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UNC Charlotte PRIDE: Opening Doors Opening Minds
by Chad Smith
This year PRIDE came back with a bang.
PRIDE week was held from October 8-11 to
coincide with the OutCharlotte Festival and
National Coming Out Day. OutCharlotte has
been a strong supporter of PRIDE. When
PRIDE asked area groups for help,
OutCharlotte leapt at the opportunity and
supported us with both money and ideas. Af
ter OutCharlotte agreed to co-sponsor us, the
Gay and Lesbian Switchboard and the Gay and
Lesbian Community Center Project joined
forces with them to help us make a difference.
The three groups worked with PRIDE to
bring James Dale to campus. Dale is the Boy
Scout Leader who was ousted for being gay.
Unfortunately Dale was forced to postpone all
his North Carolina appearances. But PRIDE
took in stride and marched on to make PRIDE
week a success.
“When James Dale canceled we thought we
should find someone else to replace him. How
ever, we at PRIDE like to do things properly.
Without enough time to promote the event,
we decided not to have a speaker” said Regina
Hyatt, PRIDE co-advisor.
Instead of a speaker, PRIDE hosted a train
ing session called “Safe Zone.”
Safe Zone is a University program that
teaches people how to help students who are
in the coming out process. The placards re
ceived after the training show that UNCC has
many gay-friendly people. This program sim
ply makes GLBT students more comfortable.
The “Second Annual Southern Decadence
Drag Extravaganza” playbill included many of
Charlotte’s finest drag artists: Bam Bam
TaLour, Vanity Fair, Amber Rochelle, Felicia
Bost, Angela Lopez, Tracy Morgan, and
Monica Mitchell donated their time to raise
money for PRIDE. And this year no one pro
tested the the drag event! Students —gay and
straight— gathered together and had a lot of
fun. The Dean of Academic Affairs even came
to enjoy the show.
As the week progressed, once again PRIDE
opened doors and opened minds with a spe
cial program for National Coming Out Day.
Media, students, and faculty alike heard testi
UNC Charlotte PRIDE attended the OutCharlotte Festival 2001, promoting
their own PRIDE Week and National Coming Out Day events
monies of the importance and fear associated '
with coming out.
Charles, a dedicated PRIDE member, took
this opportunity to make his first public dec
laration as an “out” individual. Other PRIDE
members, facutly and staff also shared their
stories. A sense of pride rushed through the
crowd as people shared themselves with the
campus community.
During the 30 minute program PRIDE
members distributed guides for coming out,
Human Rights Campaign materials. They were
joined by representatives of the “Stop The
Hate” who handed out information about how
to end hate crimes.
PRIDE has already begun planning for the
spring semester. James Dale rescheduled to
speak on campus during the week of the Na
tional Day of Silence. PRIDE is also planning
on bringing other attractions such as comedi
ans, gay themed artwork and a museum of
oppression. The museum will give all minor
ity organizations on campus an opportunity
to show others what it is like to endure op
pression while the comedians and art will il
lustrate the similarities
pride’s efforts and hard work over the past
two years have elicited many changes. UNCC
announced that a faculty member will be ap
pointed to focus on GLBT issues on campus.
The Student Government Association created
a Student Body President Cabinet position for
a GLBT student to help PRIDE educate the
campus about GLBT issues. The organization
for GLBT faculty and staff is strengthened by -
the presence of an active student group.
The campus’ “Stop The Hate campaign”
was formed after PRIDE’s anti-hate progranis
in the spring of 2001.
PRIDE looks forward to the day when com
ing out is no big deal. There is still a long way
to go but members are marching out, together,
with pride.
Email President: pride@email. uncc. edu
Phone co-advisor Regina Young-Hyatt
Office of Student Affairs: 704-687-3181
On the way to remembering, take a few more along
by Leah Sepsenwol
by Leah Sepsenwol
There are more names to report, more people
whose lives and loves are now part of ours.
Their stories will live on through us. And
we will continue to bring you their life files
— with all the information we find.
Graham Berkeley, 37, Direaor of E-
Commerce Solutions, Compuware
Corp. USA, was an Englishman, who
died on board United Flight 175
which crashed into New York’s
World Trade Genter. The son of
Charles and Pauline Berkeley grew
up in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, En- I
gland, with brothers Chris and Roger.
He resided in both Boston and
Provincetown.
Berkeley was an accomplished
violinist who had graduated from the
Royal College of Music in London. He
performed with the BBC Radio Orchestra
and the BBC Philharmonic orchestra.
He loved this country and last June, after a
10-year effort, he finally received his Green
Card for US residency.
Tim Fristoe met Graham Berkeley just this
year. They planned to fly to Palm Springs to
gether on September 11, where Berkeley was
to attend a conference. But business forced
Fristoe to reschedule for the following day.
October 1 LGBT Memorial
in New York City.
Over 1000 in attendance.
Photo: courtesy of GLAAD
“I would have been with him,” Fristoe said
in agonizing disbelief from their residence in
Boston. “.
“Graham and I were together briefly,
but he meant a great deal to me. I
wanted to know him for a long, long
time.”
Carol Flyzik, 40, former ER
nurse who lost “We had seen the
news. It didn’t even enter my mind
that she might have been on it.”
Later that night, a representative
from American Airlines called and
confirmed that Carol had been on
the plane.
Nancy said of Carol: “She just
.. loved people. Her family was her
number one priority in life. She had
no enemies, only friends.”
John “Jack Keohane” ran out of his
office across from World Trade Center to see
what the huge noise was. As he and his part
ner stood in disbelief at the sight of the burn
ing World Trade Center tower, the building
collapsed. The falling debris killed Keohane.
His partner, Michael Lyons escaped injury.
Jack and Mike, both HRC members, shared
a home in Cooper, share their home with
Barrett’s 18-year-old son, Eddie. T