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meetings and events regularly listed.  

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Put table tents on the tables in your

Ask for regular coverage.  Ask for a 

dining halls;

weekly lgbt community forum;  

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Ask sympathetic faculty to make

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Use campus radio stations and local

announcements in classes.  If you give

cable TV stations.  Let yourself be

sympathetic faculty a written

interviewed.  Create events to get

announcement this will increase the

media attention.  Find an angle that

chances that they will remember to

would make the media interested in

actually make the announcement; and

what you typically do.  What you do is

interesting.  Learn how to frame your

work to attract the most attention;

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"Underground Tactics"   stickers,

wheat pasting, graffiti, chalking, etc.

Some students have found these to be

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Use street theater and street speaking

effective at getting attention.  Unfortu 

to inform passersby.  While this may

nately some of the attention is nega 

be scary, it is one way to reach people

tive and may create a backlash.

who may not know of your existence

Chalking is the least permanent of

or what you re doing.  Humor and dra 

these methods and so might sit easiest

ma can help to attract attention.  This

with the campus administrators.

can also be a fun activity for "out"

Maybe these tactics can be used as a

group members;

last resort when you know that your

posters will be torn down or defaced.

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Hold a rally, demonstration, or festi 

val.  Get balloons, make signs, sing

songs, hold hands, have fun.  Sponsor

Inspire

a speak out, a vigil, a march, a Queer 

Fest.  You might do this to celebrate

What it means to inspire lgbt students:

National Coming Out Day on October

Let lgbt people on campus know about

11th, during Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual

every success of your group.  Spread the

History Month in October, or during

news of successes from individual peo 

June to commemorate the Stonewall

ple s lives.  Spread news of accomplish 

Rebellion and lgbt Pride Month;

ments of other lgbt organizations or from

the wider lgbt movement.  Help people

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Hand out leaflets or set up an info

feel part of something bigger than them 

table at busy intersections on campus.

selves, or even bigger than your lgbt cam 

It is useful to be visible regularly, not

pus organization.

just on special occasions.  If possible,

spend a few hours a week staffing a

Ways to do it:

table in a prominent location, such as

lunch time in front of the dining hall

Find Successes

or Student Union Building.  Have

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Every step toward a goal is a success.

brochures about your group, resource

Having a good meeting is a success.

guides, your newsletter  and flyers for

A new person coming out is a success.

up coming meetings and events.

Understanding your group s prob 

Have a sign up sheet for interested

lems/issues is a success.  Having new

people;

folks attend your meetings is a suc 

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