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While no specific case studies are planned yet, Carlson says that the debate sparked by the report has called professors' attention to gay issues, and many of them are beginning to incorporate gay issues informally into their courses...
...Although Carlson says the administration at first seemed to distance itself from the committee's recommendations on gay recruitment after the Globe article, he adds that the press coverage ultimately helped the gay community solve one of its most serious problems: invisibility...
...April, one of the school's "town meetings" was devoted to a panel discussion on the issues raised by the report. In addition, this year's diversity reception for new admits included a gay speaker for the first time. Carlson says that both events made students more aware of the concerns of the gay community...
...community is also gaining visibility in the classroom, according to Carlson. In its report, the Committee on Issues of Sexual Orientation criticized the school's lack of openly gay or lesbian faculty and the fact that gay issues are seldom mentioned in classes except in the context of AIDS...
...school has made some progress in the inclusion of homosexual issues in the curriculum since the report's release, according to Carlson. In April, the committee met with the representatives of the Case Program to discuss the possibility of creating new case studies devoted to issues that particularly affect the gay community...