[3] On March 7, 1972, the city council of East Lansing, Michigan passed an LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance, after petitioning from the GLM.

We demand a mandatory general education course for all students on race, ethnicity, racism, and gender be implemented into curriculum by Fall 2020.

We demand cultural, racial and religious sensitivity training for all University faculty, staff, contractors, and police officers as outlined by a student selected group by Fall 2020.

We demand that Michigan State University increase the number of gender inclusive housing options and restrooms on campus by 75% by the start of the Fall 2020 semester.

[1] Through the 1980’s and the mid-1990’s, the Alliance provided opportunities for MSU students, faculty and staff, and people from the surrounding metropolitan area, to meet, learn, and organize.

A variety of student-initiated support and discussion groups created safe places for LGBT individuals to share their experiences and build community.

The Alliance also provided local and regional schools, governmental units, hospitals, churches, non-profits, and even other colleges and universities, as well as MSU classes, dormitories, fraternities and sororities, among others, with LBGT+ individuals for Panel Q&A discussions.

The Alliance would occasionally pair with other related groups, such as PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) and MOHR (the Michigan Organization for Human Rights), to add their perspectives to the panels.

Tim Retzloff once conducted several oral history recordings, and stated later that the MSU GLM had participated in protests against the Vietnam War.

[2] On March 7, 1972, the city council of East Lansing, Michigan, passed an ordinance against discrimination based on sexual orientation when hiring employees, stating that they would hire the best applicant to fill the job, “without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex or homosexuality.” [6] Don Gaudard - A member of the GLM in 1994, he helped to put a stop to traffic on the intersection of Grand River and Michigan by pretending to drop his contact lens.

[2] Tim Retzloff – Currently teaching history and LGBTQ studies at Michigan University, interviewed and recorded several past members of the GLM.