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...this generation which has embraced the label "queer" instead of the more cautious "gay, lesbian and bisexual," says BGLSA Co-Chair Lin. "'Queer' symbolizes a newer wave of energy, more encompassing, more radical, more in your face. The older generation...
...candidates also sparred over the issue of crime, each trying to label himself as a tough crime fighter...
...sources is not enough to discredit the entire book. Rather, The Bell Curve has achieved one of its stated goals, which is to bring private speculation on a much whispered-about topic into the public sphere of discussion. Casting aspersions on the authors is not enough--apologists could reasonably label the opinions of liberals like me tendentious, simply because I find the book's conclusion deeply offensive...
While he accuses lesbigay support groups of "pressuring the ambivalent to label themselves gay of lesbian." Lat ignores the infinitely more intense pressures on all students to conform to heterosexual norms of behaviour. Lat's suggestion that very few lesbian, gay or bisexual students remain in the closet at Harvard is contradicted by the numerous testimonies of those who find it impossible to come out until after they have graduated. Lat argues that one should be proud only of what one has personally accomplished. According to this restrictive view, I may be Chinese, but because I had no hand...
Also, Lat characterizes Coming Out Day as "pressuring individuals unsure of their sexual orientation to label themselves as homosexuals." How many of these pressured individuals are there? According to Lat's estimate, two or three...