LGBTQ Community

The NC State Gay Community was formed. The group was also known as the State Gay Community and State Gay and Lesbian Community. The organization published a club newsletter, Ten Percent.

Gay Awareness Day was sponsored by the NC State Gay Community student group.

The Gay Educational Committee was formed in 1981 and may have been active until 1984.

Threats against members of the NC State Gay Community were painted in the Free Expression Tunnel.

The university began offering information about AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) in a pre-recorded message on its teletips telephone information service.

A new group was formed for gay and lesbian students on campus known as the Gay and Lesbian Association (NCSU GALA). The first meeting was in January 1984.

Student Senate passed the Minority Affairs Bill, which created the Minority Affairs Committee. The committee was tasked with representing the concerns of African Americans, Native Americans, women, people with disabilities, and the gay and lesbian community on campus.

The Lesbian and Gay Student Union was a student group, and it was also known as the Lesbian/Gay Student Union. It came into existence in 1989 and was active until 1996. It may have been the first gay and lesbian student group to receive appropriations from Student Government.

Chancellor Larry Monteith issued a statement that sexual orientation would not be relevant to educational and employment decisions.

World AIDS Day was commemorated on campus and included an information resource fair, a prayer service, a reading of names, a collection of food and toiletries donations, and other activities. Sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt were on display in the Talley and Witherspoon student centers since Nov. 19 of that year.

Several student groups organized an anti-hate rally in Harris Field in response to recent rapes on campus, sexual harassment in classrooms, racist remarks from professors, and anti-gay messages in the Free Expression Tunnel.

The Lesbian & Gay Student Union held a rally on the Brickyard to protest Free Expression Tunnel graffiti telling people to wear shoes every day in support of violence again gay and lesbian people. The graffiti had been painted over announcements for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Awareness Week.

The Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Allies (BGLA) student organization was established. It may have replaced the Lesbian/Gay Student Union (LGSU).

Project Safe started to create a "safe, nonjudgmental campus climate" for anyone with questions about gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues.

Chancellor Larry K. Monteith launched the Diversity Initiative to provide more equitable access to educational resources on campus regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic background, physical disabilities, and other related factors.

Chancellor Marye Anne Fox issued a statement on "Supporting Diversity and Building the Campus Community through Tolerance of Difference." The statement included sexual orientation as one of several factors in making NC State a diverse student body.

NC State passed Policy 04.25.05, known as the Equal Opportunity, Non-Discrimination and Affirmative Action Policy. The policy supported equal opportunity and affirmative action efforts, and prohibited discrimination and harassment based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or genetic information.

A chapter of the Delta Lambda Phi fraternity was established.

Student Senate passed a resolution requesting the university to add sexual orientation to the non-discrimination policy.

This was the first assessment of the campus climate for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students at NC State.

Sexual orientation was added to the university's Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Policy Statement.

Following a general campus-wide diversity survey, the University Diversity Committee formed a subcommittee to develop recommendations for improving the campus climate for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students, faculty, and staff.

The university's Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Policy stated that transexual individuals would be included in the "prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sex."

Student Government held a town hall style forum on the proposed Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center. A panel of speakers, including some university administrators, fielded questions from a sometimes contentious audience.

A chapter of AEGIS (Accepting and Embracing Gender Identity and Sexuality) was established on campus.

The GLBT Center opened a new office and officially became a department under the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, after years as a resource within Campus Activities. Justine Hollingshead was the founding director.

The first Lavender Graduation was held in 2009 and became an annual event.

Members from NC State's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Community Alliance (GLBTCA) attended the NC Pride Parade and Festival in Durham.

The GLBT community held a rally in the Brickyard. This was the first rally later known as the "Ally Rally."

First organized by students in spring 2011, Diversity Education Week became an annual event to promote awareness and understanding of diverse cultures and foster intercultural understanding.

The GLBT Community Alliance was formed as a student group dedicated to promoting equality and unity for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, questioning, and allies.

The first "Respect the Pack" event was held at the Free Expression Tunnel and became an annual event to promote diversity and inclusion on campus.

Following vandalism of the GLBT Center on October 17, 2011, the provost issued a statement condemning the act. A rally was held on the Brickyard to support the GLBT community.

The university's Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Policy was revised to include gender identity and gender expression.

Students and alumni marched from the Bell Tower to the capital district to protest an upcoming amendment to North Carolina's constitution, which proposed legally banning gay marriage in the state. The event was called "Ides of March."

The GLBT center moved to Harrelson Hall in 2011 when Talley closed for renovation, and then relocated to its current space when Talley reopened in 2014. The new GLBT center officially opened in the summer of 2015.

Students participated in the first annual GLBT Symposium. This event was held each fall during move-in weekend as a way for incoming LGBTQ+ students to connect with each other.

A chapter of the national organization oSTEM (Out in Stem) was formed by students on campus to support LGBTQ+ students and professionals studying or working in STEM fields.

T-Files, a transgender peer discussion group, was formed in 2014 to provide a safe space for transgender, nonbinary, gender nonconforming and gender questioning students to explore and affirm their identities.

Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC) was organized to provide a safe space for African Americans, Latinx, Asian Americans, Native Americans, multiracial people and other people of color who identify as LGBTQ.

NC State celebrated Transgender Awareness Week to raise visibility of transgender and gender nonconforming people. Events included Transgender Day of Remembrance, which raises awareness about the threat of violence toward transgender communities.

AcePack was formed as an peer discussion group for students who identified as asexual, aromantic, demisexual, demiromantic, questioning or allies.

Bi/Pan was formed as an an organization for students who identify along the bisexual/pansexual and biromantic/panromantic spectra and their allies.

Nolan was the first openly GLBTQ-identifying student body president, and Stafford was the first African American student body vice president.

The GLBT Center hosted its first annual "Week of Action" event in March 2016. The goal of the week was to encourage students, faculty, and staff to explore social justice issues and take action. Events during the week included Transgender Day of Visibility, which is celebrated on March 31st of every year.

On April 6, 2016, Student Senate passed a bill opposing HB2, the "bathroom" bill regulating access to public facilities, as discrimination against transgender individuals. Later in the month, protests on campus occurred outside bathrooms, and the GLBT Center compiled a list of gender-inclusive bathrooms on campus.

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the GLBT Center (now Pride Center) held an event for scholars and activists to discuss gender inclusivity within gendered languages, specifically Spanish.

The LGBTQ Pride Center (formerly the GLBT Center) introduced sensory-friendly hours to make the center more accessible for students by providing a peaceful, quiet space during designated times.

Pride Fest (formerly known as Pride Walk) was first held in 2021 as an opportunity for students to connect with allies and peers.

The GLBT Center officially unveiled its new name, the LGBTQ Pride Center, during its 15th anniversary celebration on January 31, 2023.