Word: lesbian
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Several Leadership Council members said they will continue to press for a gay and lesbian student center although such long range plans have currently taken a back seat since the announcement that Chair of the Joint Chiefs Colin L. Powell, who opposes ending the military ban on gays and lesbians, would be this year's Commencement speaker...
...council members said the student center will not be forgotten. "The whole situation illustrates the need for a gay and lesbian something...possibly someone in the administration whose job it is to look after gay and lesbian issues," said William Meikrantz, a student at the Public School of Health...
...public meeting of the University-wide Leadership Council of gay, lesbian and bisexual student groups Wednesday night. Professor of Philosophy Warren D. Goldfarb '69 said he had been told the administration had considered delaying the invitation to Powell for a year...
...students at the meeting said that it was the general opinion of council members that Rudenstine was not entirely happy with the selection of Powell. "Rudenstine is speaking at the gay and lesbian caucus' Commencement dinner a couple of hours after Powell's speech," said Katia E. Hetter, chair of the Kennedy School Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Caucus. "It seems strange that Rudenstine would sort of ask for this...
Several members said they had been offended that the news about Powell had been widely distributed during Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Awareness Days (BGLAD). "That's just so insensitive," said William Meikrantz, a student at the School of Public Health. "I know if Powell had a history of discriminating against other minority groups...he wouldn't have gotten an honorary degree, much less been invited to speak...