Word: gaypril
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...During the ROTC debate (at which time, both authors of this piece were on the Undergraduate Council and supported the BGLTSA's efforts in that matter), BGLTSA touted flyers depicting a topless soldier accompanied by the caption, "Who's been a naughty soldier?" Gaypril '99 spawned a new marketing campaign for homosexuality--BGLTSA co-opted Nike's logo and slogan by writing "DYKE: Just...
...this context that we greet Gaypril, Harvard's gay pride month. Harvard's relatively liberal atmosphere has the tendency to lull gay men and lesbians (and other minorities) into a false sense of security, and as a result, our pride month, like all elements of activism, is relatively muted here. At the same time, if last night's debate over the ROTC is any indication, many will see provocative posters or hear of gay pride events and shake their heads, annoyed at having the homosexual agenda foisted on them by an ultra-liberal elite...
While I admire the candor of Noah D. Oppenheim '00 (Column, Apr. 3) regarding his moral issues with "Gaypril" (and his bold decision to print slang variants of "clitoris" in an article decrying the "downright obscene"), I must disagree with his loaded assessment that "[queers] may need to accept that the biological footing of heterosexuality...cannot be overcome...
When you started reading this, you might have thought it had something to do with Gaypril, the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance's month-long celebration of queer culture. It doesn't, or at least it shouldn't. Treating cross-dressing as a strictly homosexual issue is falling into the same trap as my homophobic teammates; after all, there are plenty of heterosexual females wearing men's clothing in public. Ann Landers has advised teary wives that there isn't necessarily anything wrong with the secret lingerie in their husband's dresser. And she's right. Male cross...
...rest of Gaypril: It should be a month of rainbow colors, but it should also be a time for debate. Those who oppose gay and lesbian rights are often not vocal in proportion to their numbers. That opinion is held close to the vest, often unconsciously. But only superficially is this silence of the opposition desirable. Without intelligent argument, laws and minds cannot be changed. For this reason, we urge conservatives to come out of the closet, so to speak...