Below you will find a list of additional resources of LGBTQ2S+ student activism on college and university campuses.
In addition to this list of research materials, in 2022 my student research assistant Jacob Williams and I curated the physical and digitized exhibitions LGBTQIA2S+ McGill Student, Faculty, and Staff Activism. The digital exhibition is viewable at: http://lgbtqactivismatmcgill.com
To learn more about the broader history of LGBTQ+ people’s impact on the development of the Internet and the history of queer cyber activism, check out my book: Digital Queers and High Tech Gays: The History of LGBTQ+ Cyber Activsm (MIT Press, 2027).
Resources about the intersections between LGBTQ+ campus and workplace organizing:
Beemyn, Brett. "The silence is broken: A history of the first lesbian, gay, and bisexual college student groups." Journal of the History of Sexuality 12, no. 2 (2003): 205-223.
Clawson, Jessica. "Coming out of the campus closet: The emerging visibility of queer students at the University of Florida, 1970–1982." Educational Studies 50, no. 3 (2014): 209-230.
Githens, Rod Patrick. "Organization change and social organizing strategies: employee‐initiated organization development." Human Resource Development Quarterly 23, no. 4 (2012): 487-518.
Graves, Karen. "The history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer issues in higher education." In Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research: Published under the Sponsorship of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) and the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), pp. 127-173. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Hafen, Quinn, Shiloh Dailey, Jordan Brooks, and Jennifer Currin-McCulloch. "Queer umbrella: a student-employee collaboration to enhance 2SLGBTQ+ well-being and belonging." Journal of LGBT Youth 21, no. 2 (2024): 424-433.
Kelly, Maura, and Amy Lubitow. "Pride at work: Organizing at the intersection of the labor and LGBT movements." Labor Studies Journal 39, no. 4 (2014): 257-277.
Miller, Ryan A. "The university won’t save us, but it is worth saving: LGBTQ+ campus organizing in an era of backlash." Cogent Education 13, no. 1 (2026): 2713811.
O’Brien, Michelle Esther. "Why queer workers make good organisers." Work, Employment and Society 35, no. 5 (2021): 819-836.
Okstad, Jonathan J., 2023. "The Value of Engagement: Examining the Relationship between LGBTQ+ Student Involvement and Alumni Engagement." Order No. 30309543, Loyola University Chicago.
O’Riordan, Kate, and Sharon Webb. "What’s in a name: The politics of queer on campus." Sexualities 24, no. 8 (2021): 1061-1080.
Pryor, Jonathan T. "Queer activist leadership: An exploration of queer leadership in higher education." Journal of Diversity in Higher Education 14, no. 3 (2021): 303.
Reichard, David A. Here are my people: LGBT college student organizing in California. University of Georgia Press, 2024.
Shepard, Curtis F., Felice Yeskel, and Charles Outcalt. "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Campus Organizing: A Comprehensive Manual." (1995).
In addition to this list of research materials, in 2022 my student research assistant Jacob Williams and I curated the physical and digitized exhibitions LGBTQIA2S+ McGill Student, Faculty, and Staff Activism. The digital exhibition is viewable at: http://lgbtqactivismatmcgill.com