ABSTRACT
I am deeply honored to have been invited to Allegheny College for a return visit, the second in less than two years, to keynote the first academic conference held under the sponsorship of the new Gay and Lesbian Studies program. As you may already know, that program has been organized on this campus by a small, pioneering group of dedicated faculty, students, and administrators, under the redoubtable leadership of Professor Sonya Jones. They have indeed created the first of very few programs of gay and lesbian studies in private, liberal arts colleges in the nation.
