Word: homophobia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...know Homophobia is a problem at Harvard? They don't," the poster says...
...sense they are right. In general, Harvard is not such a bad place to be out. Until this fall, I would have said that without hesitation. Yet, since the acts of homophobia committed in Winthrop House, Adams House and repeatedly in Mather House, I'm not so sure. But, all in all, most people in the Harvard Community are at least tolerant of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons on campus. The Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance (BGLTSA) is not forbidden from meeting on campus--as similar groups are banned from schools like Boston College and Notre Dame...
Despite campus-wide initiatives this fall that responded to the homophobic acts, including an Undergraduate Council anti-homophobia bill, students said that bigger steps must be taken to stop the homophobic acts...
...said that University officials and students across campus, not just the BGLT community, have to react to the incidents of homophobia in a more substantive...
...should have a freshman orientation program that addresses acts of homophobia," Tan said. "People need to be told directly that homophobia is not acceptable in any form...