Queer Coalition to hold Cultural Heritage Chats

  • Author By Karmine Beecroft
  • May 23, 2024
Queer Coalition members pose for a group photo during last March's Trans Day of Visibility Sashay. Members are holding signs which read "Born this gay," "I'm rollin' with the LGBT," and "Trans rights."
Queer Coalition members pose for a group photo during 2023 Trans Day of Visibility Sashay.

Queer Coalition, Illinois State University’s LGBTQIA+ faculty, staff, and graduate student affinity group, will be partnering with cultural heritage collections across campus this summer to explore queer history through an intersectional lens. Attendees can expect a 30-minute presentation followed by a Q&A session. All are welcome to attend.

The schedule for this summer’s chats will be as follows:

Those who wish to become a member of Queer Coalition are invited to fill out a membership form.

People marching with a banner that says Gay People's Alliance Illinois State University
Illinois State’s Gay People’s Alliance takes part in the Chicago Gay Pride Parade in the late 1980s. Photo from Denise Goff.

Units

Family and Consumer Sciences, Milner Library, Queer Coalition, Special Collections, University Archives