Nine openly gay college presidents gathered in Chicago last weekend and resolved to form an organization to provide professional support to "out" presidents and faculty.I was surprised. No lesbians at the helm of any institution in the entire nation? Now there is a story! But then the article invokes some women. So, WTF. Way to use male-coded words to subsume the female. (The journal Inside Higher Ed isn't innocent, either; that's whom the WaPo was cribbing from.)
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I also now know that the WaPo style guide on the use of "gay" (2006) reads like it was written by a single opinionated individual who was frustrated by a series of insulting articles. I can only shake my head in disbelief at the lack of professionalism and professional courtesy that indicates; I hope mine is a mistaken impression.
