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Magazine Gays Alumni: How They Shaped the History and Culture of LGBTQ+ Communities



At Yale, the issue gained attention largely through a half-page advertisement placed in the Yale alumni magazine by the school's gay alumni group. At Dartmouth, an association of gay and lesbian alumni/ae, which calls itself Dartmouth Lambda and claims some 60 members, recently held its first on-campus gathering. The group was formed a year and a half ago, its founders have said, to establish a connection with the College for alumni who have felt alienated from alumni functions in the past and also to provide support for gay undergraduates. The undergrads have their own group, the Gay Students Association, which was formed six years ago but for the first time this year has a representative on Green Key and on the Collis Governing Board. The past year also saw the formation of an organization called Straights for Gay Rights, which recently gathered nearly a thousand student signatures on a petition calling for the inclusion of a sexual preference clause in the College's non-discrimination statement. The Trustees, however, maintain that the College does not discriminate on the basis of sexual preference, and that inclusion of a non-discrimination clause would open the College to unnecessary legal liability. (Pennsylvania is the only Ivy school with such a clause.)




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First Hospital-based HIV Program At Beth Israel Dr. Makadon set up the first hospital-based HIV program in the country integrated into a primary care practice. He helped establish a city-wide consortium, the Boston AIDS Consortium, to help people get AIDS services in the Boston area, and he founded the New England AIDS Education and Training Center. In addition to caring for and coordinating the care of countless people suffering the scourge of AIDS, Dr. Makadon became an outspoken health activist, not only in the battle to beat the disease, but also in the resistance to the social stigma that restricts access to care for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people. Combating the invisibility of the LGBT population became and remains a major thrust of his work.


Believing that the spirit of the gay community has been squelched, Cummings sought to introduce a publication that would teach and promote gay pride and openness. "People are scared of XY Magazine," Cummings said, "because it takes on important issues no one else will touch, and it tells the truth. Whenever necessary, XY is willing to criticize itself, the gay community, and American society to make its point." And this, he added, sets XY apart even from other gay magazines.


"OUT Magazine and The Advocate [where Cummings worked during the 1980s] avoid printing stories that might offend their advertisers. Consequently, advertisers have great control over content. We at XY continuously make assertions that mainstream advertisers would not necessarily like." But XY Magazine would rather speak the truth than censor its contents, Cummings said. Many of the articles in the magazine discuss topics such as non-discrimination policies, tolerance versus acceptance, depression and suicide, safe sex, and how gay teens can talk to their parents.


Still, XY has the highest newsstand sales of any gay magazine on the market, according to Cummings. "People are reading it," he confirmed. "And while one might think our highest rate of sales would be in urban areas, XY actually sells more magazines in the Midwest and in the suburbs." In 1996, the average reader age was 23; in 2001, it dropped to 18. "We receive countless letters, thanking us for what we are doing at XY," said Cummings. "That is the true measure of our success."


Inour magazine, learn about Alfred State's new college president and his recurring themes of Pioneer Pride, Purpose, and Promise. Dr. Steve Mauro is building on what already makes ASC great and is looking to make us even greater.


The Office of Alumni Engagement is proud to offer five $1000 Legacy Scholarships to children of YSU alumni. The application can be downloaded here and must be submitted no later than March 1, 2022. Email alumni@ysu.edu for more information.


That shock and dismay was reawakened over the weekend for some graduates of the school with the arrival of the MOUNT magazine in their mailboxes. A number of alumni reached out to LifeSiteNews to express concern that the Catholic identity of the school may be ebbing away. 2ff7e9595c


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