LGBT Organizations of "Model" Schools

The USNAAA has adopted the “Yale Model” for developing the USNA Alumni Association and Foundation. Some of literature you may have received as part of your class fund-raising drives may have included statements such as “we want to compete for the same students that will be going to Harvard, Princeton and Stanford.”

Using these four model schools, here is a quick look at how their respective LGBT organizations relate to the general alumni associations:

School: Yale
Name of LGBT Organization: Yale GALA
Year Formed: 1980
A GLBT Chapter(club)?: No - Form: Affinity Group
Incorporated as 501(c)(3)?/State: Yes/200x/NY
Website: http://www.yale.edu/lesbiangay/Pages/Alumni/Alumni.html
Clicks from Alumni Assn Homepage: 3

School: Harvard
Name of LGBT Organization: Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus
Year Formed: 1983
A GLBT Chapter(club)?: No - Form: “Connections” group
Incorporated as 501(c)(3)?/State: Yes/1997/MA
Website: http://hglc.org/index.shtml
Clicks from Alumni Assn Homepage: 2
formed with the aim of pressuring Harvard University to include sexual orientation in its non-discrimination policy

School: Princeton
Name of LGBT Organization:
Year Formed: 1986
A GLBT Chapter(club)?: No - Form: Affiliated Group
Incorporated as 501(c)(3)?/State: Yes/NJ
Website: http://alumni.princeton.edu/~ffr-gala/
Clicks from Alumni Assn Homepage: 2

School: Stanford
Name of LGBT Organization: Stanford Pride
Year Formed: 2001 - Recognized by the Alumni Association: 2001
A GLBT Chapter?: No - Form: Affinity Group
Incorporated as 501(c)(3)?/State: ?
Website: http://e.stanfordalumni.org/Clubs/stanfordpride/index.asp
Clicks from Alumni Assn Homepage: 2

School: USNA
Name of LGBT Organization: USNA Out/SAGALA
Year Formed: 2003/1993
Year recognized by the Alumni Association: N/A
A GLBT Chapter: N/A - Form: Unrecognized
Incorporated as 501(c)(3)In process/State: CA
Website: www.usnaout.org
Clicks from Alumni Assn Homepage: N/A

Note that alumni association are closely integrated with their universities. Navy cannot have this integrated structure due to federal law.