PRIDE! of the Community: Documenting LGBTQ+ History in the Triad

FAIN: PY-258664-18

University of North Carolina, Greensboro (Greensboro, NC 27412-5068)
Jennifer Motszko (Project Director: June 2017 to June 2018)
James David Gwynn (Project Director: June 2018 to March 2021)

Three day-long digitization events, a panel discussion, and a public lecture to document and preserve historical sources relating to the LGBTQ+ community of North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region.  Members of the community would be invited to submit personal items for digitization and description.  The applicant expects to collect archival materials reflecting political themes, student groups, and state and national organizations such as Equality North Carolina, PFLAG, GSAFE, and PRIDE.  Using this community-based approach, the applicant hopes to expand existing narratives of Southern LGBTQ+ identities, including sexuality, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and religion.  A proposed historical lecture and panel discussion, building on the items collected for digital preservation, would include representatives from several perspectives.  The applicant would partner with the Guilford Green Foundation, a local LGBTQ community organization.

The University Libraries of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) will partner with the Guilford Green Foundation to preserve and make accessible the history of the LGBTQ+ community of the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point). Members of the LGBTQ+ community can bring personal items for digitization and description, creating digital content chronicling the history of the population. This project would be the first large-scale initiative to document the LGBTQ+ history of the Triad. Given the unique cultural climate of North Carolina historically and presently, it is anticipated that modern materials will reflect political themes, especially in relation to recent discord over North Carolina Amendment 1, House Bill 2, and House Bill 780. Additionally, with over twenty institutions of higher education in the area, there will be documents and artifacts relating to LGBTQ+ student groups, including representation from three HBCUs.

Associated Products

Bring Back the Double Beds! Alumni Response to the Formation of the Gay Student Union (Blog Post)
Title: Bring Back the Double Beds! Alumni Response to the Formation of the Gay Student Union
Author: Stacey Krim
Abstract: Documents alumni response to the formation of the Gay Student Union at UNC Greensboro in 1979.
Date: 2019-04-02
Primary URL: http://uncghistory.blogspot.com/2019/04/bring-back-double-beds-alumni-response.html
Blog Title: Spartan Stories
Website: Spartan Stories

Counseling for the ‘Crush,’ Key L. Barkley and Early Lesbian Students (Blog Post)
Title: Counseling for the ‘Crush,’ Key L. Barkley and Early Lesbian Students
Author: Stacey Krim
Abstract: Early documentation of the existence of lesbian students at UNC Greensboro through counselling sessions.
Date: 2019-04-15
Primary URL: http://uncghistory.blogspot.com/2019/04/counseling-for-crush-key-l-barkley-and.html
Blog Title: Spartan Stories
Website: Spartan Stories

LGBTQ+ Topics in the Early College Curriculum (Blog Post)
Title: LGBTQ+ Topics in the Early College Curriculum
Author: Stacey Krim
Abstract: Documents the development of LGBTQ+ issues in the curriculum at UNC Greensboro.
Date: 2019-04-08
Primary URL: http://uncghistory.blogspot.com/2019/04/lgbtq-topics-in-early-college-curriculum.html
Blog Title: Spartan Stories
Website: Spartan Stories

LGBTQ Pioneers on Campus: Dr. Thomas K. Fitzgerald (Blog Post)
Title: LGBTQ Pioneers on Campus: Dr. Thomas K. Fitzgerald
Author: Stacey Krim
Abstract: Documents the career of Dr. Thomas Fitzgerald, UNC Greensboro's first "out" gay faculty member.
Date: 2019-04-01
Primary URL: http://uncghistory.blogspot.com/2019/04/lgbtq-pioneers-on-campus-dr-thomas-k.html
Blog Title: Spartan Stories
Website: Spartan Stories

When Politics and Sexuality Collide: UNCG PRIDE Week, 2004 (Blog Post)
Title: When Politics and Sexuality Collide: UNCG PRIDE Week, 2004
Author: Stacey Krim
Abstract: Documents the controversy around UNC Greensboro's PRIDE Week in 2004.
Date: 2018-04-30
Primary URL: http://uncghistory.blogspot.com/2018/04/when-politics-and-sexuality-collide.html
Blog Title: Spartan Stories
Website: Spartan Stories

