Word: lgbt
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...This event hosted by Bain and Bridgespan was just one in a series of efforts from a variety of firms across the country to target LGBT students interested in a future in finance...
...Hong Kong's large expatriate community. "I've lived in China for a long time, and I've never marched in a gay-pride parade, so I always had my sister march in Chicago on my behalf," said Scott Wilson, who works in Wanzhou province. Amnesty International's LGBT coordinator in Hong Kong, Medeleine Mok, said, "In mainland China, it's impossible to have a gay-pride march, so this is a very important day that has attracted many people to Hong Kong...
...Politics last night. In the aftermath of the passage of the controversial ballot initiative, which called for amending that state’s Constitution to define marriage as a union between two individuals of the opposite sex, McCarthy talked about the importance of extending Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) activism to issues unrelated to same-sex marriage, which he said LGBT individuals have placed on a pedestal. “We need to be more strategic and broad-minded about the issues that we put out in public,” McCarthy said. “I don?...
...over the decades, but Marco Chan ’11, Co-Chair of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance, thinks students should be aware of the University’s history. “I think it would be great for Harvard students, whether they are LGBT-identified or not, to learn about Harvard history and realize the evolution of the institution,” Chan says. “More specifically to realize that as with most major historical institutions, we have seen our share of homophobia, and I think that’s something we need...
Advocates like Trantalis say gay activists should focus less on marriage and more on simply building coalitions with politicians and others who can be allies in the political process. "We have to really blend in and show others that the LGBT people are no different than real, ordinary, commonplace people," he said. "We go to the same jobs, the same schools, and have the same...