Comments on: Ruby-Sachs: LGBT Studies Soars at Harvard

By: Trace

Trace — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:46:37 +0000

I bet they have a special course in HRC Dinner Party Planning!

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:15:46 +0000

Getting a degree in GLBT studies must be like getting a degree in Greek Mythology or Pakistani Literature…what can you do with that?…get a job at Starbucks?

By: Trace

Trace — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:36:59 +0000

Anyone else think that those flags were Nazi Flags before ya made em big? Hmmm.

By: Peter G. Brown

Peter G. Brown — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:59:58 +0000

Sorry, but I (as an academic) find such things as Gay and Lesbian studies, Women’s studies, sports studies, gender studies etc etc horrifying. While all of these are worthwhile subdisciplines WITHIN a traditional discipline, by themselves they are have contributed to the demise of academic studies generally, and have simply provided a place for empire building. I am constantly amazed at the intellectual ignorance of people working in these `finge’ areas. They seem to know no history, no philosophy, no science, no mathematics, read no languages and speak in a post-modernest jargon which is both impenetrable and vacuous. People specialising in gay literature should belong to an English department, gay history to a History department, gay subculture to a Sociology department. In that way, people would have a lot more respect for them and perhaps they might be become a little more erudite.

By: Jonboy

Jonboy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:37:41 +0000

And so goes further stability on making the LGBT community foundation all that much more stronger. This is good news and a lifeline to those students looking for answers.

By: Jack Regan

Jack Regan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:24:19 +0000

Those who, not those “that”: One once expected at least respectable grammar and usage from Ivy League folks.

By: t

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:11:45 +0000

“For kids at Harvard, this process of discovery will be much richer. They can take LGBT studies classes, from people trained in that specialty, and learn about their own history, the struggles of people like them, the social forces influencing their development. They will do this with the guidance of professors who take LGBT studies far beyond what is common in regular women studies programs.”

Uh, I think this kind of thing has been going on for quite some time. An endowed chair is great — whatever — it doesn’t mean that Harvard and hundreds of other universities aren’t already doing this.

By: Aaron S

Aaron S — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:16:32 +0000

“and some older, wiser friend will slip them the “must see” gay movie list. They’ll get a thrill from watching cheesy films because the people on screen will be like them or how they now see themselves.”

I laughed when I read this, because this is exactly what I did (very recently even). I watched these movies, which had they been your average movie, I would have found to be “eh.” But I loved them more since they were more in tune to what I wanted to see.

Thanks for the article and I enjoy reading the news here!

By: M Bonham

M Bonham — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:10:08 +0000

The University of Toronto has the Mark S. Bonham Sexual Diversities Studies Centre which has been offering both undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the study of sexual diversity (law, literature, medicine, history, etc)for about 10 years now. Congratulations to Harvard for taking steps in the same direction. I blv it is critical to have both academic research in the area, and to offer accredited coursework for study to the next generation of bright minds that are going to lead our countries forward toward equality. A learned and educated population is an important ingredient to an enlightened and democratic society.