Word: lesbian
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...something important changed on campus. The Board of Ministry of Harvard's Memorial Church met to affirm the legitimacy of same-sex marriage ceremonies. Second to Stanford University, which spearheaded university recognition of same-sex unions earlier this year, Harvard marked itself as committed to the equal treatment of lesbian, gay and bisexual affiliates. And word spread, making national news...
...first glance, symbolic same-sex marriage seems like great policy. But the oppression of lesbians and gay men is far greater than what can be remedied with a spiritual ceremony. The inclusion of lesbians and gay men in a church ceremony at one university-even if it is Harvard-is more like a bone thrown to the gay and lesbian community than it is a burgeoning national commitment to lesbian and gay issues. Marriage is a way for lesbians and gay men to fit in, to mimic the norm. Same-sex marriage is, in fact, quite conservative; there...
There is nothing radical about lesbians and gay men assimilating, attempting to be just like normal, married straight people. As a lesbian, my politics is based on questions-questions about society, sexuality, gender and power. Same-sex marriage doesn't ask these important questions. Marriage itself is a questionable institution, historically used for the economic and political oppression of women. As a feminist, I find it especially difficult to find marriage in any form attractive, and the last thing I want is a wife. Same-sex marriage is only the beginning for a movement with far higher aims...
...reality of lesbian and gay marriage without legal recognition is not pretty. A partner can be denied the right to visit a lover in the hospital because the partner is neither family nor a spouse. A partner can be denied access to children raised with a lover. A partner can live without medical insurance because an employer does not offer domestic partnership benefits...
...FRANCISCO: Should HIV-infected doctors be allowed to operate on you? The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association says they should. The group, which opens their annual conference here today, is fighting the Centers for Disease Control guideline preventing HIV-infected doctors performing "exposure-prone" procedures. "It has created hysteria ... physicians have lost their jobs simply because they are HIV-positive," GLMA director Ben Schatz told TIME Daily. "The chances of a physician infecting a patient are less likely than a patient infecting the physician...