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History

Between 1970 and today, there have been many milestones that marked our progression into the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center.

  • 1970

    Gay Liberation Front formed as NIU's first student organization supporting LGBT persons.

  • 1979

    With recommendations from NIU's Women's Programming Committee, Provost Wendell Harris created University Resources for Women located in Swen Parson Hall.

  • 1980

    During fall 1980, a task force proposed to then President William Monat a concept for an advisory group on issues important to women that would become the NIU Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW).

  • 1981

    Board of Regents established the Office of University Resources for Women and moved to the Wirtz House. The location is now known as Martin Luther King Commons.

  • 1990

    Office of University Resources for Women moved to 105 Normal Road.

  • 1990-1991

    NIU's Gay Liberation Front submitted proposal to then President John LaTourette requesting a Presidential Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Concerns.

  • 1992

    NIU established The Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual orientation.

  • 2003

    Campus climate survey by The Task Force on Discrimination Based on Sexual orientation led to opening of NIU's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center.

  • 2005

    Office of University Resources for Women became Women's Resource Center.

  • 2009

    Women's Resource Center celebrated its 30th anniversary with a new logo and campus/community-wide book donation project.

    Black and white image of two story house
    Arndt House 1990 - Spring 2014 (as Women's Resource Center)

  • 2013

    Photo project celebrated 10th anniversary of LGBT Resource Center.

    Photo collage poster with words LGBT Resource Center Celebrating 10 Years, 2003-2013
    LGBT RC Celebrates 10 Years, Spring 2013

  • 2013-2014

    Women's Resource Center and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center merge into the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center.

    Gender & Sexuality Resource Center campus sign in front of Arndt House
    Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, Summer 2014

Contact Us

Gender and Sexuality Resource Center
Campus Life Building 132
545 Lucinda Avenue
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-753-4772
gsrc@niu.edu

Hours

Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Appointments with staff members are available upon request by Navigate 360 or email.

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