Word: wofford
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...march spotlighted three major concerns of the gay community: the military's ban on homosexuals, the need to enact federal gay and lesbian anti-discrimination legislation and the need to increase funding for AIDS research, according to John G. Wofford '57, co-chair of the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus, a group for alumni, faculty and staff...
Although estimates of the exact number of participants range from a National Parks Services count of 300,000 to informal counts by organizers of over one million, the magnitude of the march indicates a growing, politically active gay community, Wofford said...
...agenda is part of the reason [to march], but the other is to share in our numbers," said Wofford, who also marched at the Capitol in 1987. "So many more are out of the closet, wanting to march and impatient about getting our rights...
...students engaged in open discussion with Director of the White House Office of National Service Eli Segal, Secretary of Education Richard Riley and Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Harris Wofford (D-Penn...
Harkin and Wofford said although the package passed through the House of Representatives unscathed, it would face much more difficulty in the Senate, Zindler said. The senators urged students to lobby for the legislation and to write to their senators...