The Student Homophile League, founded at Columbia University in 1966, was the first LGBTQ student organization in the country. The group offered counseling and promoted social events, but mostly existed to fight for fair treatment. League members participated in all the major campus protests of the 1960s and 1970s, demanded recognition for queer studies, and worked for equal rights beyond the university.
Student Homophile League
Q&A on the Draft, 1967
University Protest and Activism Collection
Columbia University
Surveillance Photo of Gay Rights Protest, 1969
University Protest and Activism Collection
Gay People at Columbia-Barnard
“A New Gay Survey”, 1974
Rick X Shur Papers
