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Word: homophobia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...truth is however, that we must "make a big deal out of it," because we in the gay community at Harvard are as affected by homophobia in Wyoming as gays and lesbians there...

Author: By Adam S. Hickey, | Title: A Moral Obligation | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

Boone encouraged students to come out eventually, however, and to be open about their sexual orientation. Boone said he believes the closeted nature of homosexuality may heighten homophobia...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: OCS Panel Discusses Being 'Out' at Work | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...homosexual, maybe he wasn't--but there is no conclusive proof for his sexual orientation in his sonnets. Certainly, the writers of the movie are cutting corners artistically when they have Will write Sonnet 18 to his girlfriend, but they are doing it for the sake of convenience, not homophobia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

...homosexual, maybe he wasn't--but there is no conclusive proof for his sexual orientation in his sonnets. Certainly, the writers of the movie are cutting corners artistically when they have Will write Sonnet 18 to his girlfriend, but they are doing it for the sake of convenience, not homophobia. JOSH N. LAMBERT '01 March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Shakespeare' Screenplay Cut Corners for Convenience | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

...this a "radical" and "leftist" undertaking? To some people, yes. But to others, it is a way to challenge an existing discourse of misogyny and homophobia. It is not to deny the validity of "Western civilization and popular culture," but to ask why women and sexual minorities have been excluded from it. Capitalism and the Enlightenment have made women, gay men and lesbians more visible, but they have not allowed them to speak fully. And as Ambinder's statement that "Harvard needs fewer English Ph.D.'s who study sex and gender" implies, maybe they still do not have that right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Theory Misunderstood | 3/17/1999 | See Source »

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