Adrienne Hunter, co-director of The Queer & Trans Student Alliance, reviews the 2006 “State of LGBTQ Affairs at UT” Report, and and explains why a new report is being written.
QT Deep Dive
QT Deep Dive explores queer and trans histories and herstories, both at the University of Texas and beyond. Do you have a queer/trans historical topic you’d like us to research for you? Send your queries to lgbtq@austin.utexas.edu.
“We Don’t Have to Boo It:” UT’s Black Lesbian Student Government President
Brynna Boyd looks at the election of Toni Luckett, UT’s first Black Lesbian, student-body president in 1990.
“Nest of Homosexuals” Leads to 1944 Firing of UT President
“My criticism is letting that kind get on the faculty in the first place.”
— Orville Bullington, a University of Texas Regent in 1944 during the nationwide targeting of queer faculty and students that came to be known as the “Gay Purges.”
