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...Professor Martin Duberman, himself a homosexual: "Gay men are freer in terms of time and responsibilities to act on the sexual needs that all human beings share." In Gay Spirit (Grove Press; $6.95), a sex manual for homosexuals, David Loomis reminds his readers that they do not have to contend with "pregnancy, diaphragms, daily hat compliments, paying for every damn thing, marriage contracts and divorce settlements, alimony, babies that screech in the night and adultery...
According to Hendin, homosexuals today live in double jeopardy. Because of its new political stance, "the homosexual world is exerting taboos of its own. Young men are now not only faced with the traditional forces that encourage homosexuals to hate themselves, but also must contend with a strong counterpressure to deny even to themselves whatever conflict, pain, or anguish they feel." Says homosexual Poet Allen Ginsberg: "I think a lot of homosexual conflict comes from internalizing society's distrust of your loves, finally doubting your own loves, and therefore not being able to act on them...
...Picnic at the Radcliffe Yard. Another casual get-together annually spoiled by pretensions. Aside from avoiding those people who refuse to let the topic of conversation stray beyond the recently read German translation of Camus, you now must contend with the group of Wellesley women carted in to appease the males. The beginning of open exploitation season for women at Harvard...
...anniversary of her ordination by filing complaints with the New York State Division of Human Rights and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The complaints, which add a new dimension to the ongoing dispute, charge Bishop Cole with discriminating against her because of her sex. Schiess's suits contend that the secular laws permitting a church to practice discrimination in employment are meant to exclude only persons who do not share its beliefs. The ban on women as priests, which stems from centuries of tradition, is not a belief, she argues. The government agencies are likely to be reluctant...
Kicked Habit. Ford says that it intends to "defend the suit vigorously"; presumably, it will contend that other executives have operated in the same environment without becoming alcoholics. Brennan's weightiest charge is that, although Ford had helped other alcoholic employees in the U.S. get treatment, he was never even told that such help was available. After a long struggle, Brennan kicked the drinking habit-so successfully that he is now business manager of an alcoholic-treatment center in Lake Orion, near Detroit...