General Discussion

After I graduated, the student LQBTQ+ group (known first as GALA, for Gay and Lesbian Awareness, then B-GALA for Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Awareness, and now Stonewall Tigers) was working to get sexual orientation added to the university's nondiscrimination statement, and Hargett was a very vocal opponent and fought against it.

At an anti-LGBTQ+ protest at the University in the early to mid-1990s, Hargett carried a sign saying: “Blacks can’t help being black, Women can’t help being women. Gays=/=Minority.” I don't know whether he realized that the sign made him look racist and sexist in addition to being an outspoken homophobe. He also passed out religious tracts saying gay people are going to hell at a panel discussion about religion and sexuality organized by the student LQBTQ+ group (GALA or possibly B-GALA then).

In the last 30+ years, he's learned nothing and hasn't changed.