Events › Community Networks, Community Connections: LGBT Organizing on the Early Internet

Join Dr. Avery Dame-Griff, a lecturer in women’s and gender studies at Gonzaga University, for an online talk on early digital LGBTQ communities.

When we talk about the Internet in the 1990s, certain things always come to mind: fights over the family computer, the screeching dial-up modem, or piles of free trial CDs in every store. But well before the average American was chatting online, LGBTQ folks were using computers to build community and politically organize.

This talk will explore how LGBTQ people in Washington State used computers for everything from making friends and finding love to fundraising and sharing AIDS resources. By the end, we'll use these histories to reconsider how and why we use the Internet.

Sponsored by the King County Library System Foundation.

Reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities is available by request. Email access@kcls.org at least seven days before the event. Automated closed captioning is always available for online events.