Word: bgltsa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...join BGLTSA because we desire same-sex sexual interaction. The goal of the organization, then, is to legitimize homoerotic desire in the context of mainstream American society...
...When BGLTSA leaders attempt to achieve other political goals, they do their members a great disservice. Those who identify themselves as queer represent all socio-economic backgrounds, all races, religions and political beliefs...
...BGLTSA to endorse political movements that are not directly related to legitimizing same-sex sexual interaction is dishonest. Last semester, during my tenure on the BGLTSA executive board, Co-Chair Andre Sulmers and other board members decided that BGLTSA should join RAZA in the anti-grape movement. Sulmers's reasoning was logical enough. He believed that BGLTSA was a "minority" group and that, as such, it had an interest in advancing the causes of other minority groups. Logical as his reasons may have been, they were ill-conceived. Students do not become involved in BGLTSA because they support the efforts...
...know, for instance, that many of our members in fact wanted grapes and were opposed to the platform of RAZA. On what authority does Sulmers and the executive board use the BGLTSA moniker to advance political causes not endorsed by the membership? We are too diverse to be taking political stances; BGLTSA leaders need to recognize that...
...will not deny that things may still be very different for black gay males than for white gay males. But the source of this different existence is racism not homophobia. We must, as a society, attack racism as racism and not allow ourselves to confuse our battles. BGLTSA exists to attack homophobia and heterosexism, not to attack racism...