Closeted/OUT in the Quadrangles: A History of LGBTQ Life at the

Description of the exhibition which took place on March 30, 2015 at the Special Collection Research Center of The University of Chicago. The exhibition presents some of the most significant results of the "Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles" project. Although the University's contributions to the academic study of sexuality have been documented, they knew very little about the experiences of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning individuals and communities that have passed through the quadrangles. In order to make these visible, students affiliated with Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles: A LGBTQ History of the University of Chicago have been researching the University's queer past since 2012. All existing archival collections in the Special Collections Research Center have been reviewed, and the collections have been enriched by new materials preserved and made available by LGBTQ alumni and students. They also mined local and national archives and conducted oral histories with 95 alumni, faculty, and staff, representing degrees from a 1958 JD to a 2012 AB.