Cal Poly LGBT History and Significant Campus Events

  • 1972- students begin process of applying for a Gay Student Union (GSU)
  • 1976- State Attorney General’s office got involved and student club status was granted
  • 1977- Bomb threat was called in to University Police to go off in the meeting room of the GSU and KCPR
  • 1977- January GSU students report discrimination to the ACLU resulting from a concern regarding an alleged gay disco opening in San Luis Obispo
  • 1978- GSU write University President asking that sexual orientation be added to the non-discrimination clause for the University
  • 1979-Request is made to the ASI Senate asking that sexual orientation be added to the non-discrimination clause
  • 1981 GSU has booth and reception at Poly Royal
  • 1987 National Coming Out Day established to commemorate October 11, 1987 march on Washington
  • 1991- Academic Senate unofficially votes to approve CSU wide nondiscrimination resolution in regards to ROTC programs on campus
  • 1992 – San Luis Obispo City Council votes not to support a gay rights ordinance
  • 1993- AIDS Quilt Display at Rec Center
  • 2000- First Pride Week
  • 2002 -Monday, May 27-P was painted over in protest during Pride Week (May 13-22)-incident printed in LA Times
  • 2002- Opening of the Pride Alliance Center in the Trailer- Governor’s wife Sharon Davis cut ribbon (Friday, October 11)
  • 2002- first same sex handholding day (Thursday, Feb 14)
  • 2002 – Ellen DeGeneres Show at the Performing Arts Center, SOLD OUT!
  • 2002 – 1st Annual GLBU Banquet
  • 2002- AIDS Quilt Display returns to Rec Center
  • 2003- Egging of student booth on Dexter Lawn after Hand Holding March
  • 2004- repainting the P-Friday (May 21) two times during Pride week
  • 2004- Gay marriage exhibit on Dexter lawn (Mon, Nov. 8)
  • 2008- Crops House incident-October
  • 2008-2009- Openly Gay student elected as ASI President-
  • 2009- Pride Center moves to the University Union-April
  • 2005- Transgender Awareness Day (Nov. 18)
  • 2007- first LGBT class offering-Eng 382-LGBT Literature and Media
  • 2008-  PRISM established
  • 2008- First Lavender Commencement
  • 2014 - Changed name from LGBTQIA FSA to PRIDE FSA

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