Harvard gays jarred by Jada

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[JedForbes]

By Brian Ballou, Boston Herald Thursday, March 3, 2005

Hollywood actress Jada Pinkett Smith may have been honored as Artist of the Year Saturday at Harvard University, but her speech ruffled some feathers among the Ivy League school's gay community.

The Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance is reportedly taking issue with Smith's remarks as being too specific to heterosexual relationships, according to The Harvard Crimson.

``Some of the content was extremely heteronormative, and made BGLTSA members feel uncomfortable,'' BGLTSA co-chairman Jordan Woods told the Crimson.

The fallout comes as Harvard President Lawrence Summers continues to come under fire for comments made about women and science during a speech last month.

The BGLTSA has called for an apology from the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, which brought Pinkett Smith to campus.

Both groups are working together to ``increase sensitivity towards issues of sexuality at Harvard,'' according to the Crimson.

Yannis Paulus of the foundation's student advisory committee said the actress was talking about her own life. ``She wasn't trying to be offensive,'' Paulus told the Crimson.

While neither group specified what Pinkett Smith said that was so offensive, a previous edition of the Crimson included a quote from the actress from the event at Sanders Theater.

``Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career,'' she said. ``They say you gotta choose. Nah, nah, nah. We are a new generation of women. We got to set a new standard of rules around here. You can do whatever it is you want. All you have to do is want it.''

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[pilipo]

Kind of like "proactive".

[RedEyeJack]

The members of the "Heteronormative Society" are offended by the lack of respect for our feelings expressed by the BGLTSA.

[ZeitgeistSurfer]

Hey there people, why can't we all just get along.

[Jeff Chandler]

Ever listen to Dennis Prager?

Dennis is very good, and usually correct. I would rate him in the top 4 radio talk show hosts, ahead of Medved and behind Hewitt, and of course, El Rushbo.

[Essie]

Heteronormative, I've seen that term many times before. There was a sex manual made in Manitoba recently which suggested that only 10% of the population was heterosexual. Eighty percent were supposed to be bisexual. They do not want tolerance; they want everyone to feel as if they are bisexual. I have two college age kids. Please trust me. They are making a lot of progress with kids who are emotionally vulnerable.

[Psycho_Bunny]

The Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance

Sweet mother of God, these people are clowns.  Seriously....there's very little that's generally more amusing than the names that lefties come up with for their little groups and causes.

[scannell]

The HARVARD Big Brother thought police are at it again.

[WashingtonSource]

BTW, this article was first published 1 and 1/2 years ago, not that there's anything wrong with that.

[JedForbes]

this article was first published 1 and 1/2 years ago

Uhh - yeah I see that now. Thanks, I hadn't noticed since I just got to their (pfox's) site the other day. Apols for posting old news, not that this really is "news", and sadly the same BS is still around. I wonder if Jada apologized, I hope not. Though she ought to apologize for spewing all that "you just gotta believe" crap ;) .