Rainbow LaGuardia: Virtual Exhibition Examines What it Means to be LGBTQ in Academia
This article originally appeared on the LaGuardia Community College website.
In honor of 2020 Pride Month, the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives at LaGuardia Community College has launched a new virtual exhibition, Rainbow LaGuardia, exploring what it means to be LGBTQ in academia, through conversations with the college's LGBTQ faculty and staff. The exhibit is funded in part by the New York City Council, with special thanks to Council Member Danny Dromm and Speaker Corey Johnson.
Though LGBTQ men and women have long been disproportionately represented among academics, rarely have LGBTQ faculty and staff from one college been as candid about their sexual orientation in a public forum.
LaGuardia Interim President Paul Arcario, a subject in Rainbow LaGuardia, said, "When I started at LaGuardia 30 years ago, I never imagined I would have the opportunity to be ‘out’ this way.” Read more...