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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Your article on the Defeat Homophobia poll ("Students Support Gay Rights, Survey Reveals," May 9, 1988) was extremely informative. As presented, there seems to be a contradiction in the results; Harvard students overwhelmingly support gay, lesbian and bisexual rights, yet there is widespread use of epithets such as "fag," "dyke," and "queer" on campus. I would like to add a few comments on this point...
Many people use these words without intending to insult homosexuals and bisexuals. However, any time these words are used regardless of the context, they serve to reinforce negative stereotypes. These and other words serve to validate people's homophobic feelings, and make it easier for people to use such words to harass homosexuals and bisexuals...
While the sit-in had been marked by the unusual cooperation between protesters and adminstrators--with the dean's secretary showing protesters how to use the office coffee machine--Vorenberg "regretted that the students had sat in, even if only briefly, since they had met together a month ago with the dean and some faculty and had agreed on an ongoing process," the statement said...
...resolution, proposed by Councillor Saundra M. Graham, was designed to mitigate the AIDS epidemic. Sharing infected needles during IV drug use is the second highest mode of transmission for the incurable disease, and 26 percent of all IV drug users are infected with the AIDS virus...
Radcliffe President Matina S. Horner's silence on the anti-discrimination complaint proves once again that she and her institution have little interest in undergraduates. The folks in Fay House could be influential leaders in the women's movement. They could use Radcliffe to call attention to the plight of modern women, to advance the cause of equality and to fight discrimination...