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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
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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 CSG, Page 3A

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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