A portion of the digital files and half box 15 in this collection are restricted due to privacy concerns; the remainder are open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
The North Carolina State University, Office of the Provost, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Center Records, 1978-2025, document a portion of the history of the LGBTQ community on NC State's campus as well as the creation and function of the LGBTQ Pride Center (formerly the GLBT Center). The collection contains flyers, reports, surveys, news clippings, workshop and training materials, zines, photographs, archived web content, and posters. These materials and the digital files also included in the collection pertain to events such as LGBTQ History Month, Transgender Awareness Week, and Lavender Graduation, as well as workshops and trainings such as Transgender 101 and Project SAFE. There are also documents related to the 1980s LGBTQ student groups and organizations that were precursors to the LGBTQ Pride Center. Also included are artifacts including t-shirts, tablecloths, plaques, and sashes from Lavender Graduation. The digital files included in this collection cover organizations and clubs, events and event planning, and workshops and trainings given by the Center.
The NC State LGBTQ Pride Center (formerly the GLBT Center) provides students of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions with resources and programming to raise awareness, promote respect, and create a culture of equity, inclusion and social justice. The LGBTQ Pride Center's stated mission is to engage, develop, and empower members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning communities and their allies. This is accomplished through lectures, counseling services, workshops, and developing supportive communities. Some of the recurring events the Center sponsors include the GLBT Symposium, Transgender Awareness Week, Alternative Spring Break - San Francisco, and the Lavender Graduation.
The NC State LGBTQ Pride Center (formerly the GLBT Center) provides students of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions with resources and programming to raise awareness, promote respect, and create a culture of equity, inclusion and social justice. The LGBTQ Pride Center's stated mission is to engage, develop, and empower members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning communities and their allies. This is accomplished through lectures, counseling services, workshops, and developing supportive communities. Some of the recurring events the Center sponsors include the GLBT Symposium, Transgender Awareness Week, Alternative Spring Break - San Francisco, and the Lavender Graduation.
The formation of the LGBTQ Pride Center on NC State's campus was the direct result of efforts by the GLBT Diversity Subcommittee of the University Diversity Advisory Committee in the early 2000s. The GLBT Subcommittee put together the proposal for creating a center on campus to both expand LGBTQ resources available to students and to provide a space on campus dedicated to student needs. Years of research, including multiple campus climate surveys and a forum on the treatment of LGBTQ students on campus, culminated in the establishment of the GLBT Center in January 2008 in the Talley Student Center. NC State was the second university in the North Carolina system to open a center specifically for the LGBTQ community.
The North Carolina State University, Office of the Provost, Gay, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Center Records, 1978-2025, document a portion of the history of the LGBTQ community on NC State's campus as well as the creation and function of the Center. The collection contains flyers, reports, surveys, news clippings, workshop and training materials, zines, photographs, archived web content, and posters. These materials and the digital files also included in the collection pertain to events such as LGBTQ History Month, Transgender Awareness Week, and Lavender Graduation, as well as workshops and trainings such as Transgender 101 and Project SAFE. There are also documents related to the 1980s LGBTQ student groups and organizations that were precursors to the GLBT Center. Also included are artifacts including t-shirts, tablecloths, plaques, and sashes from Lavender Graduation. The digital files included in this collection cover organizations and clubs, events and event planning, and workshops and trainings given by the Center.
This collection is arranged in chronological order.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Office of the Provost, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Center Records, UA 005.073, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Transferred from North Carolina State University, Office of the Provost, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Center, 2018-2019 (Accessions 2018.0086, 2019.0293, and 2019.0144). Archvied web content harvested using the Internet Archive's Archive-It web archiving service.
Original finding aid written by Cathy Dorin-Black, 2018 February; Pre-processed by: Cathy Dorin-Black, 2018 February; Finding aid updated by Hayley Wilson, 2019 May. Fully processed by: Laura Lethers, 2021 October; updated finding aid created by Laura Lethers, 2021 November; Finding aid updated by Taylor Wolford, 2023 February; archived web content processed by Kate Phillips, 2025 October; Finding aid updated by Ella Mayfield, 2026 August.
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Some materials may not have been digitized or made available online.
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Some materials may not have been digitized or made available online.
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Some materials may not have been digitized or made available online.
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Some materials may not have been digitized or made available online.
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Some materials may not have been digitized or made available online.
Access to physical material and digital files not available online may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room after staff review.
Some materials may not have been digitized or made available online.
Access to physical material and digital files not available online may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room after staff review.
