{"id":67,"date":"2018-01-23T17:58:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T17:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/?p=67"},"modified":"2018-01-23T17:58:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T17:58:54","slug":"shoulders-to-stand-on-perversity-to-diversity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/uncategorized\/shoulders-to-stand-on-perversity-to-diversity-2\/","title":{"rendered":"“Shoulders to Stand On” & “Perversity to Diversity”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shoulders to Stand On<\/em> is a documentary of a largely undocumented history of LGBTQ experiences and accomplishments in Rochester in the early 1970s. Beginning with the influence of the Stonewall Riots and the subsequent formation of The University of Rochester’s Gay Liberation Front, there is an emphasis on experiences within and around the University. The majority of this history was very much new to me, and watching traces of the LBGTQ community and its development on this campus four decades prior to my time here was really fulfilling. One especially meaningful part of this history I learned of was Gay Liberation Front’s development of the queer radio programs Lesbian Nation<\/em> and Green Thursdays<\/em>. Throughout the hosts’ discussions of their broadcasts, their primary emphasis of its importance was not its purpose as a creative outlet or a space for their personal experiences; it was providing something for lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth to feel less isolated and alone.\u00a0Gay Liberation Front’s desire to positively affect others beyond their campus seems to have been clearly and significantly characteristic of the organization.<\/p>\n

From Perversity to Diversity<\/em> was an exhibit of gay, lesbian, and bisexual art, literature, and culture on display at The University of Rochester from late February to late March in 1991. The exhibit, described in the April 1991 edition of The Empty Closet<\/em>, sparked considerable controversy because of the direct and explicit nature of some of the pieces on display, like a t-shirt of two women having oral sex. The exhibit also shed light on the disparity between straight and queer people’s ability to openly express themselves without fear, as well stated by Michele Moore in her article “Personal view: learning from a confrontation” in the same newspaper edition. The date of this newspaper edition\u00a0\u2014 which I found by searching the title of the art exhibit in The University of Rochester library archives\u00a0\u2014 is what led me to discern the date of the exhibit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shoulders to Stand On is a documentary of a largely undocumented history of LGBTQ experiences and accomplishments in Rochester in the early 1970s. Beginning with the influence of the Stonewall Riots and the subsequent formation of The University of Rochester’s Gay Liberation Front, there is an emphasis on experiences within and around the University. The … <\/p>\n

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