a gay woman across her graduate studies. Finally, she talks about returning to campus as an alumni and her employment struggles.
Lozano discusses her time at Princeton as a questioning student from Puerto Rico. She speaks about working for and with the Third World Center, forming the university's first spanish-speaking theater group Teatro ochenta y seis, and her friendships with closeted students. She also speaks about childhood sexual abuse, sexual harrassment she faced on campus, repeating her junior year, and her mental health struggles. In addition, she reflects on coming out to herself as a bisexual, and later, as a gay woman across her graduate studies. Finally, she talks about returning to campus as an alumni and her employment struggles.
Tim Joslin
Joslin discusses his successful career as an architect and his experiences as a gay man. This includes the connection between his faith and gay identity, his experiences exploring his sexuality in the 1980s, and his engagement with the lesbian and gay community while at Princeton. Joslin also describes his experiences learning to live with HIV.
Joslin discusses his successful career as an architect and his experiences as a gay man. This includes the connection between his faith and gay identity, his experiences exploring his sexuality in the 1980s, and his engagement with the lesbian and gay community while at Princeton. Joslin also describes his experiences learning to live with HIV.
Tim Joslin
Joslin discusses his successful career as an architect and his experiences as a gay man. This includes the connection between his faith and gay identity, his experiences exploring his sexuality in the 1980s, and his engagement with the lesbian and gay community while at Princeton. Joslin also describes his experiences learning to live with HIV.
Joslin discusses his successful career as an architect and his experiences as a gay man. This includes the connection between his faith and gay identity, his experiences exploring his sexuality in the 1980s, and his engagement with the lesbian and gay community while at Princeton. Joslin also describes his experiences learning to live with HIV.
Fund for Reunion
During the 1985 reunions, Richard Limoges ‘60, who was attending his 25th reunion, attempted to make a donation to the University “to be used to fund gay and lesbian student activities.” The University refused the donation, so in the fall of 1985, Limoges turned to student leaders Shawn Cowls ‘87 and Margaret Miller ‘87, recruiting them to find a way in which the money donated to GAP and GWOP could be officially recognized by the University.
GAP had accumulated a number of alumni contacts in the fourteen years since its conception. Using these contacts, Cowls found approximately thirty alumni interested in creating a gay alumni group. Ten alumni met for a reception and meeting on Alumni Day, 1986. At this first meeting, the group worked to find a name for their new organization. Reaching a consensus was difficult, but the alumni collectively agreed on the name “Fund for Reunion.” The name was kept purposefully vague for discretion, so alumni could receive letters from the group without being outed.
The group would also work to support gay and lesbian student groups and lobby the University to improve the campus climate for gay students. Cowls, Miller, and Limoges had met with Dean Muriel Whitcomb on December 9, 1985 to explore the possibility of establishing a gay alumni group, which could support gay student groups. It would become clear in the following months that University restrictions on the formation of such a group would be prohibitive. For this reason, FFR was created to be entirely separate from the University. A lawyer who was present at the first meeting incorporated FFR as a non-profit organization on May 30, 1986. It was also decided at the first meeting that FFR would be separate from Princeton GALA. However, the two organizations merged eight months later under FFR, and its events began appearing in the Reunions Guide in 1993.
During the 1985 reunions, Richard Limoges ‘60, who was attending his 25th reunion, attempted to make a donation to the University “to be used to fund gay and lesbian student activities.” The University refused the donation, so in the fall of 1985, Limoges turned to student leaders Shawn Cowls ‘87 and Margaret Miller ‘87, recruiting them to find a way in which the money donated to GAP and GWOP could be officially recognized by the University.
GAP had accumulated a number of alumni contacts in the fourteen years since its conception. Using these contacts, Cowls found approximately thirty alumni interested in creating a gay alumni group. Ten alumni met for a reception and meeting on Alumni Day, 1986. At this first meeting, the group worked to find a name for their new organization. Reaching a consensus was difficult, but the alumni collectively agreed on the name “Fund for Reunion.” The name was kept purposefully vague for discretion, so alumni could receive letters from the group without being outed.
The group would also work to support gay and lesbian student groups and lobby the University to improve the campus climate for gay students. Cowls, Miller, and Limoges had met with Dean Muriel Whitcomb on December 9, 1985 to explore the possibility of establishing a gay alumni group, which could support gay student groups. It would become clear in the following months that University restrictions on the formation of such a group would be prohibitive. For this reason, FFR was created to be entirely separate from the University. A lawyer who was present at the first meeting incorporated FFR as a non-profit organization on May 30, 1986. It was also decided at the first meeting that FFR would be separate from Princeton GALA. However, the two organizations merged eight months later under FFR, and its events began appearing in the Reunions Guide in 1993.
Fund for Reunion
During the 1985 reunions, Richard Limoges ‘60, who was attending his 25th reunion, attempted to make a donation to the University “to be used to fund gay and lesbian student activities.” The University refused the donation, so in the fall of 1985, Limoges turned to student leaders Shawn Cowls ‘87 and Margaret Miller ‘87, recruiting them to find a way in which the money donated to GAP and GWOP could be officially recognized by the University.
GAP had accumulated a number of alumni contacts in the fourteen years since its conception. Using these contacts, Cowls found approximately thirty alumni interested in creating a gay alumni group. Ten alumni met for a reception and meeting on Alumni Day, 1986. At this first meeting, the group worked to find a name for their new organization. Reaching a consensus was difficult, but the alumni collectively agreed on the name “Fund for Reunion.” The name was kept purposefully vague for discretion, so alumni could receive letters from the group without being outed.
The group would also work to support gay and lesbian student groups and lobby the University to improve the campus climate for gay students. Cowls, Miller, and Limoges had met with Dean Muriel Whitcomb on December 9, 1985 to explore the possibility of establishing a gay alumni group, which could support gay student groups. It would become clear in the following months that University restrictions on the formation of such a group would be prohibitive. For this reason, FFR was created to be entirely separate from the University. A lawyer who was present at the first meeting incorporated FFR as a non-profit organization on May 30, 1986. It was also decided at the first meeting that FFR would be separate from Princeton GALA. However, the two organizations merged eight months later under FFR, and its events began appearing in the Reunions Guide in 1993.
During the 1985 reunions, Richard Limoges ‘60, who was attending his 25th reunion, attempted to make a donation to the University “to be used to fund gay and lesbian student activities.” The University refused the donation, so in the fall of 1985, Limoges turned to student leaders Shawn Cowls ‘87 and Margaret Miller ‘87, recruiting them to find a way in which the money donated to GAP and GWOP could be officially recognized by the University.
GAP had accumulated a number of alumni contacts in the fourteen years since its conception. Using these contacts, Cowls found approximately thirty alumni interested in creating a gay alumni group. Ten alumni met for a reception and meeting on Alumni Day, 1986. At this first meeting, the group worked to find a name for their new organization. Reaching a consensus was difficult, but the alumni collectively agreed on the name “Fund for Reunion.” The name was kept purposefully vague for discretion, so alumni could receive letters from the group without being outed.
The group would also work to support gay and lesbian student groups and lobby the University to improve the campus climate for gay students. Cowls, Miller, and Limoges had met with Dean Muriel Whitcomb on December 9, 1985 to explore the possibility of establishing a gay alumni group, which could support gay student groups. It would become clear in the following months that University restrictions on the formation of such a group would be prohibitive. For this reason, FFR was created to be entirely separate from the University. A lawyer who was present at the first meeting incorporated FFR as a non-profit organization on May 30, 1986. It was also decided at the first meeting that FFR would be separate from Princeton GALA. However, the two organizations merged eight months later under FFR, and its events began appearing in the Reunions Guide in 1993.
David Jackson
Jackson reflects on his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student who advocated for better racial inclusion efforts from administrators. He speaks about his time as USG president, his involvement with the College Republicans, and his advocacy for a more diverse RA population. In addition, he discusses his graduate studies, his time at Lehman Brothers, coming out to his family, and his changing opinions on his Princeton experience. Finally, he also speaks on racism he faced throughout his life, his reactions to discrimination, and the friendships he formed at Princeton.
