Trying to muster support from Green for the package proposal, members of the council said gay studies would diversify the curriculum.
"People assume sexuality has nothing to do with government or with politics, but it does," said Dennis K. Lin '93-94, a member of the BGLSA. Lin, the BGLSA liaison to the Leadership Council, also said the resource center would centralize the University gay community.
"We're a diverse community, as diverse as the straight community," Lin said. "The council cannot possibly become a legitimate group unless we have a home base."
Faculty members interviewed for this article had mixed opinions on the Leadership Council's causes. While many supported an increased presence for gay and gender studies in the curriculum, they pointed out that professors are already teaching many classes in those fields.
And though some faculty members said they support the idea of a gay center for the University, they did not seem likely to jump on the student activist bandwagon.
Still, if a unified student-faculty agenda is not yet in the offing, both agree they can come together in the crises that unify their community.
"Since no one will fight those battles for you, you must step forward and fight them for yourself," said Gomes.
'There are more of us now, every year...There are new people coming in, giving solidarity.'
Warren D. Goldfarb Professor of Philosophy