Word: glsa
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Dates: during 1982-1982
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...nondiscrimination statement from the Faculty, to place GSA materials in registration packets, to secure apologies for offensive behavior from the yearbook and from an outspoken scholar, few are even aware this year that the group itself has merged and changed, now calling itself the Gay and Lesbian Students Association (GLSA...
...GLSA co-president Robert Mealy '85 says the group has to some extent "turned inward," stabilizing and concentrating more attention than before on enriching the life of the gay community. Efforts so far have been paying off; membership in the now almost evenly gay and lesbian group is up, and more gay freshmen and off-campus students know of its existence. "It's a regathering of strength; we're feeling our way," Mealy says, adding, "There was a real need felt last year for more community...
Such a period of regeneration is healthy for any group, and the present, with the substantive gains in gays' position at Harvard clearly evident, may be the ideal time for it. But for a group facing the GLSA's particular challenges, it also poses a special danger. For anyone who was at Harvard while leaders like Benjamin Schatz '81 and his cohorts were sparking what some called the fastest-growing student movement on campus, it remains impossible to retain the blind and stereotypical views most people bring to college. With gay rights a burning issue, only the most insulated could...