The recent announcement that the New York school system intends to open the Harvey Milk School?a separate high school for gay teens?raised some troubling issues.
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Word Column #10
There is a reason warriors have long believed in the strategy called “divide and conquer.” If I am fighting a unified force, it is powerful and difficult to beat. If I am engaging warring factions, however, I am much more likely to prevail. Anything that…
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Word Column #11
Recently, the Indiana Family Institute ran a full page advertisement in several Indiana papers, supporting “abstinence based” sex education courses that would teach–among other dubious things–that homosexuality is not “morally neutral” (i.e., it is…
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Word Column #12
In less than a month, Indianapolis voters will go to the polls to nominate candidates for mayor and city-county council, among other offices. For the first time in many years, the campaign for control of the city will be highly competitive. What this means for the gay community is that a “window of opportunity” exists; when…
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Word Column #1
I think 1998 will be a great year. It is certainly beginning the right way. On Freedom to Marry Day, the Indiana Civil Liberties Union will hold a press conference to publicly announce what I am…
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