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...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...
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...
...resolution, to be reviewed by the council's services committee today, is just one facet of a major drive by Defeat Homophobia, a new undergraduate organization set up under the auspices of the Gay Lesbian Students Association (GLSA) to advocate political rights for gays on campus...
...report will also describe instances ofdiscrimination against homosexuals, such asdefaced GLSA posters and homophobic graffiti,members said...