Word: gaypril
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About 30 students gathered in Boylston Hall last night to kick off “Gaypril,” a month set to include gay pride celebrations, a day of silence to raise awareness about the prevalance of homophobia, and a panel of sadomasochism experts...
...Gaypril, which has been hosted by the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) for nearly a decade, serves to “promote the visibility and strength of a BGLTQ community on campus,” said co-chair Stephanie M. Skier...
...Gaypril is unique at Harvard because “most other schools don’t have whole months, but most do have a Pride Week,” said BGLTSA Publicity Chair Adam P. Schneider ’07, who is also a Crimson editor...
...event unique to this year’s Gaypril, BGLTSA will present a screening on April 26 of “Toilet Training,” a documentary about discriminiation linked to gender-segregated bathrooms, accompanied by findings from a study on bathroom access on and near campus. For the past few months the BGLTSA has conducted a thorough investigation of Harvard buildings and dorms to locate gender-neutral and gender-specific bathrooms...
...Other Gaypril events aim to identify the problem of “marginalization and oppression that exists as a result of stigmatization of queer sexuality and gender,” according to the BGLTSA website...