Daisy Anderson was born and raised in Wilson, North Carolina. Helen Tugwell was born and raised in Stantonsburg, North Carolina. Anderson and Tugwell have been together over twenty-eight years. In their interview, they discuss their community and…
Aria Ashburn calls herself a gender queer trans-woman with non-binary aspects of her identity, but also discusses the importance of not worrying too much about labels. She talks about being bullied and suppressing her feelings as a child and about…
These letters to the editor appear in the October 30, 1986 issue of the Western Carolinian. The first one written by Daniel M. Breen is in response to Mike Clark's letter to the editor on October 2. Clark, operator of Cullowhee Quik-Stop, had…
Alexis Brodie talks about growing up in the military and moving often. Brodie talks about coming to Western Carolina University and joining the Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) as an ally. She learned through SAGA about her sexuality and shares…
Alexis Brodie talks about her involvement with Sylva Pride, her role as president of Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA), and her role in the Preferred Name Policy on campus. Brodie shares her journey of learning about her own sexuality as an…
These October 2, 1986 letters to the editor included in the Western Carolinian are by David McCarty, in response to the September 18 interview with the founder of Lavender Bridges, and Mike Clark, operator of Cullowhee Quik-Stop, with concerns over…
Michelle Cooper was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Copper discusses her time as clinical psychologist at Western Carolina University, which during her time at WCU she began campus wide SafeZone training. Outside campus work, Cooper talks about her…
Caiden Costantino, a pansexual trans man, explains the evolution of understanding his gender and sexuality from a very early age and throughout college. He talks about the acceptance of his mother throughout his middle and high school years, finding…
Chris Dahlquist talks about moving to western North Carolina and finding the LGBTQ community. He got involved with Out in the Mountains, Safe Zone, and became an advisor for BGLAD, a student LGBTQ group. He talks about teaching Safe Zone years later…
This September 19, 1985 article in the Western Carolinian explains what Lavender Bridges is, what needs to happen to get it recognized as a student organization, and what its founders hope to accomplish. Lavender Bridges, an anonymously founded…