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and The
Blue: Lesbian and Gay Life at Yale and in Connecticut, 1642-2004,’ reveals
that as far back as the ’30s gay students there were participating in musical
and theater groups such as the famous Whiffenpoofs, an a cappella group, and
the Calliope Club (above).
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‘The Pink and The Blue: Lesbian and Gay
Life at Yale and in Connecticut
1642-2004’
Through May 14
Sterling Memorial Library Memorabilia Room
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Mon. – Fri. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sun. 1 – 5 p.m.
Closed Sat.
www.yale.edu/lesbiangay
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By: ADRIAN BRUNE COMMENTS
 
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if it was used to establish
something gay-related.
At first, Yale officials said no to Kramer’s vision, but media publicity
and some artful compromise resulted in a five-year program that involves bringing
in visiting faculty members, hosting conferences and coordinating academic
endeavors related to gay studies.
“We started this as a litmus test of Yale’s commitment to its
own statements,” says Katz, who came to Yale via his former organization,
Queer Nation, and as a tenured art history professor at the State University
of New York-Stony Brook. “But we keep getting the consistent message
from the administration that it wants this to happen, not tepidly, but as the
advent of a leading program.”
Kramer has expressed more interest in a curriculum light on theory and heavy
on history, believing that will better serve gays’ social acceptance.
With 60 exhibits, including historian Carl Van Vechten’s queer scrapbooks
and photographs that indicate prominent Connecticut physician Alan Hart was
transgendered, “The Pink and the Blue” has enough history for a
book. Katz hopes to publish one on this subject within the next few years.
“I see this as an extension of my street activism,” he says. “A
successful program at Yale could help promote lesbian and gay studies nationally.”
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