Word: sexualism
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While the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) and the Harvard Republican Club (HRC) profess to welcome students of all ideologies and sexual orientations, respectively, neither has proved itself to be a welcoming place for gay conservatives...
...AALS). Both Harvard and the association have maintained that the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy conflicts with their nondiscrimination policies.The AALS stipulated in 1997 that schools choosing not to enforce a bylaw banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation can only be excused if they “engage in appropriate activities to ameliorate the negative effects” of the military’s presence on gay and lesbian students.Facing Pentagon threats to block federal funding, Kagan announced in October that the school would cooperate with recruiters...
...reception open to all (not just Christians), the extension of this logic would render it acceptable to fund open events for all discriminatory student groups. The UC now has little reason not to fund open events thrown by groups that explicitly discriminate on any number of factors, such as sexual identity, or even ethnicity. From an ideological standpoint, the UC would be hard pressed to refuse money to all-male final clubs or fraternities wanting to organize their own milk and cookies receptions.The UC’s bylaws exist, in part, to ensure all students have equal opportunities to access...
...sweet dreams betrayed by raw reality. That sense of place is true to life, one imagines, but it has a dwindling effect on this well-acted and well-made movie. For all its brave beginnings and real achievements--its assault on western mythology, its discovery of a subversive sexual honesty in an unexpected locale--Brokeback Mountain finally fails to fully engage our emotions...
...With the publication of an English translation last month, readers around the world finally have a chance to see what all the fuss is about. Weaving an account of the sexual awakenings of four young women through different stages in the life of Catholic-priest-turned-rights-activist Saman during the brutal regime of President Suharto, Utami offers a richly nuanced exploration of a grim chapter in Indonesia's recent past. With references to real events and characters, Saman evokes painful memories of an era marked by land grabs, forced evictions and military brutality. "The authorities have the power...