LGBT+ student life at Iowa State University collection
A student project documenting LGBT+ life at Iowa State
Contents: About the collection | Related resources | Accessibility| Tech
About the collection
After the Stonewall riots in New York City in 1969, gay rights activists became increasingly vocal across the United States. At Iowa State, students who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer joined the fight for equal rights, making their voices heard on campus. This collection is based on the online exhibit, “LGBT+ Student Life at Iowa State University: 1970-1999”, originally curated by ISU student Luis Gonzalez-Diaz. It includes clippings of newspaper articles, fliers, and newsletters that document LGBTQ+ students’ activism and the backlash they faced throughout the last three decades of the 20th century.
Related resources
This digital collection was part of a student project which included the following online exhibit: “LGBT+ Student Life at Iowa State University: 1970-1999”
Accessibility information
The Iowa State University Library is committed to providing access to its digital content. Certain material, particularly older materials, handwritten documents, and visual content, present unique challenges in providing fully accessible resources. If you are experiencing barriers to accessing, viewing, or navigating the Digital Collections site please contact us for assistance or to request additional formats.
Technical Credits - CollectionBuilder
This digital collection is built with CollectionBuilder, an open source framework for creating digital collection and exhibit websites that is developed by faculty librarians at the University of Idaho Library following the Lib-Static methodology.
Using the CollectionBuilder-CSV template and the static website generator Jekyll, this project creates an engaging interface to explore driven by metadata.