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...Faculty and administrators refuse to speak publicly, in private many of them offer advice and sympathy. Gay students officers say that several professors now come to GSA meetings. "There are many of them (gay professors)," Colantuono says, "and they support us tacitly. At Harvard it is okay to be a gay professor but it requires discretion. They cannot vocally support the gay community without jepordizing their careers." At the law school, sympathetic administrators smoothed the way so that the non-discrimination policy could pass without a hitch. "Some administrators went to bat for us," Fleming says...
...subject worthy of debate in the Kennedy School forum and last year sponsored a panel on gay issues. The University Health Services (UHS) director has also listened to requests that UHS doctors treat gay students fairly. Dr. Warren E. C. Wacker, director of UHS, spoke before a GSA meeting and has taken the lead in "sensitizing" physicians and psychiatrists. Nevertheless, most counselors at UHS still regard homosexuality as an indication of psychological distress and confusion that needs treatment, several gay students say. Schatz, whose medical record includes the fact that he is gay, is now tested for venereal disease whenever...
Administrators who are counting on time to calm this flurry of activity are deluding themselves, gay student leaders say, pointing to the current shift of leadership from seniors to freshmen and sophomores. The current president of GSA is a sophomore and the two co-chairs of GOOD are freshmen. Gladsjo points out that because GSA had such a strong presence on campus when she was a freshman, she felt comfortable plunging into gay politics almost immediately. At the same time, changing social attitudes have made it easier for people to come out earlier in their lives, Gladsjo says, noting that...
...difficulty getting announcements on official University kiosks and vandals continued to deface its posters, but the Gay Students Association (GSA) did not quit in its fight to overcome discrimination, and its efforts began...
...were less than complete. Lost in parliamentary procedure during its December meeting, the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life did not approve the placement of an informational pamphlet on homosexuality in second semester registration packets. It did, however, authorize the introduction of a second packet, which eventually contained the GSA's brochure...