Word: lesbian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sappho, the famous ancient Greek lesbian poet, is coming to Newton. Really. Well, she'll be represented by local composer Patricia Van Ness, who will present a talk entitled "Sappho, Beauty and Medieval Music Devices: Composing a Premiere for Full Chorus and Soprano Solo." 2 p.m., Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St. 499-4868. FREE...
Members of Harvard's Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) met in the Adams House Lower Common Room yesterday with Jarrett T. Barrios '90, the Democratic nominee in the 28th Middlesex District for the Massachusetts state legislature, to discuss the relationship between sexuality and politics...
...that" [q]ueer leaders from Harvard College did not attend" the vigil at the Massachusetts State House, which was organized by the Governor's Taskforce on Hate Crimes. Wasserman's article gives the impression that there was no Harvard presence at this important event and that the gay and lesbian community at Harvard has not reacted to the brutal murder of the openly gay University of Wyoming student. In reality, Harvard-affiliated attendees at the memorial vigil included students and faculty members from the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Law School and the Harvard Divinity School...
...writers are leaders of queer organizations at the College and several Harvard graduate schools. JARVIS T. CHEN, School of Public Health NICOLE LYN DEBLOSI '99 SARAH L. DUNCAN '84, Co-chair, Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus RACHEL KRAMER '99 KARA LEWIS, Divinity School RAFAEL MANDELMAN, Kennedy School of Govt. SHARON MCGOWAN, LAW School...
...campaign has got bitter in recent days. The same-sex marriage advocates occasionally demonize their opponents as Christian conservatives in thrall to Pat Robertson. But Rosehill is a lapsed Protestant whose daughter is a lesbian. ("I want her to have every civil right," says Rosehill. "But same-sex marriage is not a civil right.") Rosehill says her side can win without resorting to explicitly anti-gay rhetoric, and she says she told the national Christian Coalition she wouldn't work with a local affiliate group she found "homophobic." Still, the campaign's most quoted and colorful character is strategist Michael...