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Conventional wisdom tells us that the absence of Will & Grace—or Will & Will—from this presidential election is a good sign for gays and lesbians. During the 2000 and 2004 campaigns, the Republican Party used gay and lesbian issues to stir up their base. They used the breakdown of the traditional family as a rallying point around which millions of voters were mobilized. Timothy P. McCarthy ’93, a lecturer on History and Literature and Public Policy and a member of Barack Obama’s National LGBT Leadership Task Force, put it best...
...forum featured two colleagues in Cambridge government: former Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72—the first openly gay African American mayor in the country—and his successor, Mayor E. Denise Simmons, who identifies as both African American and lesbian...
...intelligentsia in the black community, you have more gay men and women,” he said. “The black community cannot do without us. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the two elected mayors are black, gay, and lesbian...
...crime, a chilling execution carried out in a typical suburban school - allegedly by a boy who probably hasn't started shaving - has shocked Oxnard and captured the attention of gay and transgender activists around the country. On Friday, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force released a statement saying, in part, "Our hearts go out to Lawrence's family - and to all young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender kids who are - right now, right this minute - being bullied and beaten in school while adults look the other way." Another group, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) called...
...James H. O’Keefe ’09 and Samuel L. T. Walsh ’09 met at the Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance’s Gay Gaymes in October and discovered love somewhere between the three-legged rage and balloon-stomp. Their fairy-tale romance—described as “Love, Actually” by O’Keefe and “Titus Andronicus” by Walsh—has been flourishing since then...