Alliance of Queer and Ally Students

Alliance of Queer and Ally Students
Alliance of Queer and Ally Students logo
Alliance of Queer and Ally Students logo
Founded Early 1970s
Focus LGBT and straight ally students of Michigan State University
Location
Area served
Michigan State University
Website http://msualliance.weebly.com/
Formerly called
 Gay liberation movement

The Alliance of Queer and Ally Students is a student organization for LGBT and straight ally students of Michigan State University. It is one of the oldest LGBT organizations of its kind in Michigan. It began in the early 1970s as the Michigan State Gay Liberation Movement; some sources state the organization began in 1970[1], while others state it began in 1972[2].

The GLM succeeded in pressuring and advocating for the city council of East Lansing, Michigan to pass, on March 7, 1972, the first-ever LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance in U.S. history.[3] In 2010, the group changed their name to The Alliance of Queer and Ally Students.[1] Since then, the group has advocated for policy changes on campus, such as policies around preferred name, gender neutral housing and gender neutral bathrooms.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Alliance of Queer and Ally Students Records UA.12.3.24". archives.msu.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-13. line feed character in |title= at position 44 (help)
  2. 1 2 "About". The Alliance. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  3. ↑ "East Lansing Marks 40th Anniversary of Gay Rights Ordinance". WKAR. March 6, 2012.


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