Other members of the proctor group echoed the same sentiments, saying they had spent the day discussing their frustration.

"We're mad that it has come this far," said one proctor group member, who asked not to be named.

Harvard College administrators expressed similar regret over the circumstances surrounding the tutor's resignation.

"I regret Mr. Muhammad's resignation," Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 wrote in an e-mail message. "He has been a good tutor and we will miss him. I certainly understand that he leaves with regret, and has to balance his own personal comfort and academic mission with his service to the Harvard community."

Despite campus-wide initiatives this fall that responded to the homophobic acts, including an Undergraduate Council anti-homophobia bill, students said that bigger steps must be taken to stop the homophobic acts.

"It's horrifying and shameful," said Michael K. T. Tan '00, co-chair of the BGLTSA. "People shouldn't have to leave their homes and jobs because of homophobic acts."

Tan said that University officials and students across campus, not just the BGLT community, have to react to the incidents of homophobia in a more substantive way.

"We should have a freshman orientation program that addresses acts of homophobia," Tan said. "People need to be told directly that homophobia is not acceptable in any form."