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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quote, "I worry about marginalizing BGLSA into an organization made up of drag queens and art fags," was taken out of context from an interview with the reporter...
...quote, "I worry about marginalizing BGLSA into an organization made up of drag queens and art fags," was taken out of context and straight from the middle of a conversation about BGLSA's perceived image by many gay, lesbian, bisexual and straight undergraduates at Harvard with whom I've spoken over the past few months. Prior to my saying this particular phrase, I had talked about the fact that many gay, lesbian and bisexual students do not come to BGLSA meetings and events because of this false perception. I went on afterwards to state that, indeed, BGLSA includes transvestite members...
...organization that invites the participation of ALL members of the Harvard community, be they bisexual, gay, lesbian, transvestite, transsexual, straight etc. I certainly, by no means, intentioned by my statement to alienate any members of my community here, but by the use of this statement out of context it certainly made it sound as if I fear BGLSA becoming an organization made up solely of two of these groups. This is certainly not a fear of mine. Rather, I fear that this perceived image is keeping people from coming to meetings and participating in the community...
Again, I'd like to thank The Crimson for giving attention to the future of BGLSA and the new membership's plans for the next year. At the same time, I would ask that editors and reporters be very careful to include the context in which statements are made so that their full intent may be clear. Robert F. Giannino '95 Co-Chair, BGLSA
...Trivial Pursuit--how one can answer 145 questions in a very short period with no context and in many instances no thought does not tell you anything about a person's ability to succeed in college," says Robert A. Schaeffer, public education director at Fairtest...