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The LGBT student: making the campus friendly to all.
Using labels to define our work can limit the types of people we reach, said Ronni Sanlo, LGBT resource director at UCLA. "The words, 'lesbian' and 'gay' are white constructs. Most people of color who are not heterosexual do not use those words." If we're using those words to describe our programs and offices, we're not using language that invites people in.
What words are students of color comfortable with? Students in the African American and Latino communities at UCLA prefer the term "same gender loving." Asian and Pacific Islanders use the term "mahoo." The term "intersex" describes those with sex organs for both genders.
Sanlo and three colleagues, ...
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Columbia College Chicago will hold the second annual Q* Film Fest, which features a gender identity theme, Wed., March 19. At the festival, five student short films will be screened. The winner will attend the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. The screening and reception, which begins
- Brad Rosen, Representing Harvard Law School Lambda, States Law School LGBT...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 15, 2006 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Columbia Journalism Review Eddings, Keith March 1, 1994 700+ words
...gay reporters be excluded from covering gay issues because of their presumed bias...organization allows gay reporters to cover gay issues, should it also require reporters to...belief that they bring an insight to gay issues much as blacks are thought to do when...
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...s round of annual conference meetings are any indication, gay issues are likely to dominate the denomination's General Conference...Although the annual conferences were sharply divided on gay issues, they appeared more united in their support for resolutions...
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...of Social Services to train foster parents and guardians in gay issues so they will be supportive of gay youths who fall under their...service and mental-health professionals should be trained in gay issues. Harris said she was suicidal as a teen-ager, shuttling...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Feder, Don January 17, 2000 700+ words
Here's how gay issues will play out in this year's presidential election. Democrats...Wall Street Journal on Jan. 10 ("Presidential Candidates Embrace Gay Issues, Donations") argued that gays are a significant voting bloc and...
