A new traveling exhibit, “Out on Campus: A History of LGBTQ+ Activism at Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities,” will be displayed during the upcoming weeks at Montgomery County Community College’s campuses.

Through Jan. 22, the exhibit will be on display in the Health Sciences Atrium of MCCC’s Blue Bell Campus. The exhibit then moves to MCCC’s Parkhouse Hall Atrium Jan. 23-27 in Blue Bell.

From Jan. 30-Feb. 3, the exhibit will be on display in North Hall at MCCC’s Pottstown Campus.

This exhibit presents the stories of the formation of some of the earliest LGBTQ+ student organizations and activism at colleges and universities in Pennsylvania, as well as experiences and personal stories of being openly LGBTQ+ on campus.

Visitors will learn about the largest documented LGBTQ+ civil rights student demonstration on a college or university campus in the nation before Stonewall, the first known openly transgender student government president in the nation, the university students who had to sue in order to get recognition for their student organization, and many more fascinating stories of LGBTQ+ campus activism right here in Pennsylvania.

The exhibit is a collaborative project of the Pennsylvania LGBT History Network, with the LGBT Center of Central PA History Project serving as the managing partner.

Read more about the project on the Out on Campus exhibit’s website.