Jackson reflects on his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student who advocated for better racial inclusion efforts from administrators. He speaks about his time as USG president, his involvement with the College Republicans, and his advocacy for a more diverse RA population. In addition, he discusses his graduate studies, his time at Lehman Brothers, coming out to his family, and his changing opinions on his Princeton experience. Finally, he also speaks on racism he faced throughout his life, his reactions to discrimination, and the friendships he formed at Princeton.
David Jackson
Jackson reflects on his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student who advocated for better racial inclusion efforts from administrators. He speaks about his time as USG president, his involvement with the College Republicans, and his advocacy for a more diverse RA population. In addition, he discusses his graduate studies, his time at Lehman Brothers, coming out to his family, and his changing opinions on his Princeton experience. Finally, he also speaks on racism he faced throughout his life, his reactions to discrimination, and the friendships he formed at Princeton.
Jackson reflects on his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student who advocated for better racial inclusion efforts from administrators. He speaks about his time as USG president, his involvement with the College Republicans, and his advocacy for a more diverse RA population. In addition, he discusses his graduate studies, his time at Lehman Brothers, coming out to his family, and his changing opinions on his Princeton experience. Finally, he also speaks on racism he faced throughout his life, his reactions to discrimination, and the friendships he formed at Princeton.
Glen Pannell
Glen Pannell discusses his involvement with the theater scene while at Princeton University, then his engagement with the New York theater scene, which introduced him to the gay community at the height of the AIDS crisis. He describes going on to a graduate program in theatrical performance in California and working as a professional in the theater world. Pannell discusses his process of exploring his sexuality and coming out to his friends and family. Finally, Pannell discusses his current community-oriented work, including dressing as a sexy Mike Pence to raise over $66,000 for charities like Planned Parenthood during the Trump administration and his work mentoring queer immigrants.
Glen Pannell discusses his involvement with the theater scene while at Princeton University, then his engagement with the New York theater scene, which introduced him to the gay community at the height of the AIDS crisis. He describes going on to a graduate program in theatrical performance in California and working as a professional in the theater world. Pannell discusses his process of exploring his sexuality and coming out to his friends and family. Finally, Pannell discusses his current community-oriented work, including dressing as a sexy Mike Pence to raise over $66,000 for charities like Planned Parenthood during the Trump administration and his work mentoring queer immigrants.
Glen Pannell
Glen Pannell discusses his involvement with the theater scene while at Princeton University, then his engagement with the New York theater scene, which introduced him to the gay community at the height of the AIDS crisis. He describes going on to a graduate program in theatrical performance in California and working as a professional in the theater world. Pannell discusses his process of exploring his sexuality and coming out to his friends and family. Finally, Pannell discusses his current community-oriented work, including dressing as a sexy Mike Pence to raise over $66,000 for charities like Planned Parenthood during the Trump administration and his work mentoring queer immigrants.
Glen Pannell discusses his involvement with the theater scene while at Princeton University, then his engagement with the New York theater scene, which introduced him to the gay community at the height of the AIDS crisis. He describes going on to a graduate program in theatrical performance in California and working as a professional in the theater world. Pannell discusses his process of exploring his sexuality and coming out to his friends and family. Finally, Pannell discusses his current community-oriented work, including dressing as a sexy Mike Pence to raise over $66,000 for charities like Planned Parenthood during the Trump administration and his work mentoring queer immigrants.
Hayley Gorenberg
Gorenberg speaks about her time at Princeton as a female student and her legal work in support of LGBT communities. She describes misogyny she faced at Princeton, influential classes, and how she formed a community with other women at the university. She talks about her activist and journalistic work during the AIDS pandemic and her legal career in public interest law. Finally, she discusses attending the She Roars alumni events and her role as director of New York Lawyers for Public Interest.
Gorenberg speaks about her time at Princeton as a female student and her legal work in support of LGBT communities. She describes misogyny she faced at Princeton, influential classes, and how she formed a community with other women at the university. She talks about her activist and journalistic work during the AIDS pandemic and her legal career in public interest law. Finally, she discusses attending the She Roars alumni events and her role as director of New York Lawyers for Public Interest.
Hayley Gorenberg
Gorenberg speaks about her time at Princeton as a female student and her legal work in support of LGBT communities. She describes misogyny she faced at Princeton, influential classes, and how she formed a community with other women at the university. She talks about her activist and journalistic work during the AIDS pandemic and her legal career in public interest law. Finally, she discusses attending the She Roars alumni events and her role as director of New York Lawyers for Public Interest.
Gorenberg speaks about her time at Princeton as a female student and her legal work in support of LGBT communities. She describes misogyny she faced at Princeton, influential classes, and how she formed a community with other women at the university. She talks about her activist and journalistic work during the AIDS pandemic and her legal career in public interest law. Finally, she discusses attending the She Roars alumni events and her role as director of New York Lawyers for Public Interest.
Student Groups
In the Fall of 1987, GWOP and GAP merged to become GALAP (Gays and Lesbians at Princeton). However, the main GALAP meetings remained dominated by men, while women continued to meet separately under the title “Lesbian Task Force.” This would continue until 2002. GAP underwent a number of name changes in the 1980s and 1990s, including: Gay and Bi Men on Campus, GALAP, GABLAP, GLOBAL, LGBA, and Pride Alliance.
In the same semester that GWOP and GAP merged, a GALAP member named Greg Christianson ‘89 attempted to lead a GALAP campaign calling for the University to enforce its non-discrimination policy. GALAP members were not enthusiastic; most wanted GALAP to remain a social group. Thus, in 1988, Christenson founded the Coalition Against Homophobia, an organization separate from GALAP, which could engage in campus activism as well as attract straight allies .
In the Fall of 1987, GWOP and GAP merged to become GALAP (Gays and Lesbians at Princeton). However, the main GALAP meetings remained dominated by men, while women continued to meet separately under the title “Lesbian Task Force.” This would continue until 2002. GAP underwent a number of name changes in the 1980s and 1990s, including: Gay and Bi Men on Campus, GALAP, GABLAP, GLOBAL, LGBA, and Pride Alliance.
In the same semester that GWOP and GAP merged, a GALAP member named Greg Christianson ‘89 attempted to lead a GALAP campaign calling for the University to enforce its non-discrimination policy. GALAP members were not enthusiastic; most wanted GALAP to remain a social group. Thus, in 1988, Christenson founded the Coalition Against Homophobia, an organization separate from GALAP, which could engage in campus activism as well as attract straight allies .
Student Groups
In the Fall of 1987, GWOP and GAP merged to become GALAP (Gays and Lesbians at Princeton). However, the main GALAP meetings remained dominated by men, while women continued to meet separately under the title “Lesbian Task Force.” This would continue until 2002. GAP underwent a number of name changes in the 1980s and 1990s, including: Gay and Bi Men on Campus, GALAP, GABLAP, GLOBAL, LGBA, and Pride Alliance.
In the same semester that GWOP and GAP merged, a GALAP member named Greg Christianson ‘89 attempted to lead a GALAP campaign calling for the University to enforce its non-discrimination policy. GALAP members were not enthusiastic; most wanted GALAP to remain a social group. Thus, in 1988, Christenson founded the Coalition Against Homophobia, an organization separate from GALAP, which could engage in campus activism as well as attract straight allies .
In the Fall of 1987, GWOP and GAP merged to become GALAP (Gays and Lesbians at Princeton). However, the main GALAP meetings remained dominated by men, while women continued to meet separately under the title “Lesbian Task Force.” This would continue until 2002. GAP underwent a number of name changes in the 1980s and 1990s, including: Gay and Bi Men on Campus, GALAP, GABLAP, GLOBAL, LGBA, and Pride Alliance.
