After his Mather House room had been targeted repeatedly in acts of homophobic vandalism this fall, K. Kyriell Muhammad announced yesterday he would resign as resident tutor.
"The disruption in my personal life has been profound, and I no longer feel capable of continuing in my capacity as a Resident Tutor," Muhammad wrote in an e-mail message to the residents of Mather House.
Muhammad, the resident tutor in religion and Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance (BGLTSA) adviser, will remain a resident tutor until the end of this semester.
He made the decision one week after he found homophobic graffiti scrawled across a BGLTSA poster on his door.
The graffiti was the latest in a string of homophobic acts aimed at Muhammad since the beginning of the semester.
After the third incident, when vandals tore down Muhammad's BGLTSA poster and threw themselves against his door, Mather House residents sponsored a non-discrimination pledge.
That was in October; the fourth act of vandalism came last week.
"This is not a decision that I have made lightly," Muhammad wrote in his message to House residents. "Indeed, it has been one of the most difficult I have ever made."
Read more in News
City's 'Mission Critical' System Ready for Y2KRecommended Articles
-
Hate Graffiti Spurs Mather House PledgeWhen a Mather House tutor was roused from his bed late Saturday night by the sound of a vandal crashing
-
Yard March Protests HomophobiaChants of "Hey hey, ho ho, homophobia's got to go" echoed through Harvard Yard yesterday during a rally planned by
-
Posters Appear Attacking IntolerancePosters bearing anti-homophobic slogans such as "Jesus lived with 12 men. Love your neighbor" appeared in the Yard and on
-
Students Criticize Homophobia ResponseMembers of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance (BGLTSA) criticized Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68
-
Disturbing IntoleranceMather House Tutor resigns in face of homophobic vandalism Last Tuesday, K. Kyriell Muhammad announced his intention to resign from
-
Racism, AIDS and Truth: Responses to Khallid MuhammadI realized, recently, that I've once again started to notice the Veritas emblems that abound here at Harvard. Sometime between
