Word: gay
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Granieri likes playing the iconoclast. A native of Rust-belt upstate New York, Granieri was the second of five children in a staunchly Democratic household. His roommates have included the national head of the College Democrats of America and the co-chair of the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Student Association (BGLSA). And he's known around Mather for performing a prize-winning strip tease to the tunes of Frank Sinatra--part of a pattern of behavior roommates call the "Ron Routine...
Even so, the kids will probably not be doing it at the prom this year. Vogueing is an attitudinal affectation that mixes model-like poses with the athleticism of break dancing and the wry sophistication of gay humor. Until now it has been performed mostly by male transvestites, although hip straights make appreciative audiences in the clubs. Some are joining in. Danielle Leyshon, a waitress who vogues at the Smart Bar in Chicago, says enthusiastically that the dance can easily slip into "a battle of who looks more...
...even more egregious example of an editorial disguised as "news" was your Tuesday, April 25th headline, "ROTC Rule Excludes Gay Recruits." Why was there no story headlined, "ROTC Program Provides Financial Aid to Disadvantaged Students," or "Harvard Policy on ROTC Discourages Officers in Training From Receiving Liberal Arts Education"? All of these examples are arguments for or against ROTC--not objective reporting of current events...
That triumph two weeks ago was but one among several signs that gay power is burgeoning at Harvard. For the first time, an assistant dean, Jean Viggiani, has been delegated to deal with gay issues on campus. A tutor specializing in gay concerns has been assigned to each of Harvard's undergraduate houses. About 1,000 pink triangles offered to sympathizers for the Gay Awareness celebration were gone in a record three days...
Lesbian couples now appear at Radcliffe's formal Senior Soiree, and gays routinely dance together at Harvard events. That can sometimes lead to friction. In February a ruckus broke out when a gay student asked the younger brother of a straight student to dance. Gay students soon after staged a "kiss-in" to protest alleged harassment. Says Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian co-chair Kelly Dermody: "This year was wild...