A   C o m p r e h e n s i v e   M a n u a l

When Curt met Felice and learned of the

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Over 20 professionally staffed campus

work she was doing, he asked her to col 

lgbt resource centers, five of which

laborate on writing a more comprehen 

have been established in the past year;

sive manual to be published and distrib 

uted by NGLTF.  After consulting with

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At least 240 campuses guided by

many activists across the United States

nondiscrimination policies that include

on what such a document should contain,

sexual orientation;

reading similar organizing manuals by

different groups, and trying out some of

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Nearly 1200 campus organizations for

these materials in various workshops, this

lgbt students, faculty and staff (repre 

manual was born.  

senting more than 600 different cam 

puses) as monitored by the NGLTF

Purpose of the Manual

Campus Project;

This manual, the first written product of

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At least 30 campuses with "hard" (i.e.,

NGLTF s Policy Institute, is designed as a

health) benefits for the domestic part 

tool to assist campus organizers and

ners of lesbian and gay college and

activists with their organizing efforts,

university employees and over 60

whether they are trying to establish a new

with "soft" benefits (i.e., library and

lgbt student group on campus or launch 

recreation center privileges);

ing a campaign for domestic partner

health benefits.  The manual is a compila 

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A proliferation of courses in lgbt stud 

tion of contributions from a variety of

ies;

individuals and organizations.  While

some of the material contained here was

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The start up of New England Network

composed expressly for this purpose, to

(NEnet), one of several regional and

avoid unnecessarily re inventing the

statewide lgbt student coalitions

wheel, much of it was collected   with

around the country (e.g., Midwest,

permission and with credit given   from

Texas, University of California Sys 

other sources.  The Policy Institute

temwide, Upstate New York); and

regards the manual as a work in progress

and will incorporate suggestions, new

ideas, and updated resource lists into sub 

sequent editions. 

Our Work In Context

The 1994 95 academic year has been an

eventful one on America s college cam 

puses, where, just as in the broader lgbt

community of communities, progress has

been accompanied by backlash.  At this

writing, homophobia is alive and well on

our campuses despite the existence of: 

Photo   1995 Alex Zaphiris

I n t r o d u c t i o n

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