The Queer Student Cultural Center is the current incarnation of the coming out, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, genderqueer, intersex, and allied communities organization of the University of Minnesota campuses that has been active since May 1969 (under various names). This pre-stonewall history makes it the oldest collegiate-run student organization for gays and lesbians in the United States.
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