Word: bglt
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...previous five years. The lead author, Edward O. Laumann, a sociologist at the University of Chicago, estimated that two to four percent of ever-married American women had been in what are now called mixed-orientation marriages. While there are a myriad of complicated factors that could induce BGLT (bi-sexual, gay, lesbian and transgender) men and women to enter into heterosexual marriages, it is a tragedy when they do so because conservative religious environments force them to repress their sexual orientation...
...06—only this one is a little less red-headed and a lot less campy. She also has more political credentials, having chaired the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) for the last two years. Like Garland, though, she is a heterosexual pillar for a BGLT community...
...official tenure as a leader in the BGLT community over, Barusch’s influence among Harvard students has survived. Claiming they “not-so-secretly want to be/marry Barusch when they grow up,” 66 students have joined the Facebook group “Acolytes of Barusch...
...worthwhile on a political level. The film’s defense of alternative lifestyles (which, in this case, is not simply a code for “gay people”), its willingness to portray interracial relationships without drawing attention to them as such, its portrayal of non-stereotyped BGLT characters —all these elements and more make the film politically interesting. And “Rent” is, ignoring a few melodramatic excesses, a compelling and deeply moving piece of entertainment.And that’s the problem. “Rent” succeeds largely because...
...increase awareness,” said Joshua D. Smith ’08, the political chair of Harvard’s Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters’ Alliance (BGLTSA). BGLTSA board members covered the table with information packets, rainbow ribbons, and two posters—one for BGLT students to sign, titled “Out and Proud,” and one for allies to sign, titled “We support our queer peers.” When the board members closed up shop at 2:00 p.m., each poster had about 40 signatures...