In the same semester that GWOP and GAP merged, a GALAP member named Greg Christianson ‘89 attempted to lead a GALAP campaign calling for the University to enforce its non-discrimination policy. GALAP members were not enthusiastic; most wanted GALAP to remain a social group. Thus, in 1988, Christenson founded the Coalition Against Homophobia, an organization separate from GALAP, which could engage in campus activism as well as attract straight allies .
Joe Smoke
Smoke discusses attending Princeton as an out, gay student-athlete. He speaks about questioning his sexuality during his childhood, how he came to attend Princeton, and early sexual experiences. He also talks about coming out during the AIDS epidemic, other students who were out on campus, joining the Gay Alliance at Princeton, his time as a member of Terrace eating club, and cruising in Firestone Library. Finally, he discusses changing his name, organizing with ACT UP in New York and LA, his involvement with the leather community, and his photography career.
Smoke discusses attending Princeton as an out, gay student-athlete. He speaks about questioning his sexuality during his childhood, how he came to attend Princeton, and early sexual experiences. He also talks about coming out during the AIDS epidemic, other students who were out on campus, joining the Gay Alliance at Princeton, his time as a member of Terrace eating club, and cruising in Firestone Library. Finally, he discusses changing his name, organizing with ACT UP in New York and LA, his involvement with the leather community, and his photography career.
Joe Smoke
Smoke discusses attending Princeton as an out, gay student-athlete. He speaks about questioning his sexuality during his childhood, how he came to attend Princeton, and early sexual experiences. He also talks about coming out during the AIDS epidemic, other students who were out on campus, joining the Gay Alliance at Princeton, his time as a member of Terrace eating club, and cruising in Firestone Library. Finally, he discusses changing his name, organizing with ACT UP in New York and LA, his involvement with the leather community, and his photography career.
Smoke discusses attending Princeton as an out, gay student-athlete. He speaks about questioning his sexuality during his childhood, how he came to attend Princeton, and early sexual experiences. He also talks about coming out during the AIDS epidemic, other students who were out on campus, joining the Gay Alliance at Princeton, his time as a member of Terrace eating club, and cruising in Firestone Library. Finally, he discusses changing his name, organizing with ACT UP in New York and LA, his involvement with the leather community, and his photography career.
Jon Carl Lewis
Lewis speaks about his time at Princeton as a black, closeted student. He discusses his time with the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship, the discrimination faced by Black students, the Nude Olympics, and his inability to enter an eating club during his last two years at Princeton. He also speaks about homophobia during his time at the Princeton Theological Seminary, his transfer to Harvard Divinity School, and his career as a journalist. Finally, he discusses re-developing his connection to Princeton by joining the board for the alumni group Fund for Reunion.
Lewis speaks about his time at Princeton as a black, closeted student. He discusses his time with the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship, the discrimination faced by Black students, the Nude Olympics, and his inability to enter an eating club during his last two years at Princeton. He also speaks about homophobia during his time at the Princeton Theological Seminary, his transfer to Harvard Divinity School, and his career as a journalist. Finally, he discusses re-developing his connection to Princeton by joining the board for the alumni group Fund for Reunion.
Jon Carl Lewis
Lewis speaks about his time at Princeton as a black, closeted student. He discusses his time with the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship, the discrimination faced by Black students, the Nude Olympics, and his inability to enter an eating club during his last two years at Princeton. He also speaks about homophobia during his time at the Princeton Theological Seminary, his transfer to Harvard Divinity School, and his career as a journalist. Finally, he discusses re-developing his connection to Princeton by joining the board for the alumni group Fund for Reunion.
Lewis speaks about his time at Princeton as a black, closeted student. He discusses his time with the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship, the discrimination faced by Black students, the Nude Olympics, and his inability to enter an eating club during his last two years at Princeton. He also speaks about homophobia during his time at the Princeton Theological Seminary, his transfer to Harvard Divinity School, and his career as a journalist. Finally, he discusses re-developing his connection to Princeton by joining the board for the alumni group Fund for Reunion.
Rhonda Adams Medina
Adams discusses her familial and academic upbringing as racially discriminatory but largely affirming of her identity as a Black woman and her childhood perspective on LGBTQ identities. She explains her experience as an ally at a Gay at Princeton (GAP) meeting in the 1980s and reflects on the ways she used awareness of the group to better inform her RA work. Finally, she explains how she's continued to maintain her allyship throughout her personal life. Other topics include personal, formative college experiences like her long-term relationship with her boyfriend and her close proximity to a student death on campus.
Adams discusses her familial and academic upbringing as racially discriminatory but largely affirming of her identity as a Black woman and her childhood perspective on LGBTQ identities. She explains her experience as an ally at a Gay at Princeton (GAP) meeting in the 1980s and reflects on the ways she used awareness of the group to better inform her RA work. Finally, she explains how she's continued to maintain her allyship throughout her personal life. Other topics include personal, formative college experiences like her long-term relationship with her boyfriend and her close proximity to a student death on campus.
Rhonda Adams Medina
Adams discusses her familial and academic upbringing as racially discriminatory but largely affirming of her identity as a Black woman and her childhood perspective on LGBTQ identities. She explains her experience as an ally at a Gay at Princeton (GAP) meeting in the 1980s and reflects on the ways she used awareness of the group to better inform her RA work. Finally, she explains how she's continued to maintain her allyship throughout her personal life. Other topics include personal, formative college experiences like her long-term relationship with her boyfriend and her close proximity to a student death on campus.
Adams discusses her familial and academic upbringing as racially discriminatory but largely affirming of her identity as a Black woman and her childhood perspective on LGBTQ identities. She explains her experience as an ally at a Gay at Princeton (GAP) meeting in the 1980s and reflects on the ways she used awareness of the group to better inform her RA work. Finally, she explains how she's continued to maintain her allyship throughout her personal life. Other topics include personal, formative college experiences like her long-term relationship with her boyfriend and her close proximity to a student death on campus.
First LGBTQ+ Course Offered at Princeton
The first gay-themed course was offered at Princeton in Spring 1988. The English department offered an undergraduate seminar, “Sexuality and Textuality: Speaking the Unspeakable,” taught by Michael Cadden, an assistant professor. The course explored the development of gay literature and included readings from the Bible, Shakespeare, Herman Melville, and Virginia Woolf. Cadden would go on to become Director of the Princeton Theatre Program and Acting Chair of the Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts. Diana Fuss and a few other faculty were also instrumental in offering LGBT and queer courses, generating scholarship, and supporting students’ academic pursuits.
The first gay-themed course was offered at Princeton in Spring 1988. The English department offered an undergraduate seminar, “Sexuality and Textuality: Speaking the Unspeakable,” taught by Michael Cadden, an assistant professor. The course explored the development of gay literature and included readings from the Bible, Shakespeare, Herman Melville, and Virginia Woolf. Cadden would go on to become Director of the Princeton Theatre Program and Acting Chair of the Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts. Diana Fuss and a few other faculty were also instrumental in offering LGBT and queer courses, generating scholarship, and supporting students’ academic pursuits.
First LGBTQ+ Course Offered at Princeton
The first gay-themed course was offered at Princeton in Spring 1988. The English department offered an undergraduate seminar, “Sexuality and Textuality: Speaking the Unspeakable,” taught by Michael Cadden, an assistant professor. The course explored the development of gay literature and included readings from the Bible, Shakespeare, Herman Melville, and Virginia Woolf. Cadden would go on to become Director of the Princeton Theatre Program and Acting Chair of the Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts. Diana Fuss and a few other faculty were also instrumental in offering LGBT and queer courses, generating scholarship, and supporting students’ academic pursuits.
The first gay-themed course was offered at Princeton in Spring 1988. The English department offered an undergraduate seminar, “Sexuality and Textuality: Speaking the Unspeakable,” taught by Michael Cadden, an assistant professor. The course explored the development of gay literature and included readings from the Bible, Shakespeare, Herman Melville, and Virginia Woolf. Cadden would go on to become Director of the Princeton Theatre Program and Acting Chair of the Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts. Diana Fuss and a few other faculty were also instrumental in offering LGBT and queer courses, generating scholarship, and supporting students’ academic pursuits.
