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Tim
Retzloff,
professor
of history at Michigan State
University and University of
Michigan
alum,
connected
LGBTQ history at the University
of Michigan to the University’s
bicentennial year in his lecture
Tuesday,
“Maize,
Blue,
and
Lavender:
Revisiting
U-M’s
LGBTQ Past.”
As an undergraduate, Retzloff
was asked by a political science
professor to write a history
appendix of LGBTQ history in
Michigan.
Implementing
The
Daily’s records, as well as bits
and pieces from other Michigan
newspapers,
he
wrote
an
appendix titled “Outcast, Miscast,
Recast: A documentary history
of lesbians and gay men at the
University of Michigan.”
Retzloff, a guest of the Institute
for Research on Women and
Gender,
graduated
from
the
University of Michigan in 2006
before getting his Ph.D. in history
from Yale University in 2014. He
has been featured on Stateside of
Michigan Radio and The Craig
Fahle Show on WDET. The event
was also sponsored by several
departments in the University,
including the LSA Bicentennial
Theme Semester program, and
was attended by 30 students.
Gayle Rubin, an associate
professor of anthropology and
women’s
studies,
introduced
Retzloff, noting the importance
of the event’s inclusion in the
Bicentennial, since knowledge of
LGBTQ history at the University
is very limited.
Throughout the discussion,
Retzloff
presented
different
pictures to pinpoint three main
eras central to LGBTQ history:
the modern era (1991 to present),
the ’70s and ’80s, and the pre-
Stonewall era. Retzloff focused on
periods in which the University
adapted to accept, or at least
tolerate,
LGBTQ
individuals.
He also discussed points when
LGBTQ people faced extreme
isolation.
“The outcast portion (of the
append) … reflected the official
hostility of the University toward
homosexual people and reflected
how people that we now see as
LGBTQ were outcasts,” Retzloff
said.
Retzloff discussed in detail
the effects of the 1959 and 1960
crackdowns at the University on
homosexual activity that occurred
in various campus restrooms.
Reminiscent of the Communist
era, people staked down men
engaging in sexual behavior in the
bathroom and then arrested them
for gross indecency. According
to Retzloff, they were sentenced
to five years of probation and
had to pay a $275 fine. This was
a particularly harsh punishment,
he noted, as others charged with
gross indecency in Detroit at this
time had to pay much less.
Further
troubles
arose
in
2003, Retzloff said, as the records
of the crackdowns and other
Central Student Government
convened on Tuesday evening to
discuss the renaming of the C.C.
Little Building, eventually passing
the resolution to support the name
change.
After
efforts
from
student
governments on campus, stemming
from LSA Student Government,
steps have been taken to discuss
the name change of the academic
building. The C.C. Little Building
has a controversial past, due to its
attribution to former University of
Michigan President Clarence Cook
Little and his role in the eugenics
movement in the United States.
LSA
SG
Vice
President
Ryan Gillcrist, an LSA senior
and
co-author
of
the
initial
resolution, opened the discussion
with a statement regarding the
necessity to change the C.C.
Little Building, both in an act to
condemn the ideology of his work
in eugenics as well as to stand in
solidarity with students who feel
underrepresented on campus.
“It’s incredibly important for us
to preserve and to remember the
past, and that’s exactly why we
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Vol. CXXVII, No. 16
©2017 The Michigan Daily
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O PI N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
S U D O K U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
CROS SWO R D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
RESEARCH
CSG body
supports
C.C. Little
renaming
ACADEMICS
Special Counsel to Schlissel
Liz Barry outlines diversity
initiatives within ‘U’ also
KATHERINA SOURINE
Daily Staff Reporter
SARAH KUNKEL/Daily
Michigan State history professor Dr. Tim Retzloff talks about the University’s LGBTQ history in Angell Hall Tuesday.
