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MIT’s The Weather Today: Showers likely, 69°F (21°C) Oldest and Largest Tonight: Decreasing clouds, 46°F (8°C) Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, 62°F (17°C) Newspaper Details, Page 2 Volume 126, Number 42 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, September 29, 2006 Homophobic Graffiti Continues in Walker Two Years Later, Culprit Remains at Large By Manisha Padi postings has increased from once a STAFF REPORTER month last year to about once a week Homophobic graffiti and posters this year, according to Abigail Fran- have been found in and around the cis, project coordinator of the LBGT men’s bathroom in the basement of Services. Graphic posters accusing the Walker Memorial Building mul- lesbians of being “jealous” of male tiple times over the past few weeks genitalia, and gay men of spreading — the latest in a string of incidents AIDS were also seen both inside and dating back at least two years, ac- outside the bathroom. cording to police reports. The mes- Although the graffiti has been a sages are particularly disturbing main concern for both the campus because of their proximity to the police and the LBGT Issues Group, Rainbow Lounge, a safe haven for no progress has been made in catch- Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Trans- ing the offender. Following a surge of gender MIT community members. similar graffiti in October of last year, The graffiti, which states, “Ho- a Hate Speech and Harassment Sub- mosexuality may be politically cor- committee of the LBGT Issues Group rect, but it will never be biologically was formed, and met to discuss pos- correct,” was found on a blackboard sible solutions.
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