Robert Gleason
Gleason discusses his time at Princeton as a male gay student. He speaks about his involvement with a variety of theater groups on campus including his time as general manager of Theatre Intime, a stage manager for a variety of student shows, and his experience as a member of Triangle Club. He also talks about his visibility as one of the few out students on campus, finding a queer community within Terrace Eating Club, and how he perceived the dances hosted by the Gay Alliance at Princeton. Finally, he speaks about his career as a hotel executive, forming a family after receiving marriage equality, and his involvement as a patron for San Diego's LGBT center and arts groups.
Gleason discusses his time at Princeton as a male gay student. He speaks about his involvement with a variety of theater groups on campus including his time as general manager of Theatre Intime, a stage manager for a variety of student shows, and his experience as a member of Triangle Club. He also talks about his visibility as one of the few out students on campus, finding a queer community within Terrace Eating Club, and how he perceived the dances hosted by the Gay Alliance at Princeton. Finally, he speaks about his career as a hotel executive, forming a family after receiving marriage equality, and his involvement as a patron for San Diego's LGBT center and arts groups.
Robert Gleason
Gleason discusses his time at Princeton as a male gay student. He speaks about his involvement with a variety of theater groups on campus including his time as general manager of Theatre Intime, a stage manager for a variety of student shows, and his experience as a member of Triangle Club. He also talks about his visibility as one of the few out students on campus, finding a queer community within Terrace Eating Club, and how he perceived the dances hosted by the Gay Alliance at Princeton. Finally, he speaks about his career as a hotel executive, forming a family after receiving marriage equality, and his involvement as a patron for San Diego's LGBT center and arts groups.
Gleason discusses his time at Princeton as a male gay student. He speaks about his involvement with a variety of theater groups on campus including his time as general manager of Theatre Intime, a stage manager for a variety of student shows, and his experience as a member of Triangle Club. He also talks about his visibility as one of the few out students on campus, finding a queer community within Terrace Eating Club, and how he perceived the dances hosted by the Gay Alliance at Princeton. Finally, he speaks about his career as a hotel executive, forming a family after receiving marriage equality, and his involvement as a patron for San Diego's LGBT center and arts groups.
Shawn Cowls
Cowls speaks about attending Princeton as an out gay man and the president of the Gay Alliance at Princeton. He discusses interviewing with local and student newspapers amidst the AIDS crisis, the programming and reforms he enacted on GAP as president, organizing funding for LGBT events through the Fund for Reunion and Princeton GALA alumni groups, and the discomfort he felt on campus. In addition, he speaks on the influence of the Gay Women of Princeton (GWOP) group, how his identity affected his working and personal life after Princeton, and his continued work with Princeton BTGALA.
Cowls speaks about attending Princeton as an out gay man and the president of the Gay Alliance at Princeton. He discusses interviewing with local and student newspapers amidst the AIDS crisis, the programming and reforms he enacted on GAP as president, organizing funding for LGBT events through the Fund for Reunion and Princeton GALA alumni groups, and the discomfort he felt on campus. In addition, he speaks on the influence of the Gay Women of Princeton (GWOP) group, how his identity affected his working and personal life after Princeton, and his continued work with Princeton BTGALA.
Shawn Cowls
Cowls speaks about attending Princeton as an out gay man and the president of the Gay Alliance at Princeton. He discusses interviewing with local and student newspapers amidst the AIDS crisis, the programming and reforms he enacted on GAP as president, organizing funding for LGBT events through the Fund for Reunion and Princeton GALA alumni groups, and the discomfort he felt on campus. In addition, he speaks on the influence of the Gay Women of Princeton (GWOP) group, how his identity affected his working and personal life after Princeton, and his continued work with Princeton BTGALA.
Cowls speaks about attending Princeton as an out gay man and the president of the Gay Alliance at Princeton. He discusses interviewing with local and student newspapers amidst the AIDS crisis, the programming and reforms he enacted on GAP as president, organizing funding for LGBT events through the Fund for Reunion and Princeton GALA alumni groups, and the discomfort he felt on campus. In addition, he speaks on the influence of the Gay Women of Princeton (GWOP) group, how his identity affected his working and personal life after Princeton, and his continued work with Princeton BTGALA.
Tanya Dotson Winckler
Dotson discusses her upbringing in a lower-middle class family in the Bronx and how April Hosting influenced her decision to attend Princeton. She describes coming out in her junior and senior year of college and her parent's negative reaction. In addition, she speaks about feeling comfortable in the Princeton Inn dorms and at the Third World Center. Finally, she talks about her relationship with her current wife, personal inspirations, and her entrepreneurial career.
Dotson discusses her upbringing in a lower-middle class family in the Bronx and how April Hosting influenced her decision to attend Princeton. She describes coming out in her junior and senior year of college and her parent's negative reaction. In addition, she speaks about feeling comfortable in the Princeton Inn dorms and at the Third World Center. Finally, she talks about her relationship with her current wife, personal inspirations, and her entrepreneurial career.
Tanya Dotson Winckler
Dotson discusses her upbringing in a lower-middle class family in the Bronx and how April Hosting influenced her decision to attend Princeton. She describes coming out in her junior and senior year of college and her parent's negative reaction. In addition, she speaks about feeling comfortable in the Princeton Inn dorms and at the Third World Center. Finally, she talks about her relationship with her current wife, personal inspirations, and her entrepreneurial career.
Dotson discusses her upbringing in a lower-middle class family in the Bronx and how April Hosting influenced her decision to attend Princeton. She describes coming out in her junior and senior year of college and her parent's negative reaction. In addition, she speaks about feeling comfortable in the Princeton Inn dorms and at the Third World Center. Finally, she talks about her relationship with her current wife, personal inspirations, and her entrepreneurial career.
William Ho
Ho speaks about his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student. He speaks on how he decided to attend Princeton, his membership with the Quadrangle eating club, his thoughts on the Gay Alliance at Princeton, and his involvement with the University yearbook club. In addition, he talks about coming out during medical school, leading support groups for gay students, and participating in gay activism. Finally, he discusses how he found a career in biotechnology, met his husband, and his current social network.
Ho speaks about his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student. He speaks on how he decided to attend Princeton, his membership with the Quadrangle eating club, his thoughts on the Gay Alliance at Princeton, and his involvement with the University yearbook club. In addition, he talks about coming out during medical school, leading support groups for gay students, and participating in gay activism. Finally, he discusses how he found a career in biotechnology, met his husband, and his current social network.
William Ho
Ho speaks about his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student. He speaks on how he decided to attend Princeton, his membership with the Quadrangle eating club, his thoughts on the Gay Alliance at Princeton, and his involvement with the University yearbook club. In addition, he talks about coming out during medical school, leading support groups for gay students, and participating in gay activism. Finally, he discusses how he found a career in biotechnology, met his husband, and his current social network.
Ho speaks about his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student. He speaks on how he decided to attend Princeton, his membership with the Quadrangle eating club, his thoughts on the Gay Alliance at Princeton, and his involvement with the University yearbook club. In addition, he talks about coming out during medical school, leading support groups for gay students, and participating in gay activism. Finally, he discusses how he found a career in biotechnology, met his husband, and his current social network.
Student Discourse and HIV/AIDS
In April 1988, Heather Stephenson ‘90 and Greg Christianson ‘98 organized a week-long AIDS benefit to raise campus awareness as well as money. Few graduates and undergraduates participated. This was indicative of student attitudes towards AIDS. Said one graduate student who attended a panel, “An undergrad asked me, ‘Why should we have this AIDS benefit? Nobody here has AIDS.’”
By 1989, the Princeton response to the AIDS epidemic had grown from being a problem the University was hesitant to touch to becoming a major part of Princeton discourse. In the early days of the disease, McCosh was hesitant to send out AIDS prevention pamphlets to the general population, not wanting to “cause undue panic” In contrast, on October 11, 1989, AIDS information was handed out at tables outside Firestone. The University started a Campus AIDS Education Coordinating Committee.
