Despite it’s claim to be “the gay ivy,” Yale may not be the most LGBT-friendly Ivy League school. According to the LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index– “a vital tool for assisting campuses in learning ways to improve their LGBT campus life”–Yale comes in at 4.5/5 stars, while Dartmouth, Penn, and Princeton earn 5/5 stars. The …

Yale is living up to its title of the “Gay Ivy.” A Yale University study published in the December 6 edition of Pediatrics suggests that gay teens receive harsher punishments in schools and in the court system than straight teens who engage in similar behavior.
Yale researchers Kathryn Himmelstein and Hannah Bruckner used an ongoing national …

According to a recent Details article, many high school seniors applying to elite universities have a “new ace in the hole” (no pun intended, I’m sure) when it comes unlocking the Ivy gates: they’re gay. The article poignantly declares:
The longtime paragons of teenage success—the varsity-lettered quarterbacks, the repp-tie-wearing class presidents—have officially been put …

This is why I chose Yale.

Since I have nothing better to do midday on a beautiful Saturday, I was diligently making my way through Prof. George Chauncey’s testimony at the Prop 8 hearings in California, and ran across this delightful gibe by a lawyer from the defense.

If you have ever doubted Ethan Kuperberg’s genius, prepare for your ambivalence to be blown away.

On the mend: Bloom, Wi-Fi, equality.

It doesn’t matter if you are gay yourself, if you are a girl who loves Broken Social Scene, or if you just go to Yale… you need some queer in your life this semester.

Former POTUS B. Clintz managed to avoid some serious awkwardness, and possibly a bitch-slap, when he sat down with Anderson Cooper by flip-flopping on gay marriage

Luckily for us dreamers, Come Together, a dance party organized by the LGBT Co-op, Gayalies, and some lesbians, is happening this saturday. It’s the first big party on my gaydar this semester. If Modern Love wasn’t gay enough for you, then you should be there. It will be nothing to sneeze at.

This week has had a few minor stories that homos should be taking note of. For maximum suspense, I present them in ascending order of impact.