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MICHEL MARTIN: I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Coming up, it isn't always easy to find flattering looks in plus sizes. Lisa Dolan's had enough of that and started making her own and now she's got a new reality show to let other women know how to flatter their figures at any size. We hear from the star of the new TLC reality show "Big Brooklyn Style" in just a few minutes. But, first, if you visit most college campuses, you'll probably find places for students to hang out, a student union or resource center. Often, there are special places set aside for kids of particular backgrounds, especially members of minority groups. Earlier this year, Bowie State University in Maryland opened the doors to its Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexed and Allies Resource Center. Bowie State is believed to be the first historically black college or university or HBCU to open this kind of resource center, according to the LGBT advocacy group human rights campaign. Here to tell us more about the resource center is Professor Adrian Krishnasamy. He is an assistant professor of communications at Bowie State University and director of the LGBTQIA Resource Center. Also with us, Melanie Carr. She's a recent graduate of Bowie State and a committee member at the center. Welcome to you both. Thank you for coming.
ADRIAN KRISHNASAMY: Thank you for having us.
MELANIE CARR: Thank you so much.
MARTIN: And, of course, this is LGBT Pride Month, so we thought this would be an especially good time to talk about this first of its kind center. So, professor, how did the idea get started? How long has this been in the works?
KRISHNASAMY: Well, actually, when I started working (unintelligible) started in 2007 and I was introduced to this group and there were about five or six of us. And we were talking about great ideas and great things about the center and how we should open it and when we should open it and things of that sort. So, throughout the years, it started falling apart and, because of money and a lot of resources, but we had a solid backing up from the high administration and a very...