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...over the other—the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) endorsed both tickets last night. “After a lengthy debate and an evenly-divided board, we simply could not choose a single ticket because both sets of candidates have strong commitments to the BGLTQ community,” their statement read.COMMUNITY FIRSTTrailing the two frontrunners are the campaigns of Amadi P. Anene ’08 and Ali A. Zaidi ’08, both UC insiders campaigning to broaden the council’s vision and impact. Anene, who is running with Kyle...
...reason that we perceived the need [for these classes] was because hate crimes still happen and there aren’t any self-defense classes that are geared towards defending against anti-BGLTQ violent crime,” he said. “And also there are no self-defense classes on campus that allow anyone who’s not a woman to join...
...hours to give an audience to those who will be coming to share their experiences. Ask yourself what it would mean to attend a vigil, an all-male event about common unasked and unanswered questions about sexual violence, a discussion on violence in the BGLTQ community, or a benefit concert that will donate funds to the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center and Transition House. We think that it would say a lot. We spend 51 weeks of the year in a culture that silences survivors and shies away from confronting sexual violence. Take Ba ck the Night is one week...
Another important step in making Harvard a more accepting place is educating students about issues of importance to the queer community. Bringing in speakers like Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer, holding a panel about queer related senior theses, and co-sponsoring a workshop on sexual violence in BGLTQ communities are all events that we hope will empower students to engage in the issues that they care about. This is especially important given the quickly changing nature of laws and campus policies regarding queer issues...
Harvard must recognize that it can no longer claim to be protecting its BGLTQ students against discrimination if its non-discrimination code can be overridden in order to give others a particular experience or benefit. If it is to allow the non-discrimination code take a backseat to expediency, the University ought simply to drop the code altogether. Such a code is merely a slap in the faces of those it claims to protect if the protection it guarantees is contingent. If Harvard has a non-discrimination code that it does not follow, it is modelling intelectual dishonesty?...