Word: lesbian
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...report is divided into three main sections: a history, a list of problems facing gay, lesbian and bisexual students on college and university campuses today and a series of recommendations for school administrations...
Recommendations for colleges and universities include the maintenance of a "safe space" for gay, lesbian and bisexual students; non-discriminatory policies regarding sexual orientation; training and education about gay, lesbian and bisexual issues for faculty, staff and students; and the inclusion of gender studies into the course curriculum...
Dennis S. Lin '93-94, co-chair of the undergraduate Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Student Association (BGLSA), said he spoke to the committee this past winter about his experience as an openly gay student at Harvard. He said he thought the report was very thorough, adding that he believed it greatly resembled the list of recommendations that the Leadership Council of campus gay, lesbian and bisexual student groups presented to President Neil L. Rudenstine this spring...
Though he praised Harvard's large number of student groups and said the atmosphere is usually open, he also said that "it would be great for Harvard to have a gay, lesbian and bisexual studies department and some more interdisciplinary courses...
Rudenstine said in an interview Tuesday that if he had received the report, he had not yet looked at it. He said he feels that Harvard works very hard to make gay, lesbian and bisexual students feel safe and accepted. "My sense is that there is a strong commitment on the part of people to be genuinely welcoming and open with gay and lesbian students as well as with all sorts of students," Rudenstine said...