Derron Coles, SOL Oral History, February 13, 2019 (0:47:32) Coles discusses his journey in
creating SOL as a place where students can feel safe in expressing all
aspects of their identities and learn from each other. As a student with
multiple marginalized identities, he realized the importance of
communication, education, and community. With faculty support from Larry
Roper, SOL has become a permanent fixture on the OSU campus since 2002.
Despite some groups on campus originally not acknowledging the need for
a LGBTQIA+ group specifically for students of color, it has continued
to thrive with student support each year. Interviewer: Cori Elam. Interview audio and index available online.
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