Loyola Phoenix: Gay life at Loyola
Item
Title
Loyola Phoenix: Gay life at Loyola
Description
Item 1: This letter to the editor was sent by David A. Sachs, one of the organizers of the Loyola Gay Student Organization, which had been in existence for about three months and had about 20 active members.
The group met every week to socialize, meet other gay people, and discuss shared problems and experiences. Gay people at Loyola reported fearing ridicule from their peers, and the administration refused to recognize them as an organization, barring them from meeting on campus or receiving any funding. Sachs points out that "On Saturday, December 15, 1973, the American Psychiatric Association announced that it would no longer classify homosexuality as a mental disease. In doing so it recognized that homosexuals can be happy and well adjusted, something many of us have known for years.
We are interested in whether or not Loyola as a university can take a progressive step and recognize our existence. We would like the right to an office and a phone on campus, and the right to have a gay dance or meeting on campus."
Item 2: Detail of the second, third, and fourth paragraph of the letter, outlining the group's activities and concerns.
The group met every week to socialize, meet other gay people, and discuss shared problems and experiences. Gay people at Loyola reported fearing ridicule from their peers, and the administration refused to recognize them as an organization, barring them from meeting on campus or receiving any funding. Sachs points out that "On Saturday, December 15, 1973, the American Psychiatric Association announced that it would no longer classify homosexuality as a mental disease. In doing so it recognized that homosexuals can be happy and well adjusted, something many of us have known for years.
We are interested in whether or not Loyola as a university can take a progressive step and recognize our existence. We would like the right to an office and a phone on campus, and the right to have a gay dance or meeting on campus."
Item 2: Detail of the second, third, and fourth paragraph of the letter, outlining the group's activities and concerns.
Date, date span, or circa acceptable
1974-01-11
File name
The Loyola Phoenix, 1974-01-11, page 4, "Gay life at Loyola" Letter to the Editor
Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives
University Archives and Special Collections
Source
University Archives and Special Collections, The Loyola Phoenix, 1974-01-11, page 4, "Gay life at Loyola" Letter to the Editor
Subject
Loyola University Chicago
Student life organizations
Rights
Contact the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections, archive@luc.edu, for permission to copy or publish.