In April 1988, Heather Stephenson ‘90 and Greg Christianson ‘98 organized a week-long AIDS benefit to raise campus awareness as well as money. Few graduates and undergraduates participated. This was indicative of student attitudes towards AIDS. Said one graduate student who attended a panel, “An undergrad asked me, ‘Why should we have this AIDS benefit? Nobody here has AIDS.’”
By 1989, the Princeton response to the AIDS epidemic had grown from being a problem the University was hesitant to touch to becoming a major part of Princeton discourse. In the early days of the disease, McCosh was hesitant to send out AIDS prevention pamphlets to the general population, not wanting to “cause undue panic” In contrast, on October 11, 1989, AIDS information was handed out at tables outside Firestone. The University started a Campus AIDS Education Coordinating Committee.
Student Discourse and HIV/AIDS
In April 1988, Heather Stephenson ‘90 and Greg Christianson ‘98 organized a week-long AIDS benefit to raise campus awareness as well as money. Few graduates and undergraduates participated. This was indicative of student attitudes towards AIDS. Said one graduate student who attended a panel, “An undergrad asked me, ‘Why should we have this AIDS benefit? Nobody here has AIDS.’”
By 1989, the Princeton response to the AIDS epidemic had grown from being a problem the University was hesitant to touch to becoming a major part of Princeton discourse. In the early days of the disease, McCosh was hesitant to send out AIDS prevention pamphlets to the general population, not wanting to “cause undue panic” In contrast, on October 11, 1989, AIDS information was handed out at tables outside Firestone. The University started a Campus AIDS Education Coordinating Committee.
In April 1988, Heather Stephenson ‘90 and Greg Christianson ‘98 organized a week-long AIDS benefit to raise campus awareness as well as money. Few graduates and undergraduates participated. This was indicative of student attitudes towards AIDS. Said one graduate student who attended a panel, “An undergrad asked me, ‘Why should we have this AIDS benefit? Nobody here has AIDS.’”
By 1989, the Princeton response to the AIDS epidemic had grown from being a problem the University was hesitant to touch to becoming a major part of Princeton discourse. In the early days of the disease, McCosh was hesitant to send out AIDS prevention pamphlets to the general population, not wanting to “cause undue panic” In contrast, on October 11, 1989, AIDS information was handed out at tables outside Firestone. The University started a Campus AIDS Education Coordinating Committee.
Daniel Acosta
Acosta reflects on his childhood in Chicago and how he navigated his second generation Mexican-American identity. He discusses his arrival to Princeton and his involvement in Charter, the Aquinas Institute, and the Third World Center. He also speaks about the visibility of an "out" classmate, his refusal to experiment during the AIDs crisis, and how he learned about Gay life through books at Firestone Library. Finally, he reflects on how he came to terms with his identity and discrimination he received during and after his time at Princeton.
Acosta reflects on his childhood in Chicago and how he navigated his second generation Mexican-American identity. He discusses his arrival to Princeton and his involvement in Charter, the Aquinas Institute, and the Third World Center. He also speaks about the visibility of an "out" classmate, his refusal to experiment during the AIDs crisis, and how he learned about Gay life through books at Firestone Library. Finally, he reflects on how he came to terms with his identity and discrimination he received during and after his time at Princeton.
Daniel Acosta
Acosta reflects on his childhood in Chicago and how he navigated his second generation Mexican-American identity. He discusses his arrival to Princeton and his involvement in Charter, the Aquinas Institute, and the Third World Center. He also speaks about the visibility of an "out" classmate, his refusal to experiment during the AIDs crisis, and how he learned about Gay life through books at Firestone Library. Finally, he reflects on how he came to terms with his identity and discrimination he received during and after his time at Princeton.
Acosta reflects on his childhood in Chicago and how he navigated his second generation Mexican-American identity. He discusses his arrival to Princeton and his involvement in Charter, the Aquinas Institute, and the Third World Center. He also speaks about the visibility of an "out" classmate, his refusal to experiment during the AIDs crisis, and how he learned about Gay life through books at Firestone Library. Finally, he reflects on how he came to terms with his identity and discrimination he received during and after his time at Princeton.
Greg Christianson
Christianson discusses his experience as an out, transfer student at Princeton from North Dakota. He speaks on joining the Gay Alliance of Princeton, later the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Princeton, leading an AIDS benefit his sophomore year, and organizing the Coalition Against Homophobia. Christianson highlights campus discourse surrounding ROTC and CIA recruitment efforts and a sit-in at Nassau Hall during his senior year. Finally, he talks about his career as an environmental lawyer and his current community network.
Christianson discusses his experience as an out, transfer student at Princeton from North Dakota. He speaks on joining the Gay Alliance of Princeton, later the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Princeton, leading an AIDS benefit his sophomore year, and organizing the Coalition Against Homophobia. Christianson highlights campus discourse surrounding ROTC and CIA recruitment efforts and a sit-in at Nassau Hall during his senior year. Finally, he talks about his career as an environmental lawyer and his current community network.
Greg Christianson
Christianson discusses his experience as an out, transfer student at Princeton from North Dakota. He speaks on joining the Gay Alliance of Princeton, later the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Princeton, leading an AIDS benefit his sophomore year, and organizing the Coalition Against Homophobia. Christianson highlights campus discourse surrounding ROTC and CIA recruitment efforts and a sit-in at Nassau Hall during his senior year. Finally, he talks about his career as an environmental lawyer and his current community network.
Christianson discusses his experience as an out, transfer student at Princeton from North Dakota. He speaks on joining the Gay Alliance of Princeton, later the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Princeton, leading an AIDS benefit his sophomore year, and organizing the Coalition Against Homophobia. Christianson highlights campus discourse surrounding ROTC and CIA recruitment efforts and a sit-in at Nassau Hall during his senior year. Finally, he talks about his career as an environmental lawyer and his current community network.
Sean Foley
Foley discusses his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student. He talks about his time with the Glee Club, touring with the group, and his observations on gay student leaders and gay life within the University. He talks about entering his first gay relationship while working abroad, his time as a student at the Northwestern Kellogg School of Business, the role of spirituality in his life, and the process of coming out to his family. Other topics include: meeting his long-term, long-distance partner, finding a career in business consulting, and his opinion on the Every Voice conference.
Foley discusses his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student. He talks about his time with the Glee Club, touring with the group, and his observations on gay student leaders and gay life within the University. He talks about entering his first gay relationship while working abroad, his time as a student at the Northwestern Kellogg School of Business, the role of spirituality in his life, and the process of coming out to his family. Other topics include: meeting his long-term, long-distance partner, finding a career in business consulting, and his opinion on the Every Voice conference.
Sean Foley
Foley discusses his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student. He talks about his time with the Glee Club, touring with the group, and his observations on gay student leaders and gay life within the University. He talks about entering his first gay relationship while working abroad, his time as a student at the Northwestern Kellogg School of Business, the role of spirituality in his life, and the process of coming out to his family. Other topics include: meeting his long-term, long-distance partner, finding a career in business consulting, and his opinion on the Every Voice conference.
Foley discusses his time at Princeton as a closeted gay student. He talks about his time with the Glee Club, touring with the group, and his observations on gay student leaders and gay life within the University. He talks about entering his first gay relationship while working abroad, his time as a student at the Northwestern Kellogg School of Business, the role of spirituality in his life, and the process of coming out to his family. Other topics include: meeting his long-term, long-distance partner, finding a career in business consulting, and his opinion on the Every Voice conference.
