Word: queerness
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...possible name change for the Harvard-Radcliffe Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance has sparked a fierce debate within the organization over the new name’s use of the word “queer...
...BLGTSA-open e-mail list exploded with passionate responses after a message Tuesday afternoon announcing the proposed renaming to the “College Queer Students and Allies.” Over 50 e-mails were sent during a single 24-hour period. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...understand that Queer is a word that people have reclaimed for the community (or are in the process of reclaiming),” wrote Barry A. Shafrin ’09 Tuesday night in the first of many e-mail responses to the announcement. “But to me it still carries connotations of oddity or otherness...
...Although Hong Kong has held several small demonstrations against homophobia, this was the first parade solely dedicated to celebrating queer identity. "We came out today to show the world that people in the queer community are normal people too," said Ariel Wong, a 21-year-old student at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University who wore a rainbow Afro wig and distributed stickers with pink hearts on them. The parade was co-organized by Rainbow of Hong Kong, Midnight Blue, Social Movement Resource Centre and the Women Coalition, with support from groups working on myriad issues, including civil rights, HIV/AIDS education...
...20th century as globalization encouraged a consuming fear of the “other.” He hopes that the film will reach a larger audience organically, but he also plans on submitting it to film festivalso national and international gay and lesbian film festivals that focus on queer cinema and queer audiences, beginning with the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. The world, and Harvard, have come a long way 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?...