Word: lesbian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lesbian members of the faculty, we are writing to express our outrage at the fact--as insulting as it is injurious to us--that Colin Powell has been invited to speak at commencement and receive an honorary Harvard degree...
...insist on an immediate apology for Powell's invitation, in the form of a public reaffirmation of the University's commitment (now sadly in doubt) to the full and equal rights of--specifically--its gay and lesbian faculty, staff and students. As proof of Harvard's good faith in this, we further insist that you speak out at commencement to dissociate our university from General Powell's bigotry. D.A. Miller, Professor of English Barbara Johnson, Professor of English and Comparative Literature Jeffrey Masten, Instructor in English Phillip Brian Harper, Assistant Professor of English and Afro-American Studies Frederick Neuhouser, Assistant...
...five professors called for "an immediate apology for Powell's invi- tation, in the form of a public reaffirmation of the University's commitment...to the full and equal rights of--specifically--its gay and lesbian faculty, staff and students." They also demanded that Rudenstine "speak out at Commencement to dissociate our University from General Powell's bigotry...
...Dennis Lin '94, a member of the undergraduate Bisexual Gay and Lesbian Students Association, who attended the council's Wednesday meeting, said he did not believe Harvard's position was effective...
...Leadership Council of Harvard, a University-wide coalition of bisexual, gay and lesbian student groups, will send the signed petition to President Neil L. Rudenstine, according to the petition's author, Divinity School student Charles L. Outcalt...