Gay Jeans Day
By 1989, some GALAP members were becoming frustrated with the group’s stagnation. GALAP often attracted only a dozen students, who met in the basement of Murray Dodge. One member from that time called the group “a lonely hearts club.” GALAP wanted to revitalize itself. The members decided to have an awareness week. Daniel Mendelsohn *94, a GALAP member, suggested GALAP hold a Gay Jeans Day at Princeton, borrowing the idea from his undergraduate school. Gay Jeans Day was a simple concept; gay people and their allies would wear jeans to show their support. Mendelsohn had a background in advertising, and he was determined to advertise the event widely in order to make the day a success. GALAP members covered the campus in Gay Jeans Day posters on October 4, 1989. The posters were torn down almost as rapidly as they were tacked up, so the group made another round of postering on the 5th, and then again on the 6th. They also ran a half-page advertisement for a GALAP open house in The Daily Princetonian on the 6th, reading: “Open eyes? Open ears? Open minds? Open hearts? Open House.” On Monday October 9th, GALAP placed letters in every faculty and undergraduate mailbox explaining Gay Jeans Day. GALAP placed an editorial in The Prince on the 10th explaining Gay Jeans Day, as well as a full-page ad: “If you aren’t wearing jeans tomorrow everyone will know about you.”
According to Daniel Mendelsohn, faculty described October 11, 1989, Gay Jeans Day as the most volatile event that had taken place on campus since the Vietnam protests. Every athlete on the football team wore khaki shorts. As one student said, “I am not gay and neither do I want to support their gayness.” Many were reportedly offended by the decision the event required of them. The purpose of Gay Jeans Day was to force straight people to confront their feelings towards “homosexuality” just as gay people were perpetually forced to decide whether to be open about their sexuality or not. It unfortunately had the double effect of putting closeted students in a difficult position – to publicly affiliate themselves with the campus’ LGBTQIA+ community, or to appear to be positioned against it. Though the number of people who wore jeans that day is unknown, the event succeeded in raising awareness and calling attention to “the closet,” as well as emboldening GALAP.
By 1989, some GALAP members were becoming frustrated with the group’s stagnation. GALAP often attracted only a dozen students, who met in the basement of Murray Dodge. One member from that time called the group “a lonely hearts club.” GALAP wanted to revitalize itself. The members decided to have an awareness week. Daniel Mendelsohn *94, a GALAP member, suggested GALAP hold a Gay Jeans Day at Princeton, borrowing the idea from his undergraduate school. Gay Jeans Day was a simple concept; gay people and their allies would wear jeans to show their support. Mendelsohn had a background in advertising, and he was determined to advertise the event widely in order to make the day a success. GALAP members covered the campus in Gay Jeans Day posters on October 4, 1989. The posters were torn down almost as rapidly as they were tacked up, so the group made another round of postering on the 5th, and then again on the 6th. They also ran a half-page advertisement for a GALAP open house in The Daily Princetonian on the 6th, reading: “Open eyes? Open ears? Open minds? Open hearts? Open House.” On Monday October 9th, GALAP placed letters in every faculty and undergraduate mailbox explaining Gay Jeans Day. GALAP placed an editorial in The Prince on the 10th explaining Gay Jeans Day, as well as a full-page ad: “If you aren’t wearing jeans tomorrow everyone will know about you.”
According to Daniel Mendelsohn, faculty described October 11, 1989, Gay Jeans Day as the most volatile event that had taken place on campus since the Vietnam protests. Every athlete on the football team wore khaki shorts. As one student said, “I am not gay and neither do I want to support their gayness.” Many were reportedly offended by the decision the event required of them. The purpose of Gay Jeans Day was to force straight people to confront their feelings towards “homosexuality” just as gay people were perpetually forced to decide whether to be open about their sexuality or not. It unfortunately had the double effect of putting closeted students in a difficult position – to publicly affiliate themselves with the campus’ LGBTQIA+ community, or to appear to be positioned against it. Though the number of people who wore jeans that day is unknown, the event succeeded in raising awareness and calling attention to “the closet,” as well as emboldening GALAP.
Gay Jeans Day
By 1989, some GALAP members were becoming frustrated with the group’s stagnation. GALAP often attracted only a dozen students, who met in the basement of Murray Dodge. One member from that time called the group “a lonely hearts club.” GALAP wanted to revitalize itself. The members decided to have an awareness week. Daniel Mendelsohn *94, a GALAP member, suggested GALAP hold a Gay Jeans Day at Princeton, borrowing the idea from his undergraduate school. Gay Jeans Day was a simple concept; gay people and their allies would wear jeans to show their support. Mendelsohn had a background in advertising, and he was determined to advertise the event widely in order to make the day a success. GALAP members covered the campus in Gay Jeans Day posters on October 4, 1989. The posters were torn down almost as rapidly as they were tacked up, so the group made another round of postering on the 5th, and then again on the 6th. They also ran a half-page advertisement for a GALAP open house in The Daily Princetonian on the 6th, reading: “Open eyes? Open ears? Open minds? Open hearts? Open House.” On Monday October 9th, GALAP placed letters in every faculty and undergraduate mailbox explaining Gay Jeans Day. GALAP placed an editorial in The Prince on the 10th explaining Gay Jeans Day, as well as a full-page ad: “If you aren’t wearing jeans tomorrow everyone will know about you.”
According to Daniel Mendelsohn, faculty described October 11, 1989, Gay Jeans Day as the most volatile event that had taken place on campus since the Vietnam protests. Every athlete on the football team wore khaki shorts. As one student said, “I am not gay and neither do I want to support their gayness.” Many were reportedly offended by the decision the event required of them. The purpose of Gay Jeans Day was to force straight people to confront their feelings towards “homosexuality” just as gay people were perpetually forced to decide whether to be open about their sexuality or not. It unfortunately had the double effect of putting closeted students in a difficult position – to publicly affiliate themselves with the campus’ LGBTQIA+ community, or to appear to be positioned against it. Though the number of people who wore jeans that day is unknown, the event succeeded in raising awareness and calling attention to “the closet,” as well as emboldening GALAP.
By 1989, some GALAP members were becoming frustrated with the group’s stagnation. GALAP often attracted only a dozen students, who met in the basement of Murray Dodge. One member from that time called the group “a lonely hearts club.” GALAP wanted to revitalize itself. The members decided to have an awareness week. Daniel Mendelsohn *94, a GALAP member, suggested GALAP hold a Gay Jeans Day at Princeton, borrowing the idea from his undergraduate school. Gay Jeans Day was a simple concept; gay people and their allies would wear jeans to show their support. Mendelsohn had a background in advertising, and he was determined to advertise the event widely in order to make the day a success. GALAP members covered the campus in Gay Jeans Day posters on October 4, 1989. The posters were torn down almost as rapidly as they were tacked up, so the group made another round of postering on the 5th, and then again on the 6th. They also ran a half-page advertisement for a GALAP open house in The Daily Princetonian on the 6th, reading: “Open eyes? Open ears? Open minds? Open hearts? Open House.” On Monday October 9th, GALAP placed letters in every faculty and undergraduate mailbox explaining Gay Jeans Day. GALAP placed an editorial in The Prince on the 10th explaining Gay Jeans Day, as well as a full-page ad: “If you aren’t wearing jeans tomorrow everyone will know about you.”
According to Daniel Mendelsohn, faculty described October 11, 1989, Gay Jeans Day as the most volatile event that had taken place on campus since the Vietnam protests. Every athlete on the football team wore khaki shorts. As one student said, “I am not gay and neither do I want to support their gayness.” Many were reportedly offended by the decision the event required of them. The purpose of Gay Jeans Day was to force straight people to confront their feelings towards “homosexuality” just as gay people were perpetually forced to decide whether to be open about their sexuality or not. It unfortunately had the double effect of putting closeted students in a difficult position – to publicly affiliate themselves with the campus’ LGBTQIA+ community, or to appear to be positioned against it. Though the number of people who wore jeans that day is unknown, the event succeeded in raising awareness and calling attention to “the closet,” as well as emboldening GALAP.
Joan Kowalik
Kowalik discusses her time at Princeton as the women's head basketball coach from 1984 through 1995. She talks about hiding her sexuality while coaching students, her record as Princeton's coach, and her perspective on prominent homophobic collegiate coaches. She also speaks about her coaching career at St. Lawrence University, attending the Ewing Presbyterian Church, working at St. Andrews as an athletic director and health educator, and marrying her wife.
