Word: gay
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Hoping to support gay students at Harvard coming to terms with their sexuality, the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Students Association (BGLSA) will mark National Coming Out Day tonight with a series of speakers and a film presentation...
Among the speakers will be Assistant Dean of Coeducation Janet A. Viggiani, the coordinator of the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues Network, a College-sponsored organization begun last year to support gay students...
Viggiani said in an interview last night that she will discuss gay rights and homophobia at Harvard...
While the task force opposed adoption by homosexuals, growing numbers of gay men and women -- who are generally spurned by ordinary adoption agencies -- have sought special-needs kids. Says a New York social worker involved in placing the city's 300 homeless AIDS babies: "We have recruited single men because many of them are not afraid of AIDS. We also find men very nurturing parents...
Frank and Dante, a gay Long Island couple, have not only taken in the fragile 19-month-old Mickey; they are also preparing to adopt two-year-old Jonathan, who has weathered two bouts of AIDS-related pneumonia and, under their care, blossomed from an emaciated infant into a chubby, cheerful toddler. A private adoption agency, Leake & Watts, provides the men with $1,200 for each child a month in city, state and federal funds instead of the $437 subsidy for a healthy child...