GLAS Letter

February 25, 1996
1930 New Hampshire Ave. NW #12
Washington, D.C. 20009 USA
Home Tel. 202/986-1453
Email. mroberts@brtrc.com

Dear Dr. Koch:

Thank you for profiling the formation of Gays & Lesbians in African Studies (GLAS) in the January/March 1996 ASA News. You will likely recall that GLAS held its first official business meeting at the Annual Meeting of the ASA in Orlando on November 4, 1995. Both the business meeting and the subsequent roundtable, "Homosexuality in Africa: Does it Exist and Why Does it Matter?" brought together over two dozen ASA members interested in gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues in the Africa region.

At the November 4 business meeting I was chosen to serve and represent GLAS as its Convener. As directed by members of GLAS at the meeting, I am hereby requesting formal recognition of Gay & Lesbians in African Studies (GLAS) as an Affiliate Organization of the African Studies Association. Gays & Lesbians in African Studies has its mission to:

1. Share information, contacts, and network on homosexually-related research
and concerns in the Africa region.
2. Encourage and support gay, lesbian, and bisexual colleagues in the field
of African studies.
3. Encourage and support research and advocacy on homosexually-related
concerns in the Africa region.
4. Raise the awareness of others of the relevance and need for
homosexually-related research in African studies.

The current officers of GLAS are (affiliation and addresses attached):

Presently, GLAS has no division of duties among its officers. GLAS is not incorporated and has no revenues, dues, or budget at this time. GLAS intends to sponsor two panels at the San Francisco meeting. They will likely be titled, "Developing Methodologies for Same-Sex Research in Africa" and "Findings of Same-Sex Research in the Africa Region."

Thank you for your consideration of this request for Affiliate status. I would greatly appreciate information on when the Board of Directors of ASA is next scheduled to meet and when we make expect notification on our request.

Sincerely,

Matthew W. Roberts, Ph.D.

cc: Dennis Cordell
Deborah Amory
Norbert Brockman
Wolfram Hartmann
Leonard Hirsch

Enclosures

Officers

Matthew Roberts, BRTRC Corporation, Home: 1930 New Hampshire Avenue NW #12, Washington, D.C. 20009, Tel. 202/986-1453 (home), 703/205-1527 (work), Email. mroberts@brtrc.com

Dennis Cordell, Southern Methodist University, Department of History, Dallas, TX 75275-0176, Tel. 214/768-2988, Email. dcordell@mail.smu.edu

Deb Amory, SUNY-Purchase, Department of Anthropology, New York, Tel. 914/251-6600, Email. amory@brick.purchase.edu

Norbert Brockman, International Relations, St. Mary's University, P.O. Box 1747, San Antonio, TX 78296, Tel. 210/436-3659, Fax. 210/436-3500

Wolfram Hartmann, Department of History, University of Namibia, P.O. Box 6651, Windhoek, Namibia, Tel. 264-61-242421, Email. wolfram@public.unam.na

Leonard Hirsch, International Programs, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Tel. 202/357-4788, Email. lph@si.edu

For more Info please contact mroberts@brtrc.com