Out in the Mountains
Exploring Gay and
Lesbian Culture

Walter Zeichner/Carol Cohen

In the Spring of 1992 the Church Street
Center for Community Education spon-
sored a course entitled “Exploring Gay
and Lesbian Culture” taught by Carol E.
(Crow) Cohen and Walter I. Zeichner,
both therapists in Burlington. This was a
first of its kind course for the Church
Street Center which runs programs for
the University of Vermont’s Division of
Continuing Education.

The idea for the course was to promote
lesbian and gay culture as rich, positive,
and diverse in order to increase visibility
and foster gay and lesbian pride. The
course was open to gays, lesbians, bi-
sexuals and heterosexuals, all of whom
were represented.

The course included a variety of per-
spectives; historical, multiracial, multi-
cultural, and ideological. During one of
the meetings a panel of local lesbians
and gay men, activists for many years in
Vermont, came to share with the class
their stories, motivations, and visions
from their lives as pioneers in the gay/
lesbian liberation movement. Sub-
sequently, the class participated in a pro-
cess of developing their own visions for
the future of our community, and creat-
ed “Action Plans” for personal growth,
challenge, and achievement. No plan
was considered inconsequential.

The enrollment and attendance were
way beyond our expectations (as well as
the Church St. Center’s, who originally
thought there would not, be enough in-
terest to run the course. The class dis-
cussions were highly charged. Student’s
evaluations showed that the course
touched people deeply, and they asked
that a follow—up course be offered. The
Church St. Center has agreed to run the
class again during the Fall semester. V

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