Word: homophobia
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...think that Harvard in general is very tolerant," says Javier Romero '95, co-vice chair of the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Student Association (BGLSA). "But I think that there's a lot of underlying homophobia...
...country's oldest and most prestigious secondary schools, is equally certain to inflame the debate over "political correctness" and tolerance of alternative life-styles on the nation's campuses. Bateman, 51, pleaded not guilty on all counts, and his lawyer says he is the victim of homophobia. Exeter headmistress Kendra Stearns O'Donnell claims that the school fosters an attitude of acceptance toward homosexual teachers and students. She told the New York Times,"We have made an effort to educate not only in the traditional way, but to free students of the disabling prejudices that later in life will compromise...
...quibble turned into a unbridled yelling match Wednesday as City Councillors traded charges of "political correctness" and "homophobia" over an amendment to an ordinance that, if passed, would extend family benefits to the partners of gay city employees...
...taking life by the throat," wrote Robert Frost. Tracy Marrow's poetry takes a switchblade and deftly slices life's jugular. Since his 1987 debut album, Rhyme Pays, Marrow -- who goes by his high school nickname of Ice-T -- has set off critics who accuse him of glorifying crime, homophobia, sexism and violence. His profanity-laced descriptions of gang life in a Los Angeles ghetto fostered a genre of hard-core black music known as "gangster rap." Tipper Gore of the Parents' Music Resource Center singled out Ice-T for the "vileness of his message...
...Homophobia used to send Thomas into spasms ofdepression. Now, he fights back. A few months ago, two guys from the Law School screamed about "fucking faggots" while taking a leak of Adams House. Thomas and a friend chased the men down Plympton Street, catching one of them and holding him for the police...