Word: glsa
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...certain amount of intolerance is allowed toexist, especially freshman year," says Kelly M.Dermody '89, co-chair of the Gay and LesbianStudents Association (GLSA). She says proctors donot encourage students to communicate about sexualorientation. She and other members of the gay,lesbian and bisexual community say they would likea required proctor meeting that would bring in agroup like Contact--a peer group that offerscounseling on issues concerning sexuality. GLSAmembers add that they want the University's policyforbidding discrimination because of sexualorientation read aloud to all freshmen...
...writing to express my disappointment and concern with a number of inaccuracies in the article, "Gay-Lesbian Association Splits" (October 22). First, the statement that the GLSA is an "umbrella organization for...Contact" is erroneous and irresponsible. Contact is a UHS-trained and a -affiliated peer counseling group for issues of sexuality and sexual orientation. It is in no way connected to the GLSA. Further, while Contact is supportive of gay men and lesbians (and their efforts and activities) nationally and on campus, it is also committed to meeting the needs of the broader Harvard community, the diversity of which...
...take that advice, as illustrated by the mistaken paraphrasing in the quotation above. Obviously, Seventh Sense has very specific goals which do not satisfy, nor were they intended to satsify, the needs of the lesbian and bisexual women's community at Harvard. As a separate issue, then, the GLSA's expanding membership has recognized the need for an expressly lesbian and bisexual women's group and has created "WOW" (Women-Oriented Women). Kelly M. Dermody '89-'90 Co-director, Contact Co-chair, GLSA...
They point to the emergence of such groups asStop Witholding Access Today (SWAT), which formedto help Lisa J. Schkolnick '88 in her sexdiscrimination grievance against the all-malefinal clubs. Other new groups this year includeDefeat Homophobia, a new branch of the Gay andLesbian Students Association (GLSA), an AIDSinformation organization, and several new PhillipsBrooks House community programs...
Other student groups applied more diversetechniques. Using its annual "awareness days" as aspringboard, GLSA organized efforts to counterwhat members described as pervasive homophobia oncampus. In addition to distributing informationand pins, GLSA submitted a 13-point proposal tothe College, along with results from a campus-widesurvey, asking it to retrain tutors and advisorson handling issues of sexual orientation. As withmany other challenges, the College responded bycreating another discussion committee, includingGLSA leaders, faculty and administrators...