Visiting MSU history professor Tim
Retzloff highlights U-M’s LGBTQ past
Bicentennial-themed event sparked discussion on significance of LGBTQ community
SOPHIA KATZ
For the Daily
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See MAIZE, Page 3A
The Center for the Education
of Women will be welcoming
award-winning actress Laverne
Cox to the University of Michigan
as the final event for the 2017
CEW Spectrum of Advocacy and
Activism Symposium.
Cox is a transgender, African
American actress and equal
rights advocate who will be
sharing her experiences through
her talk “Ain’t I a Woman? My
Journey to Womanhood” on Nov.
15.
“Laverne
projects
a
combination of strength and
vulnerability in her presentations
while delivering an animated
reflection on the transgender
experience,” the invitation reads.
“Her recollections of growing
up in Mobile, Ala., moving to
New York City, and finding the
courage to step into womanhood
illustrate the unique challenges
faced
by
the
transgender
community.”
Many students on campus
quickly made sure they had
tickets
for
this
upcoming
presentation. However, members
See TICKETS, Page 3A
Shortage in
talk tickets
draws some
to give back
CAMPUS LIFE
Students share tickets to
Laverne Cox, transgender
African American actress
AMARA SHAIKH
Daily Staff Reporter
The Treatment, Innovation
and
Dissemination
Lab,
a
multidisciplinary
lab
at
the
University of Michigan, recently
launched its new website. Also
known as TIDL, the lab is
focused on developing technology
and initiatives to help those
with mental health disorders,
especially in underserved areas.
TIDL began in 2011 and
consists of 24 members from
multiple disciplines, including
both students and faculty.
Joe Himle, co-director of
TIDL and associate dean for
research at the School of Social
Work, described TIDL as a
multidisciplinary group of post-
ops, faculty members, graduate
students
and
community
members that is focused on two
main areas of mental health
research.
“So many people with mental
health troubles do not have access
to appropriate treatment for their
problems, so we’re trying to close
that treatment access gap by doing
research that brings treatment to
people who wouldn’t normally get
it,” Himle said. “We’re focused on
both people in underserved urban
and rural areas.”
Himle said TIDL is also
working to improve employment
outcomes for people with mental
health problems, which Himle
described as a two-sided issue.
“People with mental health
problems
often
avoid
job
interviews — they sometimes
don’t have a very extensive peer
network to call on for job leads,”
Himle said. “So there is the
Treatment
lab improves
research for
mental health
See LAB, Page 3A
Multidisciplinary research project looks at
disparities in care, barriers in employment
MOLLY NORRIS
Daily Staff Reporter
On book tour, Hillary Clinton talks
fake news, Russia and 2016 election
Hill Auditorium full to hear former presidential candidate reflect on campaign challenges
On Nov. 8, 2016, Hillary Clinton
lost the presidential election. With
opponent — and now-president
—
Donald
Trump
receiving
304 electoral votes, and a year’s
worth of work on her campaign
now shattered, Clinton was left
wondering, what happened?
This is what Clinton discussed at
her book tour stop Tuesday in Ann
Arbor. With Hill Auditorium full of
students, faculty and community
members attending her talk, Clinton
highlighted her experiences writing
her book, “What Happened,” not
long after the election. The Ann
Arbor stop was one of several in the
tour spanning across the nation and
Canada.
Prior to her visit, students
were divided on their feelings
about Clinton’s book tour, as late-
September pre-sale ticket prices for
the event ranged from about $82 to
$170 and many students questioned
the purpose of the book.
In September, LSA junior Jim
Stehlin said he sees politicians’
book tours as problematic for the
country’s
interests;
instead
of
focusing on policy, he thinks the
“hero-worship” of politicians forces
citizens to consider how politicians
function as celebrities rather than
public servants.
ALEXA ST. JOHN
Managing News Editor
See CLINTON, Page 3A
EMMA RICHTER/DAILY
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks as part of her book tour at Hill Auditorium Tuesday.
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