FIERCE hosted the first-ever LGBTQ Youth of Color Organizing summit at the Creating Change Conference in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday February 3, 2010.
FIERCE is a membership-based organization building the leadership and power of LGBTQ youth of color in New York City. Text by FIERCE, compiled by Andre Banks, Thomas J. Lax and Ellen Vaz. Photographs courtesy of FIERCE © 2010. All Rights Reserved.
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Condoms
SAGA Pride banner
ASU LGBT Center
Fliers and minutes from Sexual Awareness Group at Appalachian (SAGA), circa 1990s (Credit: Kathy Staley, Belk Library)
W.H. Plemmons letter re: Gay Bill of Rights
John E. Thomas, Chancellor of Appalachian State University from 1979 to 1993
Yosef is Appalachian State University's mascot. Credit: Aaron Sperling
Watauga High School Diversity Club flyer
Watauga High School
Cheryl Claasen, Appalachian State University professor of Anthropology
Appalachian State University sign
Boone, North Carolina circa 1970s showing Appalachian State University dorm
From Staley, Kathryn. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Life at Appalachian State University.” Master’s Thesis, Appalachian State University, 2009.
Downtown Houston