Lesbian Taking Madison
 
 

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Things are about to be getting gay up at University of Wisconsin-Madison:

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is set to become the biggest university with an openly gay leader, according to gay rights advocates who hail the appointment as a milestone for the movement.

Cornell University Provost Biddy Martin was recommended Wednesday to be the next chancellor at UW-Madison, a top national research university with 40,000 students.

Martin, the No. 2 official at Cornell since 2000, is a professor of women's studies and German studies and author of the 1995 book Femininity Played Straight: The Significance of Being Lesbian.

Gawd! We're so glad we're done with academia!

 
 
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Comments (4)

No. 1 · arjuna52

If Dr.Martin has a partner she will not be eligible for any sort of benefits such as healthcare. The conservative state legislature will not allow the University of Wisconsin to give the same-sex partners of employees any benefits. There has been lots of coverage about this the past few years.

Posted: May 30, 2008 at 9:49 am
No. 2 · UM

Interestingly enough, Donna Shalala also was Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and now is at the University of Miami. Wonder when/if she'll come out. Maybe there's something about that position?

Posted: May 30, 2008 at 1:27 pm
No. 3 · Craftypenguin

As a UW-Madison student, I couldn't be happier!

Posted: May 30, 2008 at 1:42 pm
No. 4 · Alacer

aaaw! Just as I'm about to enter Cornell she leaves!

Posted: May 30, 2008 at 3:39 pm
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