History of Queer Visibility at MHC

This is the beginning of an archive of information about Mount Holyoke and her LBTIQ history. More information will be added as I have time to make it available. Not all areas of the archive are open to the public. Access to links noted by a are restricted to Lyon's Pride members only.

• The Astronomer: Articles from Choragos, the Mount Holyoke student newspaper in the 1970s, detailing the event leading up to the creation of the first "Gay Support Group" at the College.
• The Alumnae Quarterly Letters of 1980-88: Letters pro and con regarding the formation of the original Lesbian Alumnae Network
• The Mount Holyoke News Article and letters of 1986-1987: During the same time period when the alumnae were struggling with backlash around the MHCLAN, the students were dealing with homophobia of their own.
• The Uncommon Uncommon Women : The archive of the printed newsletters of our predecessor organization, the Mount Holyoke College Lesbian Alumnae Network (MHCLAN).
• Mount Holyoke News, 1996-1997: The student demands for cultural space, culminating in the take-over of Mary Lyon Hall
• In Memoriam : Biographical profiles of our members and their partners who have passed away.

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Last updated 04/09/07 by Margo Burns, Mount Holyoke Lyon's Pride Webweaver