Kowalik discusses her time at Princeton as the women's head basketball coach from 1984 through 1995. She talks about hiding her sexuality while coaching students, her record as Princeton's coach, and her perspective on prominent homophobic collegiate coaches. She also speaks about her coaching career at St. Lawrence University, attending the Ewing Presbyterian Church, working at St. Andrews as an athletic director and health educator, and marrying her wife.
Joan Kowalik
Kowalik discusses her time at Princeton as the women's head basketball coach from 1984 through 1995. She talks about hiding her sexuality while coaching students, her record as Princeton's coach, and her perspective on prominent homophobic collegiate coaches. She also speaks about her coaching career at St. Lawrence University, attending the Ewing Presbyterian Church, working at St. Andrews as an athletic director and health educator, and marrying her wife.
Kowalik discusses her time at Princeton as the women's head basketball coach from 1984 through 1995. She talks about hiding her sexuality while coaching students, her record as Princeton's coach, and her perspective on prominent homophobic collegiate coaches. She also speaks about her coaching career at St. Lawrence University, attending the Ewing Presbyterian Church, working at St. Andrews as an athletic director and health educator, and marrying her wife.
Wartenburg Committee
While GALAP was planning Gay Jeans Day, Rob Spencer ‘87, who had worked with Greg Christianson on ROTC and CIA issues, returned to campus to work part time as an advocate for LGBT issues while also working in the faculty dining hall. He formed the organization “Some Of Us” (Sexual Orientation Minorities Education organization for University Sensitivity), an offshoot branch of FFR under which he could campaign for gay issues. Spencer worked closely with Carl Wartenburg, a Unitarian Universalist minister and an assistant to President Harold Shapiro (Wartenburg later served as Associate Provost). In 1989, they placed a notice in The Daily Princetonian advertising the formation of a new panel to address gay and lesbian needs and concerns. Initially, the committee had no name and was simply called the “No Name Committee.” It would eventually be named the Ad Hoc Committee For Gay and Lesbian Needs and Concerns,” known more commonly as the Wartenburg Committee after Carl Wartenburg who chaired the committee. Though the committee was not recognized by the University, two members, Associate Provost for Affirmative Action, Mimi Coffey, and David Coster *93, also sat on the President’s Advisory Committee. The Wartenburg Committee produced a report in which it made many recommendations to the University, including: additional space for GALAP, domestic partnership benefits, better cataloging of LGBT materials in the library, a permanent coordinator position, a Gay and Lesbian Studies Program, and a standing committee on Gay and Lesbian Needs and Concerns. Most of these recommendations have since been realized. Although President Shapiro did not form a standing committee, many members of the Wartenburg Committee continued to meet initially as the Committee on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Concerns and later as the LGBT Task Force.
While GALAP was planning Gay Jeans Day, Rob Spencer ‘87, who had worked with Greg Christianson on ROTC and CIA issues, returned to campus to work part time as an advocate for LGBT issues while also working in the faculty dining hall. He formed the organization “Some Of Us” (Sexual Orientation Minorities Education organization for University Sensitivity), an offshoot branch of FFR under which he could campaign for gay issues. Spencer worked closely with Carl Wartenburg, a Unitarian Universalist minister and an assistant to President Harold Shapiro (Wartenburg later served as Associate Provost). In 1989, they placed a notice in The Daily Princetonian advertising the formation of a new panel to address gay and lesbian needs and concerns. Initially, the committee had no name and was simply called the “No Name Committee.” It would eventually be named the Ad Hoc Committee For Gay and Lesbian Needs and Concerns,” known more commonly as the Wartenburg Committee after Carl Wartenburg who chaired the committee. Though the committee was not recognized by the University, two members, Associate Provost for Affirmative Action, Mimi Coffey, and David Coster *93, also sat on the President’s Advisory Committee. The Wartenburg Committee produced a report in which it made many recommendations to the University, including: additional space for GALAP, domestic partnership benefits, better cataloging of LGBT materials in the library, a permanent coordinator position, a Gay and Lesbian Studies Program, and a standing committee on Gay and Lesbian Needs and Concerns. Most of these recommendations have since been realized. Although President Shapiro did not form a standing committee, many members of the Wartenburg Committee continued to meet initially as the Committee on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Concerns and later as the LGBT Task Force.
Wartenburg Committee
While GALAP was planning Gay Jeans Day, Rob Spencer ‘87, who had worked with Greg Christianson on ROTC and CIA issues, returned to campus to work part time as an advocate for LGBT issues while also working in the faculty dining hall. He formed the organization “Some Of Us” (Sexual Orientation Minorities Education organization for University Sensitivity), an offshoot branch of FFR under which he could campaign for gay issues. Spencer worked closely with Carl Wartenburg, a Unitarian Universalist minister and an assistant to President Harold Shapiro (Wartenburg later served as Associate Provost). In 1989, they placed a notice in The Daily Princetonian advertising the formation of a new panel to address gay and lesbian needs and concerns. Initially, the committee had no name and was simply called the “No Name Committee.” It would eventually be named the Ad Hoc Committee For Gay and Lesbian Needs and Concerns,” known more commonly as the Wartenburg Committee after Carl Wartenburg who chaired the committee. Though the committee was not recognized by the University, two members, Associate Provost for Affirmative Action, Mimi Coffey, and David Coster *93, also sat on the President’s Advisory Committee. The Wartenburg Committee produced a report in which it made many recommendations to the University, including: additional space for GALAP, domestic partnership benefits, better cataloging of LGBT materials in the library, a permanent coordinator position, a Gay and Lesbian Studies Program, and a standing committee on Gay and Lesbian Needs and Concerns. Most of these recommendations have since been realized. Although President Shapiro did not form a standing committee, many members of the Wartenburg Committee continued to meet initially as the Committee on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Concerns and later as the LGBT Task Force.
While GALAP was planning Gay Jeans Day, Rob Spencer ‘87, who had worked with Greg Christianson on ROTC and CIA issues, returned to campus to work part time as an advocate for LGBT issues while also working in the faculty dining hall. He formed the organization “Some Of Us” (Sexual Orientation Minorities Education organization for University Sensitivity), an offshoot branch of FFR under which he could campaign for gay issues. Spencer worked closely with Carl Wartenburg, a Unitarian Universalist minister and an assistant to President Harold Shapiro (Wartenburg later served as Associate Provost). In 1989, they placed a notice in The Daily Princetonian advertising the formation of a new panel to address gay and lesbian needs and concerns. Initially, the committee had no name and was simply called the “No Name Committee.” It would eventually be named the Ad Hoc Committee For Gay and Lesbian Needs and Concerns,” known more commonly as the Wartenburg Committee after Carl Wartenburg who chaired the committee. Though the committee was not recognized by the University, two members, Associate Provost for Affirmative Action, Mimi Coffey, and David Coster *93, also sat on the President’s Advisory Committee. The Wartenburg Committee produced a report in which it made many recommendations to the University, including: additional space for GALAP, domestic partnership benefits, better cataloging of LGBT materials in the library, a permanent coordinator position, a Gay and Lesbian Studies Program, and a standing committee on Gay and Lesbian Needs and Concerns. Most of these recommendations have since been realized. Although President Shapiro did not form a standing committee, many members of the Wartenburg Committee continued to meet initially as the Committee on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Concerns and later as the LGBT Task Force.
Muriel Whitcomb
Muriel Whitcomb
Michael Cadden
Cadden describes the development of his interest in theater during his time studying at Yale and as a Marshall Scholar in the U.K., eventually leading to a career studying theater. He discusses his long career at Princeton, during which he taught the first LGBT literature course and witnessed the development of queer studies at Princeton. Finally, he discusses some of his work with developing a group for queer Princeton alums.
Cadden describes the development of his interest in theater during his time studying at Yale and as a Marshall Scholar in the U.K., eventually leading to a career studying theater. He discusses his long career at Princeton, during which he taught the first LGBT literature course and witnessed the development of queer studies at Princeton. Finally, he discusses some of his work with developing a group for queer Princeton alums.
