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Last semester, in the heat of the Undergraduate Council elections, I went to a meeting of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgendered Supporters Association (BGLTSA). The meeting started out innocently. Some announcements were made; a few business items were discussed. And then came the feature presentation: seven or eight council presidential candidates bending over backwards to show how "pro-gay" they were...
After the ROTC hit the fan, the candidates' speeches devolved into a discussion of their viewpoints on ROTC and gay people. All of the candidates, of course, argued that whatever their position on ROTC, they were still sensitive to gay and lesbian issues, that they were pro-gay rights, etc. The way many of the candidates were speaking, it was as if our homosexuality meant that we inevitably favored a gay students' center, gay rights, and kicking ROTC graduation exercises off campus...
...problem goes beyond my personal inconvenience: if gay and straight people are ever to get along, notions of what "gay," "straight," "lesbian," "bisexual," etc., will have to be thrown out. I can't live in a community of straight people if I believe that my telling them "I am gay" automatically means that I am fabulous, or interested in advancing certain gay rights, or promiscuous. And I think that any straight person who really thinks this way can never really appreciate individual gay people as they are. I hope that for you, the reader, words "gay," "lesbian," etc., carry fewer...
Pasquarello said the announcement was generated by meetings Watson held with the local Lavender Alliance and other gay and lesbian groups in the area...
...part of the community policing strategy that emphasizes including everyone," Pasquarello said. "If there are gay and lesbian groups that feel they are not being fairly represented, we want to address that...