Word: lesbian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...argument that gay men will cause "tension" in all-male organizations overlooks the face that there have always been gay men--and boys--in the Boy Scouts, and gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the armed forces...
...interesting to note, however, that many Black leaders in South Africa called for sanctions on the grounds that sanctions that would hurt Black people in the short run would contribute to the overall betterment of society, and thus improve the lives of Black people in the long run. Many lesbian, gay and bisexual people (or those innocent of prejudice), hurt in the short run by the Colorado boycott, nevertheless support it. It is precisely this economic hurt that may be able to impel Colorado, or the Boy Scouts, to change their policies. Those who believe in the "reasons...
...extra-curriculars, the Harvard equivalent of ICBMs. A group can burst into a dining hall and smother innocent bystanders in audio cheese before the unfortunate diners can even say "doo-wop." As for "theme' groups, the craze has gone so far that last year posters solicited recruits for a lesbian a capella group. In any case, imagine a group with all the smarminess of a regular group, but which pulls from a tiny talent pool and restricts the already-tired a capella repertoire to thematic tunes. Enough said...
...example, Sandra Cisnero's" The Monkey Garden" deals with the discovery of a sexuality--an unusual choice for an author who more consistently deals with issues of race and ethnicity. Growing Up Latino also leaves out some influential writers. Gloria Anzaldua is the only established lesbian writer included here, the very out and outspoken Cherrie Moraga and Sheila Ortiz-Taylor are omitted. This glaring oversight neglects one of the most significant strains in contemporary Latino literature...
...first half of the action is dominated by Lois Smith as the family's beleaguered matriarch, a woman whose rambling talk can disarm a felon through sheer boredom. The second half is dominated by Pippa Pearthree as the most successful of the clan's three adult daughters, a lesbian lawyer with a taste for vengeance and violence. There are also plenty of laughs for Alexandra Gersten as a daughter forever finding herself, William Youmans as a good- natured but doltish son-in-law prone to getting beaten up (he does an exquisite ballet of pain...