Gay Brotherhood of Rochester papers

The Gay Brotherhood of Rochester (1970-2012) was a student-led community group which formed first as a subgroup of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) in 1970, and was later a founding affiliate group of the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, Inc (GAGV). The first meeting of the GLF occurred on October 3, 1970, organized by University of Rochester students Bob Osborn and Larry Fine. Members included both U of R students and people from the Rochester community, and the Gay Brotherhood of Rochester and the Gay Revolution of Women (GROW, located off-campus out of an office in the Genesee Co-op) formed out of the member body of the GLF as affiliated subgroups.

In 1972, the University determined that it would no longer provide funding for the GLF or its subgroups on the grounds that the majority of members were not students, and the groups moved off campus. The Gay Brotherhood, the GLF, and GROW formed the Gay Alliance of Genesee Valley (GAGV) in 1973, as an umbrella group, which included all three groups. Although the Gay Brotherhood and the GLF as the GAGV would first be located in 812 Brown Street. The GLF retained a campus presence for slightly longer in a smaller capacity. The Gay Brotherhood moved to join GROW at the Genesee Co-op at 713 Monroe Ave in 1974, uniting the three groups under the GAGV banner.

The GAGV continued to grow, publishing The Empty Closet (started by the GLF in 1971) and moving several times to accommodate a growing array of community services and programs. The organization changed its name in 2017 to the Out Alliance to more inclusively reflect its support for the entirety of the Rochester LGBTQ+ community.