LGBT Life at Emory

Mission

The Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Life seeks to engage the university community in the creation of an affirming and just campus environment while supporting the development of students of all gender and sexual identities.

Get Involved

Get involved with the Office of LGBT Life programming and services. Whether you want to join a group, learn about resources, or just stop by the office,  we’re here for you!LGBT Life at Emory

The Rainbow Chronicles

How Emory is preserving the history of civil rights across social movements in the South

Moving from suburban Cleveland, David A. Lowe 92C was looking forward to a change—a different part of the country, better weather, a new intellectual environment—when he enrolled at Emory in fall 1988. He had no idea how much his presence would change the university.

As an openly gay freshman, Lowe attended a meeting early that first semester of the Emory Lesbian and Gay Organization (ELGO) and was met by a very small group of about a dozen people who, he says, held occasional meetings and social activities, but little else. But then things started to get interesting.
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LGBTQ+ Collections

Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

The Rose Library includes collections that document the LGBTQ+ communities in Atlanta, Georgia and the South. It incorporates the personal papers of activists, artists, photographers, politicians, and writers as well as the records of activist and cultural organizations. The library holds a rich collection of materials that document the response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Atlanta. The collection also features rare books, pamphlets, and periodicals written by and for the LGBTQ+ community.
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“Epitaphs for the Living”

‘Epitaphs’ exhibit featured Billy Howard’s photographs of people living with HIV/AIDS

Riveting images of people living with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s, taken by Atlanta-area photographer Billy Howard, are the basis of a past exhibit at Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Library.

“Billy Howard’s ‘Epitaphs for the Living’ ” featured 17 photographs, each showing a person with HIV/AIDS—or their loved one—and a handwritten message from that person about living with the disease.
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Atlanta Intersections

Randy Gue interview with Jesse R. Peel

Atlanta Intersections features Atlantans in conversation with Randy Gue, curator of Modern Political and Historical Collections at Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (Rose Library). In collaboration with Southern Spaces, Rose Library presents clips of the full interviews to spur conversations and encourage research on the featured topics.
Peel Interview

These Colors Run Deep

A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRIDE FLAGS AND THEIR MEANING BY BILLY TRINGALI

LGBT history is a vast, rich, and often overlooked area of history. This digital display aims to spark discussion on and inspire interest in queer history through the use of LGBT flags.

The goal of the “History of the Rainbow Flag” portion of this display is to give context to an important queer symbol deeply associated with the LGBT community.
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