Word: queernesses
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...Harvard, lesbian events as high profile as Dyke Ball are unimaginable. The school’s queer female community—often overshadowed by a more recognizable gay male population—is far less visible and internally divided between athletes, activists, and a more alternative crowd...
...explore their body and to masturbate. Event organizer Eva B. Rosenberg ’10 said she was pleased with the turnout and the audience participation, but was disappointed with Locker’s focus on heterosexual sex and the lack of information for gay, transgender, and other queer individuals. “I thought it was a little heteronormative,” Rosenberg said. Locker did bring up gender identity, advising students who felt uncomfortable with their gender to explore while in college. Attendees of both genders were well represented in the audience, and Locker directly addressed...
...athletes—four of whom self-identified as queer, with the fifth calling himself a “queer ally”—responded to questions about the difficulty of coming out on a sports team, the social choices queer athletes face both on and off the field, and the quest for tolerance in a realm that is stereotypically unwelcoming...
...think that this panel will be one of the most informative experiences that I take away from Harvard,” said one audience member, Adam R. Singerman ’09. “I haven’t had the experience of hearing from queer athletes or straight athletes or any athletes about queerness intersecting with the athletics sphere at Harvard, so in that sense it was completely new information which was fascinating...
...Rankin listed statistics from the National College Health Assessment at Harvard which reported that 42% of respondents had zero sexual partners in the last academic year, 31% had one, and 10% had two. The discussion covered a range of topics including sexual assault prevention, final clubs, contraceptives, and the queer community. Scott D. Kominers ’09, a representative for the Harvard Men Against Rape, said that while it may be difficult to find students at Harvard who are “pro-rape,” sexual assaults do still occur on campus. OSAPR Student Ally Alexandra...