GLOW

The Glow Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity (commonly referred to as simply Glow) is a service run by the Federation of Students in order to provide safe, queer-positive, trans-positive and sex-positive spaces on campus.

=History=

Waterloo Universities' Gay Liberation Movement
Discussions about creating a homophiles group at UW, following the lead of other universities, started in late 1970. In the Spring of 1971, a group had formed that aimed to represent both the University of Waterloo, and Waterloo Lutheran University. The group was named Waterloo Universities' Gay Liberation Movement (WUGLM, pronounced “wug-lum”), and was based on UW campus since it was felt that UW was more accepting of gays.

WUGLM held their first meeting on March 8th, 1971. According to Chevron, 60 people came out to the first meeting (But others claim is was closer to 100 ) and regular meetings were held thereafter.

Gay Liberation of Waterloo (GLOW)
By March 1980, WUGLM changed its name to Gay Liberation of Waterloo.

Gay and Lesbian Liberation of Waterloo (GLLOW)
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, GLOW was referred to as Gay and Lesbian Liberation of Waterloo (GLLOW)

In 1995, the Federation of Students elevated the status of GLLOW from club to service, eliminating the need to maintain membership lists and collect club fees.

Gays and Lesbians of Waterloo (GLOW)
GLLOW changed its name once again in 1998, this time to Gays and Lesbians of Waterloo (GLOW).

GLOW – The Queer and Questioning Community Centre
In 2010, the organization changed its name to GLOW – The Queer and Questioning Community Centre. GLOW was no longer an acronym, but the name of the organization itself.

The Glow Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity
In 2012, the name was changed to The Glow Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity. GLOW was no longer capitalized, to further emphasize that it is no longer an acronym

=References=

=External Links= GLOW Website