Word: gayness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fortunately, the administration has made an effort to respond to gay concerns. This fall Harvard instituted a policy on gay harassment and disseminated a brochure on anti-gay discrimination and homophobia. In half of the houses, tutors have been designated as liasons for gay concerns; hopefully, this policy will be adopted by the remaining houses...
LAST month Harvard's Gay and Lesbian Students' Association divided into separate groups for men and women. The change is indicative of the vast growth of the campus gay population and debate on gay issues. This fall twice as many gay students participated in gay groups than in previous years...
...gay community has also broadened its agenda. Last year Defeat Homophobia was created to spearhead gay activism and garner heterosexual involvement; Seventh Sense, which has a "no assumptions" policy regarding the sexual orientation of its participants, was formed to spur debate on women's and sexual issues. In the spring the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues Network was created by students and faculty to urge the University to recognize gay concerns...
DEFEATING homophobia and anti-gay discrimination can only be achieved with heterosexual recognition and support. Last spring, during Gay Lesbian Awareness Days, many students sported gay-rights buttons and discussed issues of tolerance. That spirit ought to drive involvement and education throughout the year...
...with appeal to homosexual and heterosexual students that could be a common draw for these groups. Last month 200 students packed into the Winthrop House JCR to hear an AIDS victim speak out, showing broad-based concern for a community issue that has until recently been perceived as a gay issue. Heterosexual and gay students could be drawn together to discuss issues that arise when students find out that friends are gay, or how prejudices arise against gays...