Word: lgbt
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...event was hosted by ABHW, the LGBT Political Coalition, and the Black Men’s Forum...
...Supporters Allilance (BGLTSA) has a big job: it has to foster a tolerant community for people who identify with the many letters in its acronym. In addition to its duties as a social group, the BGLTSA is also the assigned undergraduate forum for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) political issues. Although the BGLTSA attempts to straddle its two roles, the social and the political, it has failed to do justice to either. The university needs a new way of addressing LGBT political issues, because they deserve more focused attention from Harvard undergraduates than the current organization can provide.The main...
...that since some employees may be residents of nearby states that do not permit gay marriage, it is crucial that Harvard keeps extending benefits to all same-sex partnerships, not just marriages. Robyn T. Ochs, staff member of the Romance Languages and Literature staff and a co-founder the LGBT Faculty and Staff group, also emphasized the importance of retaining partner benefits. “We’ve been working with [Human Resources] to continue partner benefits indefinitely,” she said. Ochs is married to her same-sex partner. Director of the Women’s Center...
...will be instructive when they return to advocate minority rights in Israel. “NIF has beliefs that are similar to ours,” said Jaclyn B. Granick ’08, Chair of the Operating Committee of the Progressive Jewish Alliance. “We support LGBT rights and we also support a truly democratic state in Israel which includes rights for both Israelis and Palestinians,” she said. A two percent minority in Israel, Bedouins often inhabit villages in the Negev area that are not officially recognized by Israeli government, said El-Sana...
...that is no longer the case. The playground dynamics have changed, and Ann Coulter is about as popular as Typhoid Mary. If LGBT organizations criticize her from the margins, it’s our own fault. Sure she has her following, and even some clout in the fever ward, but that’s beside the point. The point is that whining about the psychological scars that Coulter gave us from the confines of the losers’ table is just not effective. It’s time to sit back down with the cool kids, cross our arms...