Word: gaypril
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...Gaypril, a month full of activities for the queer community and its supporters, is meant to address these concerns. During Gaypril, the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) tries to create a space in which all queer students and their supporters can feel comfortable and proud of who they are. Sometimes that simply means raising queer visibility; sometimes that means throwing a party; sometimes that means educating people about issues like campus policies; and sometimes that means talking about sexual practices or identities that are normally only mentioned with a snicker or a sneer...
We’re certainly not trying to claim that our Gaypril line-up is perfect, nor do we expect every event to please everybody. This will have been a successful Gaypril if, at the end of the month, supporters know how much we value their support, and all students will have had a forum in which they could feel proud of their sexuality and gender. Have a wonderful Gaypril, and we hope to see you around...
Some members of the BGLTSA first became acquainted with Mark at a BGLTSA-sponsored bondage workshop the year before. Patrick S. Kelly ’05, who organized seven of the nearly 40 BGLTSA events held during “Gaypril,” says he arranged the introductory workshop to demystify sadomasochism—known to insiders as SM, not S&M—to a beginning audience, but Mark, in attendance, had his own agenda...
Beyond its rhetoric, BGLTSA has made a name for itself by holding workshops on sex toys and sadomasochism as well as inviting groups to campus with names like “The Lesbian Avengers” during its recent month of events, “Gaypril.” And in this way, too, BGLTSA excels at turning what might be an opportunity for serious and valid causes into theater of the absurd. Making the face of gays at Harvard that of a masked and over-sexed person with whip-in-hand does little to endear them to the general...
...one’s calendar of newly invented holidays, for example, April features something bigger and better than Administrative Professional’s Day, Earth Day, Gaypril and National Poetry Month combined. Last week was Lilly Week, a seven-day celebration of everything pink and green, Lilly’s signature colors. For Lilly followers, such an occasion is almost reason enough to charter a private jet to Florida for some Lilly-inspired Key Lime Mojitos and Mango coconut coladas with ginger...