Western Carolinian letters to the editor by G. Lance Morris and Barbara Rosenthal

Dublin Core

Title

Western Carolinian letters to the editor by G. Lance Morris and Barbara Rosenthal

Subject

College student government
College student newspapers and periodicals
Gay men -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Letters to the editor
LGBTQ+ college students
LGBTQ+ communities
Newspapers
Western Carolina University -- Administration
Western Carolina University -- Students -- Attitudes
Western Carolina University -- Students -- Social life and customs
Western Carolina University

Description

These October 17, 1985 letters to the editor in the Western Carolinian by G. Lance Morris, senator and chairman of the Rules Committee of the Student Government Association who is against supporting Lavender Bridges, and Barbara Rosenthal, staff writer who supports Lavender Bridges, are in response to the news of the new student organization forming. Lavender Bridges, an anonymously founded student organization open to all individuals, aimed to promote awareness of lesbian and gay lifestyle, provide lesbian and gay resources, and increase communication with all students and community members. The first organizational meeting took place October 10, 1985 and was officially recognized by the office of Student Development on December 13, 1985. The last mention of the group appeared in the October 10, 1991 issue of the Western Carolinian.

Source

Lavender Bridges

Date

1985-10-17

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

clippings (information artifacts)

Language

eng

Type

Text

Identifier

63112
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/63112

Has Format

This clipping is from a full page in the Western Carolinian student newspaper. The entire page is available at https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/54391

Spatial Coverage

Jackson County (N.C.)
Cullowhee (N.C.)
North Carolina, Western

Extent

4" x 4.5"; 4.5" x 8.75"(dimension)

Is Part Of

LGBTQIA+ Archive of Jackson County

Citation

“Western Carolinian letters to the editor by G. Lance Morris and Barbara Rosenthal,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/63112.