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The University of Maine

1999

Gender diversity

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Coming Out Week, October 1999, Wilde-Stein Alliance For Sexual Diversity Oct 1999

Coming Out Week, October 1999, Wilde-Stein Alliance For Sexual Diversity

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Display advertisement from the Maine Campus newspaper providing a schedule of events for the celebration of Coming Out Week, October 4 through 7, 1999.


State Should Support Equal Marriage, The Maine Campus Editorial Position Board Apr 1999

State Should Support Equal Marriage, The Maine Campus Editorial Position Board

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Yesterday, we heard both sides of the same-sex marriage debate making their case in Augusta. Those arguments have convened us that marriage equality, as it is proposed in Sen. Dennis Damon's bill, LD 1020, poses no threat to Maine's straight marriages or to its religious faithful.


Gss Debates Sending Wilde Stein To "Hostile" Territory, Mary Emmi Apr 1999

Gss Debates Sending Wilde Stein To "Hostile" Territory, Mary Emmi

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Wilde Stein requested funds from the University of Maine General Student Senate April 21 for a bus to the Augusta hearing of the gay-marriage bill. It was a request that would send students to a "potentially hostile environment" if granted, Sen. Sean Rankin said.


State Debates Gay Marriage, Heather Steeves Apr 1999

State Debates Gay Marriage, Heather Steeves

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The Maine Judiciary Committee heard more than 11 hours of testimony from ministers, lawyers, students, doctors, gay and lesbian couples as well as dozens of other Maine citizens to discuss two bills.


Sex Matters: In Honor Of "Pride Week" At The University Of Maine, Sandra L. Caron Apr 1999

Sex Matters: In Honor Of "Pride Week" At The University Of Maine, Sandra L. Caron

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

This week our university is celebrating "Pride Week" in an attempt to educate and honor gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered issues. There are a number of programs planned throughout the week. This time provides us with an opportunity for education, as well as reflection and discussion. In his writing, "Homophobia on the College Campus," Brian McNaught (author of "On Being Gay," "Gay Issues in the Workplace," and "Now That I'm Out, What Do I Do?") provides us with a list of questions to prompt such a discussion. A sampling of these questions are listed below. As you read each one, …


Bodybuilder Recounts Struggles Of Being Gay, Debra Hatch Apr 1999

Bodybuilder Recounts Struggles Of Being Gay, Debra Hatch

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Bob Paris' image as "Mr. Universe" and "Mr. America" depended on his masculinity, but it all changed when he announced he was gay. Paris had intended his statement to Ironman magazine to be one speaking about love and commitment, not to draw attention to himself and his sexuality. Instead it destroyed his career and four year run of popularity. No athletes in the mainstream have ever come out during their career to say they were homosexual.