A vandal has poured urine on about 40 books about gay issues in Harvard's Lamont Library. The books can't be salvaged--and may not be replaced, because other libraries on university grounds have copies of the befouled volumes.

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Jezebel‘s Anna North notes that since new copies may not be purchased, “sadly, this means the pee-vandals may have gotten exactly what they wanted.” North helpfully reminds that “anti-gay hate isn’t confined to the South, or to high schools” , The Atlantic Wire reports.

Marco Chan ’11, co-chair of the Harvard College Queer Students and Allies, called the incident “extremely frustrating” and “disconcerting,” and said that it represents a concern not only for the LGBT community, but for the Harvard community at large, feministing.com reports.

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