Word: gaypril
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Though the release of queer. corresponded with Gaypril, Hughes said the timing was coincidental...
...frosh were hopefully able to look at the journal. And it’s fortunate that it [the journal’s release] corresponded with Gaypril but it wasn’t intentional,” he said...
...campus as arguably liberal as Harvard’s, it’s easy to dismiss claims of homophobia or heterosexism as outmoded or inane. After all, a quick glance at the Gaypril calendar shows bisexual/gay/lesbian/transgender (BGLT) lawyers lecturing on marriage rights, training by AIDS activists, a massive dance, the Day of Silence, a sex toy party and a film screening on transgender bathroom access—hardly the furtive plottings of an oppressed minority. But homophobia is still a massive problem on both sides of Johnston Gate, and this is precisely why yesterday’s anti-homophobia speak...
...change, Harvard needs less passive tolerance and more positive engagement with the issues. It’s easy to put up a Safe Space sign on the door, but it’s another thing to put that support into action. While we tabled in Annenberg Hall for the Gaypril dance, many students lost interest as soon as they learned what the dance was for. Yes, I wanted to explain, it’s a queer dance. Yes, some guy (or girl) might flirt with you. I go to parties that are largely straight, girls tell me I smell good...
...Take down that damn poster of “The Kiss.” Try actively mixing your social events so parties on campus aren’t solely queer or solely straight, and acknowledge that bisexual students should feel comfortable in both of these communities. Come to some Gaypril events, petition against the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment, use a single-stall bathroom that doesn’t match your gender and write back to those ROTC mailings and tell them you’re a raging homosexual and oppose state-sponsored discrimination...