Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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if i were on the other end of it, I suppose I'd think the lesbian, bisexual and gaymale popu- lation at Wesleyan gave the straights a pretty hard time. We really don't settle for second- class status as much as our easier-to-live-with counterparts at other institutions. As long as the atmosphere in class, frosh halls or at frat parties, or hiring and benents plans at Wes- leyan, are homophobic, there we are, kicking up a ruckus. The gay community here has to be orga- nized, because there is so much discrimina- tion to address. But our very ability to be so united when necessary speaks to some very unique things about Wesleyan. it is a small school, so gays can find each other and offer support. It is a liberal school, at least com- pared to, for instance, U-NC, where frat ha- rassment takes the form of baseball bat assault. It speaks to something important about this place that we are not satisfied merely to es- cape with our lives. We seek to better the lives of anyone who resents sexual pigeon-holing. Sometimes it seems that the struggle has so far to go here that prospects in the iireal world are less than exciting. Butjust within our own community, the debate has progressed by leaps and bounds in the last decade. A perusal of reporting on gay issues in back issues of the Argus convinced me that no matter how far we have yet to go, the Stone Age is over. To the immeasurable benefit of gays, straights, or anyone who prefers knowl- edge to fear, we have come out with a fiourish at Wesleyan, and there are no indications that we are going back. If the road to justice seems long at time, it is Wesleyan's fostering of excellence that may urge us toward each new step. - by Nikki Feist 15

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