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...hard to think in these terms--subtle, private, human. The most visible part of Gay Pride Month at Harvard was the racy, shocking posters put up in the Yard by the Bisexual Gay Lesbian Transgendered and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA), and though I think they had a point, I feel too that the piece of the BGLTSA agenda pursued in these posters was put forward at the cost of humanizing the issue--of confronting homosexuality via your sister, say, or your roommate...
...April 18, the Vermont state senate passed historic legislation that legalized "civil unions" for gay and lesbian couples. The bill, which created what has been called "the closest thing to gay marriages," granted these couples approximately 300 of the rights and benefits associated with traditional marriage, including inheritance rights, tax breaks, family leave benefits, the power to make medical decisions for a spouse and immunity from testifying against a spouse in court. There is no Vermont residency requirement to obtain such a license, so although the partnership will not be recognized in other states, out-of-state couples can symbolically...
...contract by a family court, why not just call it marriage, since that is exactly what it is? The word itself is hardly what makes the institution sacred. If Vermont is progressive enough to grant these rights, it should afford the small, yet significant, victory to the gay and lesbian community by allowing them to authenticate their unions...
State Sen. John Crowley expressed fears that the legislation would lead to an increase in homosexuality, as though the state was granting gay and lesbian couples special treatment and lucrative benefits. Since the bill grants nothing more than the rights that opposite-sex married couples enjoy, Crowley need not fear that heterosexuals will seek civil unions when they can just as easily marry a member of the opposite sex. Government conservatives such as Crowley should not allow their homophobic prejudices cloud their judgement in granting constitutional rights to their constituents...
...response to the NEA's characterization of her work as a lesbian genre, Hughes exclaimed, "Who knew it was a genre...