1977
The Gay Peoples Alliance is created by students and Athens residents at United Campus Ministries.
1983
The First Gay Awareness Day at UCM hosted by the student organization GALA, which became Open Doors in 1988.
May 1991
Open Doors hosts its First Coming Out Week, which is later changed to Fall Quarter in 1993 to coincide with National Coming Out Day.
February 21, 1992
The LGBT Affairs Commission of Student Senate is created.
February 26, 1992
LGBT Commissioner Mickey Hart creates the first Gay Pride Day to increase visibility.
April 11-15, 1992
The LGBT Affairs Commission sponsors the first Visibility Week.
1996
Visibility Week is changed to Pride Week.
Source: LGBT Programs Center archives
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Joe Evans, top, Tim Beer, "Maggie" and Laura Karvey participate in the Queer Aquarium at the Howard Hall site in October 2005. The Aquarium was part of Ohio University's Coming Out Week, meant to promote cooperation and awareness.
