OSU LGBTQ+ Community Film, 2015

Partial Transcript: This film is a sharing of the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer people at Oregon State University.

Segment Synopsis: Kiah McConnell, the creator of the documentary, introduces the film and provides context via voice-over.

Keywords: LGBT; LGBTQ; OSU; OSU Pride Center; Oregon State; Queer history; lived experience

Subjects: College student development programs; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Student activism; Student movements; Student participation in administration; college students

Partial Transcript: The OSU Queer Archives are committed to the intentional preservation and sharing of local LGBTQ narratives

Segment Synopsis: Kiah describes the mission and purpose of the OSU Queer Archives.

Keywords: LGBT; LGBTQ; OSU; Oregon State; Queer history; archives; lived experience; oral history; queer archives; valley library

Subjects: Gender minorities; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Student activism; Student movements

Partial Transcript: The Oregon State University Pride Center, previously known as the Queer Resource Center, was created in 2001

Segment Synopsis: Kiah provides background and history of the OSU Pride Center, which leads into a number of interviewees sharing their thoughts on the center and its contributions.

Keywords: CRC; Cultural Resource Center; LGBTQ college students; LGBTQ resources; OSU Pride Center

Subjects: Gender minorities; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Student activism; Student movements

Partial Transcript: The center provides a lot of resources. First and foremost, we have a peer support trained staff

Keywords: CRC; Cultural Resource Center; LGBTQ college students; LGBTQ resources; OSU Pride Center

Subjects: Gender minorities; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Student activism; Student movements

Partial Transcript: The increased use of social media at the Pride Center represents a shift in resource and program organizing

Segment Synopsis: This brief segment discusses the role of social media at the Pride Center, and features a clip from an interview with one of the Pride Center's student social media managers.

Keywords: CRC; Cultural Resource Center; LGBTQ college students; LGBTQ resources; OSU Pride Center; access; community

Subjects: Gender minorities; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Student activism; Student movements

Partial Transcript: OSU, as far as resourcing, is one of the best institutions I've ever seen slash worked for

Segment Synopsis: Interviewee Jeff Kenney describes the state of OSU's resourcing capabilities

Keywords: Queer resources; funding; queer community; student leadership; university resources

Subjects: College student development programs; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Student participation in administration; college students

Partial Transcript: It's been my experience that the times where the cultural resource centers have come together and designed a program together

Keywords: CRC; Cultural Resource Centers; OSU Pride Center; leadership; organizing; student involvement; university collaboration

Subjects: Gender minorities; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Student activism; Student movements

Partial Transcript: The Pride Center garden is the result of a collaboration between the Pride Center and the Student Sustainability Initiative.

Segment Synopsis: Kiah introduces the Pride Center garden by providing history and context, and interviewee Aisha Young describes the vision and mission of the garden.

Keywords: OSU Pride Center; environmental sustainability; food justice; queer activism; student leadership; student organizing

Subjects: Gender minorities; Lesbian activists; Lesbian college students; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Student activism; Student movements

Partial Transcript: The central mission of SOL, the LGBTQ multicultural support network is to improve the overall campus climate

Segment Synopsis: Kiah provides background for SOL, describing the mission of the organization, and the support and resources it provides to students.

Keywords: CRC; Cultural Resource Center; QTPOC; SOL; queer and trans people of color; queer and trans students of color

Subjects: Gender minorities; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Student activism; Student movements

Partial Transcript: An individual named Derron Coles was at the heart of the movement to create an organization that directly addressed the needs of LGBTQ students of color

Segment Synopsis: Kiah provides a brief history of SOL. Following this, a number of interviewees who have been involved with SOL provide their thoughts on and experiences with the organization.

Keywords: CRC; Cultural Resource Center; QTPOC; SOL; queer and trans people of color; queer and trans students of color

Subjects: Gender minorities; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Student activism; Student movements

Partial Transcript: Rainbow Continuum is Oregon State University's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer social group

Segment Synopsis: Kiah provides a brief synopsis of the services Rainbow Continuum provides to the OSU community.

Keywords: OSU drag show; Rainbow Continuum; gender bias; gender inequality; intersecting identities; queer inclusivity; student leadership

Subjects: Drag shows; Gay Pride Day; Gay pride celebrations; Gender minorities; Lesbian activists; Lesbian college students; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Student activism; Student movements

Partial Transcript: At seven pm, on November 4th, 1976, a group of students met in the Women's Center

Segment Synopsis: Kiah provides a brief history of Rainbow Continuum, and her voice-over is accompanied by clips of interviewees describing the organization and its benefits.

Keywords: LGBTQ history; OSU Women's Center; queer history; queer leadership; student leadership; student organization

Subjects: Drag shows; Gay Pride Day; Gay pride celebrations; Gender minorities; LGBT History Month; Lesbian activists; Lesbian college students; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Student activism; Student movements

Partial Transcript: Pride Week is an annual celebration of LGBT identities and experiences

Segment Synopsis: Kiah provides context for the Pride Week celebration, and interviewees discuss their experiences with helping to plan and organize Pride Week each year.

Keywords: Rainbow Continuum; programming; queer community; queer spaces; safe space; student activism

Subjects: Archives; Drag shows; Gay Pride Day; Gay pride celebrations; Gender minorities; LGBT History Month; Lesbian activists; Lesbian college students; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Student activism; Student movements

Partial Transcript: The drag show is important for a lot of people, and beyond being important to a lot of people, its very well attended

Segment Synopsis: Interviewees describe what the drag show has meant to them personally, and remember their experiences participating in and planning the shows.

Keywords: OSU drag show; drag kings; drag performance; drag queens; gender identity; performativity; student performance

Subjects: Drag shows; Gay Pride Day; Gay pride celebrations; Gender minorities; LGBT History Month; Lesbian activists; Lesbian college students; Oregon State University; Oregon, Western; Sexual minorities; Sexual minority community; Student activism; Student movements