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...surgery. Teena dated women and befriended guys successfully, until a couple of his friends discovered his secret. Aghast at the affront to their masculine sensitivities and their hitherto manly friendship, two of Teena’s friends beat and raped him. A week after he reported it to police (upon the encouragement of his girlfriend, who remained loyal throughout), they shot...
...Both Teena and King broke the rules by embracing an unacceptable identity. But the problem is not our intolerance of transgressive identities so much as our need to insist upon a categorical interpretation of the individual’s personal life. No fifteen-year-old—or any adult for that matter—should ever have to declare his sexual identity, because he should be free to explore his personal preferences without undue reference to questions about his identity or essence...
...People do it, but to dwell upon that is to miss the opportunity to be doing greater things,” Tompkins says. “I try to focus on how to change it so that when people walk out of the PBHA building, they’re thinking as more conscious beings...
...popular in the 80’s, and his 2008 Grammy win shows he’s still very popular now,” said Matthew K. Clair ’09, co-director of this year’s first Cultural Rhythms show. At age 11, Hancock embarked upon his musical career in a performance with the Chicago Symphony, and he has been a towering figure in jazz ever since. He received a contract from Blue Note records in 1961, creating such albums as “Maiden Voyage” and “Speak Like a Child?...
...assault and battery on a police officer” for pushing his girlfriend and hitting an officer at the Tri-House winter formal on Dec. 16. Wu is also charged with “malicious destruction of property” for breaking the window of a police cruiser upon arrival at Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) headquarters. Wu was “visibly intoxicated,” according to the HUPD report. In an e-mail obtained by The Crimson that Wu sent to friends before the hearing, he asked for their support and offered to provide...