Michael Cadden
Cadden describes the development of his interest in theater during his time studying at Yale and as a Marshall Scholar in the U.K., eventually leading to a career studying theater. He discusses his long career at Princeton, during which he taught the first LGBT literature course and witnessed the development of queer studies at Princeton. Finally, he discusses some of his work with developing a group for queer Princeton alums.
Cadden describes the development of his interest in theater during his time studying at Yale and as a Marshall Scholar in the U.K., eventually leading to a career studying theater. He discusses his long career at Princeton, during which he taught the first LGBT literature course and witnessed the development of queer studies at Princeton. Finally, he discusses some of his work with developing a group for queer Princeton alums.
Sue Anne Steffey Morrow
Morrow speaks about the support she offered to LGBT students as a Dean of the Chapel from 1981 through 2003. She discusses working on an unnamed LGBT task force, providing an office for the Gay Alliance at Princeton, hiring the first LGBT coordinators for the university, and officiating the first same-sex wedding in the University Chapel. She talks about negative alumni reactions to the wedding, explains why same-sex and straight marriages were documented separately, and her experience working under three different university presidents.
Morrow speaks about the support she offered to LGBT students as a Dean of the Chapel from 1981 through 2003. She discusses working on an unnamed LGBT task force, providing an office for the Gay Alliance at Princeton, hiring the first LGBT coordinators for the university, and officiating the first same-sex wedding in the University Chapel. She talks about negative alumni reactions to the wedding, explains why same-sex and straight marriages were documented separately, and her experience working under three different university presidents.
Sue Anne Steffey Morrow
Morrow speaks about the support she offered to LGBT students as a Dean of the Chapel from 1981 through 2003. She discusses working on an unnamed LGBT task force, providing an office for the Gay Alliance at Princeton, hiring the first LGBT coordinators for the university, and officiating the first same-sex wedding in the University Chapel. She talks about negative alumni reactions to the wedding, explains why same-sex and straight marriages were documented separately, and her experience working under three different university presidents.
Morrow speaks about the support she offered to LGBT students as a Dean of the Chapel from 1981 through 2003. She discusses working on an unnamed LGBT task force, providing an office for the Gay Alliance at Princeton, hiring the first LGBT coordinators for the university, and officiating the first same-sex wedding in the University Chapel. She talks about negative alumni reactions to the wedding, explains why same-sex and straight marriages were documented separately, and her experience working under three different university presidents.
Princeton Hires an LGBT Coordinator
Princeton Hires an LGBT Coordinator 1989 was a pivotal year in Princeton’s LGBTQIA+ history for several reasons. Besides Gay Jeans Day and the Wartenburg Committee, 1989 was the first year that the University hired a coordinator to concentrate on LGBT issues at the University. Reverend Sue Anne Steffey Morrow, Assistant Dean of the Chapel, had been working quietly on LGB issues since she arrived on campus in 1982, counseling students and providing support where she could. In 1989, Morrow was able to hire Paul Davis, and Princeton became the sixth University in the country to create an LGBT coordinator position. Davis’s job was to provide momentum to GALAP, including writing a weekly newsletter and running the monthly dances. GALAP was given an additional room in Aaron Burr to serve as Davis’ office. Over the next decade, Paul Davis’ position would morph into the LGBT Coordinator position, which in the 2000s became the LGBT Concerns/LGBT Student Services Coordinator.
Princeton Hires an LGBT Coordinator 1989 was a pivotal year in Princeton’s LGBTQIA+ history for several reasons. Besides Gay Jeans Day and the Wartenburg Committee, 1989 was the first year that the University hired a coordinator to concentrate on LGBT issues at the University. Reverend Sue Anne Steffey Morrow, Assistant Dean of the Chapel, had been working quietly on LGB issues since she arrived on campus in 1982, counseling students and providing support where she could. In 1989, Morrow was able to hire Paul Davis, and Princeton became the sixth University in the country to create an LGBT coordinator position. Davis’s job was to provide momentum to GALAP, including writing a weekly newsletter and running the monthly dances. GALAP was given an additional room in Aaron Burr to serve as Davis’ office. Over the next decade, Paul Davis’ position would morph into the LGBT Coordinator position, which in the 2000s became the LGBT Concerns/LGBT Student Services Coordinator.
Princeton Hires an LGBT Coordinator
Princeton Hires an LGBT Coordinator 1989 was a pivotal year in Princeton’s LGBTQIA+ history for several reasons. Besides Gay Jeans Day and the Wartenburg Committee, 1989 was the first year that the University hired a coordinator to concentrate on LGBT issues at the University. Reverend Sue Anne Steffey Morrow, Assistant Dean of the Chapel, had been working quietly on LGB issues since she arrived on campus in 1982, counseling students and providing support where she could. In 1989, Morrow was able to hire Paul Davis, and Princeton became the sixth University in the country to create an LGBT coordinator position. Davis’s job was to provide momentum to GALAP, including writing a weekly newsletter and running the monthly dances. GALAP was given an additional room in Aaron Burr to serve as Davis’ office. Over the next decade, Paul Davis’ position would morph into the LGBT Coordinator position, which in the 2000s became the LGBT Concerns/LGBT Student Services Coordinator.
Princeton Hires an LGBT Coordinator 1989 was a pivotal year in Princeton’s LGBTQIA+ history for several reasons. Besides Gay Jeans Day and the Wartenburg Committee, 1989 was the first year that the University hired a coordinator to concentrate on LGBT issues at the University. Reverend Sue Anne Steffey Morrow, Assistant Dean of the Chapel, had been working quietly on LGB issues since she arrived on campus in 1982, counseling students and providing support where she could. In 1989, Morrow was able to hire Paul Davis, and Princeton became the sixth University in the country to create an LGBT coordinator position. Davis’s job was to provide momentum to GALAP, including writing a weekly newsletter and running the monthly dances. GALAP was given an additional room in Aaron Burr to serve as Davis’ office. Over the next decade, Paul Davis’ position would morph into the LGBT Coordinator position, which in the 2000s became the LGBT Concerns/LGBT Student Services Coordinator.
Jay Kloecker
Kloecker talks about his experiences as a closeted, gay student at Princeton. He speaks about harassment he faced as an adolescent and how he realized his sexuality at a young age. He discusses his experiences with Outdoor Action, the Freshman Singers Club, and having girlfriends as a cover for his sexuality. He speaks about his experiences at Duke University's law school, his law career, and his time as a choral singer. He also reflects on meeting other alumni at reunions, working for gay couples as a lawyer, and his advocacy for same-sex marriage within the Episcopal Church.
Kloecker talks about his experiences as a closeted, gay student at Princeton. He speaks about harassment he faced as an adolescent and how he realized his sexuality at a young age. He discusses his experiences with Outdoor Action, the Freshman Singers Club, and having girlfriends as a cover for his sexuality. He speaks about his experiences at Duke University's law school, his law career, and his time as a choral singer. He also reflects on meeting other alumni at reunions, working for gay couples as a lawyer, and his advocacy for same-sex marriage within the Episcopal Church.
Jay Kloecker
Kloecker talks about his experiences as a closeted, gay student at Princeton. He speaks about harassment he faced as an adolescent and how he realized his sexuality at a young age. He discusses his experiences with Outdoor Action, the Freshman Singers Club, and having girlfriends as a cover for his sexuality. He speaks about his experiences at Duke University's law school, his law career, and his time as a choral singer. He also reflects on meeting other alumni at reunions, working for gay couples as a lawyer, and his advocacy for same-sex marriage within the Episcopal Church.
Kloecker talks about his experiences as a closeted, gay student at Princeton. He speaks about harassment he faced as an adolescent and how he realized his sexuality at a young age. He discusses his experiences with Outdoor Action, the Freshman Singers Club, and having girlfriends as a cover for his sexuality. He speaks about his experiences at Duke University's law school, his law career, and his time as a choral singer. He also reflects on meeting other alumni at reunions, working for gay couples as a lawyer, and his advocacy for same-sex marriage within the Episcopal Church.
1990s
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