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Gay student ‘living a
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to pray for your salvation. !
Californian, I am just another student
trying to get my head together. Like
all college students I worry about
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Along with the fear rind
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career choice, the job market and all column there is also a little bitten
the other normal problems.
But I, like a number of other
students have another worry, I am a
differently? Would they still even be
my friends?”
It is impossible to describe the way
heterosexual male who makes
a different girl each night
sidered macho and suave, a st
But when homosexuals go to!
meet (and yes, to pick up
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homosexual. Unlike those who par-
ticipated in Gay-Lesbian Celebration it feels inside (almost as if the insides homosexuals, it is called le,
Week, I have never had the strength of you twist up and retch). When you lurid, trashy life. Is a trip to a!
or courage to tell anyone. I have hear your apartmentmate say, “If I all that much different (in p
known for more than 10 years, but found out I had a roommate who was a and intent) from one to TJ’s’
because of my fear I have had very fag, I’d beat his face in and throw all gays totally cornered the ma$
little interaction with gay people. I his stuff into the street,” you do not leather, S & M and B & D?
have been repressive. conjure up a pleasant vision.
But the complications and con-
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I’m not sure what I’\
If you think last week was difficult tradictions don’t stop there. For those complished ’ by writing this.
for those who are open about their of us who are religious it is difficult to very least I’ve vented some of
sexual preferences, try to imagine listen to sermons informing you that frustrations and let others H’
what it was like for us repressors. On you are damned to hell. It is difficult like I do know they are not alo
the one hand, we would like to join to listen to religious fanatics talk maybe, just maybe some of y
with others like ourselves and not about how sick gays are and how they rate one and two on the Kins
continually hide what we are, not be should try and save themselves. It’s (one being totally heterosexl
ashamed. But on the other hand we confusing. being totally homosexual and
watch the prejudice, the joking and If I’m such a horrible human being re@ somewhere in between
the sneering that take place, and it’s why did our God ( I assume mine is the what it is like to have to hide
back to repression. same as theirs) create me as I am? If
Worst of all is the feeling one gets it’s just part of some earthly test of
other side of the fence.” I
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when’ all this takes place. It feels the spirit and flesh, how come I got
almost as if you are living a lie. You singled out for this one? You want to [The author of this guest
wonder, “Would my friends treat me ask these questions, but if you do, chooses to remain anonymous
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