As gays and lesbians at Harvard celebrated "Gaypril" with posters, dances and performances, students at Tufts University have been preoccupied by a debate about anti-gay discrimination by a campus group.
The Tufts Christian Fellowship (TCF) is appealing a decision by the school's student government which "derecognized" it last week after a former member alleged discrimination based on sexual orientation.
A group that is derecognized cannot use "Tufts" in its name, receive a stipend from the student government, meet in classrooms or publicize events as an official student group, The Boston Globe reported.
Julie Catalano, a junior at Tufts and a former member of TCF, brought a complaint to the student government
alleging that the group discriminates based on sexual orientation. She challenged TCF's right to the $6,000 it receives from the student government.
Catalano says a current TCF leader told her she would be ineligible for a leadership position next year because of her belief that homosexual activity is not wrong, according to The Globe.
Catalano identifies herself as bisexual, students and TCF members said.
The Tufts Community Union Judiciary (TCUJ), the judicial branch of student government, derecognized the group on April 13, declaring that it violated the Tufts nondiscrimination policy.
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