UNC Greensboro Coming Out: Queer Students in the 1990s (Blog Post)
Title: UNC Greensboro Coming Out: Queer Students in the 1990s
Author: Stacey Krim
Abstract: Documents the increasing numbers of "out" students at UNC Greensboro and the community's reaction.
Date: 2018-04-23
Primary URL: http://uncghistory.blogspot.com/2018/04/unc-greensboro-coming-out-queer.html
Blog Title: Spartan Stories
Website: Spartan Stories

A Second Look at UNC Greensboro's Response to AIDS in the 1980's (Blog Post)
Title: A Second Look at UNC Greensboro's Response to AIDS in the 1980's
Author: Stacey Krim
Abstract: Documents UNC Greensboro's campus-level response to AIDS in the 1980s.
Date: 2018-04-16
Primary URL: http://uncghistory.blogspot.com/2018/04/a-second-look-at-unc-greensboros.html
Blog Title: Spartan Stories
Website: Spartan Stories

PRIDE! of the Community (Web Resource)
Title: PRIDE! of the Community
Author: David Gwynn
Author: Stacey Krim
Abstract: Project website of the NEH-funded PRIDE! of the Community project, including the digital collection created for the project and additional project-related resources.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: http://pride.triadhistory.org/

The Queer History of UNCG; 1892-2004 (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: The Queer History of UNCG; 1892-2004
Abstract: Presentation on the history of LGBTQ+ students and faculty at UNC Greensboro presented at the UNC Greensboro Safe Zone Summit.
Author: Stacey Krim
Date: 2019-08-05
Location: Greensboro NC
Primary URL: https://youtu.be/4IZ9vcrOPs8

Hop into History (Exhibition)
Title: Hop into History
Curator: Stacey Krim
Abstract: Exhibit held at the UNCG Libraries' monthly "Hop into History" event in Greensboro NC.
Year: 2018

Triad History Day Exhibit (Exhibition)
Title: Triad History Day Exhibit
Curator: Stacey Krim
Abstract: Exhibit presented at the annual Triad History Day event at the Greensboro History Museum.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://triadhistory.org/news/triad-history-day/

Scuppernong Books Exhibit (Exhibition)
Title: Scuppernong Books Exhibit
Curator: Stacey Krim
Abstract: Exhibit of project materials presented in conjunction with a scanning event at Scuppernong Books in Greensboro NC.
Year: 2018

LGBTQ+ Nightlife of Greensboro, North Carolina in the 1980s and 1990s (Web Resource)
Title: LGBTQ+ Nightlife of Greensboro, North Carolina in the 1980s and 1990s
Author: Jackson McCutcheon
Abstract: History of LGBTQ+ nightlife establishments in Greensboro NC developed using materials from the digitization project.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://triadhistory.org/projects-and-resources/pride/nightlife/

Greensboro LGBTQ+ Bars, 1968-present (Web Resource)
Title: Greensboro LGBTQ+ Bars, 1968-present
Author: David Gwynn
Abstract: Map of LGBTQ+ establishments in Greensboro NC, 1968-present, developed largely with project materials.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1pfhaEkFl_xYeorhLuqvGffOB1vl7DdRW&usp=sharing

Off the Record: sharing the story of the LGBTQ+ history of UNCG (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Off the Record: sharing the story of the LGBTQ+ history of UNCG
Abstract: In celebration of UNC Greensboro's PRIDE Month in April of 2017, the University Libraries and the Office of Intercultural Engagement sponsored a panel of volunteers, featuring current students, alumni, and faculty who identify as LGBTQ+. The perspective of the LGBTQ+ history of UNCG based upon these panelists spans from the 1970s until present, elaborating upon the gap-filled evidence represented in the university's historical record.
Author: Scott Hinshaw (Moderator)
Date: 2018-04-02
Location: Jackson Library, Greensboro NC
Primary URL: https://youtu.be/z1PSZlj3O8s

Every True Pleasure: LGBTQ Tales of North Carolina (Exhibition)
Title: Every True Pleasure: LGBTQ Tales of North Carolina
Curator: Stacey Krim
Abstract: Exhibit held at a reading of "Every True Pleasure: LGBTQ Tales of North Carolina" by Wilton Barnhardt at the Greensboro Public Library.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://library.greensboro-nc.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/60477/839?curm=4&cury=2019

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