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...University. In terms of numbers, Harvard’s transgender population is small compared to the size of the entire community. This detracts, however, from neither the symbolic value of the statement nor the real impact it will have on those directly affected by the new policy. According to Ryan A. Thoreson ’07, co-chair of the Harvard Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transsgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) and a member of the TTF, prevailing societal opinions now make publicly indentifying as transgender extremely difficult. “The change in code signals a willingness on the part...
...Discrimination of housing, bathroom use, locker rooms, any gender space is a reality for many transgender students,” said Harvard Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) co-chair, Ryan A. Thoreson ’07, who is also a member of TTF. “The non-discrimination code goes about a way of addressing that kind of discrimination and violence on campus...
...though, she seemed a little weary. “I thought about just coming in and getting my card punched,” she said. “But then I had a beer.” Burn-out might be Meghan’s biggest obstacle, but for Ryan Travia, director of the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services, alcohol is the elephant in the room. “The not-so-subtle implication about who can drink the most and remain standing after 30 consecutive days of bar-hopping is inherently problematic,” he wrote...
...long history of intense homophobia. Islands like Barbados still criminalize homosexuality, and some seem to be following Jamaica's more violent example. Last week two CBS News producers, both Americans, were beaten with tire irons by a gay-bashing mob while vacationing on St. Martin. One of the victims, Ryan Smith, was airbused to a Miami hospital, where he remains in intensive care with a fractured skull...
...have a vision for what this café should look like in terms of what it should be serving, the hours it should be operating,” said the Student Affairs Committee’s chair Ryan A. Petersen...