Word: lbgt
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...again becoming a controversial subject for elite college admissions officers. The LGBT interest group Campus Pride has proposed adding an optional question about sexual orientation to the Common Application. Supporters of this movement believe that such a question will better enable colleges to meet the needs of LBGT prospective applicants and would produce a more sexually diverse classes. However, although it has the best intentions, the current proposition is flawed for several reasons...
...Transgendered services at MIT, Abigail Francis cooked up this guide to getting hitched. “Gay marriage has been on the radar,” explained Francis. Francis was inspired by a “cliché and kitschy” wedding planning class she attended with LBGT students last year. She came away disillusioned, and decided that MIT’s Independent Activities Period in January would be the perfect time to improve on the idea. While Francis’ class covered all the essentials, from color swatches—cream vs. beige—to place settings?...
...series of movies with one sentiment in common: they all seek to promote understanding of different lifestyles. The Harvard Film Archive (HFA), in conjunction with a number of other awareness organizations—including the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance—is presenting the LBGT (Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgendered) Film Series...
...dirs. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman) and “Midnight Cowboy” (1969, dir. John Schlesinger), is largely the brainchild of History and Literature tutor Timothy P. McCarthy ‘93, who is the BGLTS Advisor in Quincy House and curator of the 2005 LBGT Film Series...
...Students can use film to understand post-Stonewall history and queer culture in America,” McCarthy says, referring to the now-famous 1969 police raid on a gay club which ignited the modern gay rights movement. Secondly, McCarthy expressed a desire to make LBGT issues more visible on campus. “The university should be place where these issues are debated and discussed...