Word: gay
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...reactions of the House and school communities have varied. Some reacted with indignation; most notably, the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance (BGLTSA) organized a well-attended rally this past Tuesday on the steps of Memorial Church. Mather House students created a creed of tolerance, circulating a petition beseeching House residents: can't we all just get along? Mostly, though, the disinterested student response is the same as our reaction to any current event. Coup in Pakistan, too bad. Democratic primary debate, that's nice. Attack on my downstairs' neighbor, what a shame...
...protest rally on Tuesday, BGLTSA co-chair Michael K. T. Tan '01 implored members of the Harvard community to serve as "straight allies," defending gay rights even if they themselves were not affected...
Falwell has gained national prominence as a fundamentalist minister, who has built a career in part by demonizing gays and lesbians as immoral, perverse and destructive. So when he publicly reversed some of his most extreme stances this week, his words made headlines. Before a packed sanctuary, the Rev. Falwell called on evangelical Christians to show love and toleration for gays and lesbians and to speak out against anti-gay hate crimes. The sermon capped what was billed as a weekend of reconciliation between Falwell and gay Christians, including a meeting for evangelicals and gays to get to know...
Shepard was the gay college student from the University of Wyoming who was murdered a year ago this month in Laramie. After leaving a bar together, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson drove Shepard to a deserted field, beat him savagely, tied him to a wooden fence and left him exposed overnight. A cyclist who found the bloody body the next day mistook it for a scarecrow...
Falwell acknowledged that the Shepard murder was an important spur to last weekend's reconciliation. The stated purpose of the meeting was to tone down rhetoric that may lead to hate crimes against either gays or Christians. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Falwell told gay and lesbian delegates, "I will be vigilant in assuring that we do not make statements that can be construed as sanctioning hate or antagonism against homosexuals." Visitors said Falwell apologized for making hateful diatribes against gay people, and called on parents to love their children regardless of their sexual orientation...