Some materials may not have been digitized or made available online.
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Some materials may not have been digitized or made available online.
DVD-R Optical Disc
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Wooden plaque
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
Framed medal
Digital copy exists. Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
CD-R Optical Disc
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Some materials may not have been digitized or made available online.
Five rolled posters
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Materials and newspaper clippings from Laverne Cox's visit to campus in 2014.
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
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DVD-R Optical Disc
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Photographs by Rick Gardner. All JPEG files.
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DVD-R Optical Disc
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Wooden plaque
T-Shirt
Included are JPG files.
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Includes images, brochures, flyers, meeting minutes, workshop presentations, among other items. Formats include word documents, PDFs, jpegs, excel spreadsheets, and powerpoints.
Some files were excluded from the archival package during processing. Otherwise, files are arranged as received.
Digital copy exists. Access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
File count of digital media is approximate and may not accurately reflect the existence of system files, deleted files, and duplicate files.
DVD-R Optical Disc
T-Shirt
T-Shirt
Wooden plaque
Wooden plaque
Wooden plaque
Wooden plaque
Photograph
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Some materials may not have been digitized or made available online.
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Some materials may not have been digitized or made available online.
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Some materials may not have been digitized or made available online.
Includes Word documents, PDFs, and several other file types.
Digital copy exists. Access is restricted due to privacy concerns.
T-Shirt
Wooden plaque
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Some materials may not have been digitized or made available online.
This timeline was deaccessioned after scanning and is only preserved in digital form.
t-shirt
Photographs and Negatives
Photographs
Photographs
CD-R Optical Disc
CD-R Optical Disc
CD-R Optical Disc
CD-R Optical Disc
CD-R Optical Disc
CD-R Optical Disc
CD-R Optical Disc
CD-R Optical Disc
CD-R Optical Disc
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CD-R Optical Disc
CD-R Optical Disc
CD-R Optical Disc
CD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
DVD-R Optical Disc
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
T-Shirt
2 Sashes
Poster unrolls to attach to a rod for display.
Tablecloth
Hand-painted tablecloth
Included are 2444 Exchangeable Image Format files, 2401 JPEG files, 176 Microsoft Word for Windows files, 173 Google Document Link files, and 659 additional text and image files of various formats.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Files retrieved from an external hard drive. Some files were excluded from the final archival package. Otherwise, files are arranged as received. File count of digital media may exclude system files; hidden, deleted, or excluded files; and duplicate files.
Included are 10 TrueType Font files, 7 Unknown files, 1 Windows Portable Executable file, 1 Windows Imaging Format file, 1 Plain Text file, and 1 Log file.
There is no Disc 2 of 3.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Retrieved from a DVD-R.
Included are 1 Plain Text file and 1 unknown file.
There is no Disc 2 of 3.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Retrieved from a DVD-R.
Included are 9 Microsoft Word for Windows files, 9 Broadcast WAVE files and 1 Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format file.
Interviews were conducted by Philip Daniels. Intervieews include Angela Gay-Audre, Julia Nguyen, Raafe Purnsley, Chester Miller, Kit Wiedenfeld, Tyrell Bryant, Shaniya Woolridge, Gavin Bell, and Rosalinda Kowalczewski.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included are 2850 Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed) files, 813 JPEG File Interchange Format files, 9 Raw JPEG Stream files, 9 MPEG-4 Media File files, 4 Portable Network Graphics files, and 13 symlinks.
Access is restricted.
Files retrieved from the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity's SmugMug, an image hosting platform. Duplicate files were replaced with symlinks.
This was the official website of the GBLT center. The NC State University Libraries captured this website quarterly from 2019 to 2023, using the Internet Archive's Archive-It web archiving service. The Internet Archive has also captured this website, beginning in 2017, which may be less complete and performed at undetermined intervals.
Online access is provided through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
This was the official website for the Pride center at NC State University. The NC State University Library captured this website quarterly from 2023 to 2024, using the Internet Archive's Archive-It web archiving service. Began redirecting to (https://pridecenter.dasa.ncsu.edu/) in August 2024.
Online access is provided through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
This is the official website for the Pride Center at NC State University. The NC State University Libraries has captured this site quarterly since 2025, using the Internet Archive's Archive-It web archiving service. Previously captured under the URL (https://diversity.ncsu.edu/pridecenter/).
Online access is provided through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
A portion of the digital files and half box 15 in this collection are restricted due to privacy concerns; the remainder are open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Office of the Provost, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Center Records, UA 005.073, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.