The recent formation of a support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students at the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai is roiling the campus, with many straight students saying that their gay peers have more rights, The Times of India reports. Some say a school rule that says male and female students cannot visit each other’s dorm rooms after 10 p.m. unfairly hampers the social life of nongay students. The straight students argue that the administration at the elite public institution must either remove the rule or extend it to gay couples. The newspaper says this issue “has been particularly raging among boys who have managed to find girlfriends” at an institution where the number of male students far outstrips the number of female students.
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