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hmm
At my HBCU, I don't feel gays struggle to the degree that is conveyed in the article. I don't think it is due to the administration though. They don't really help...nor are they actively trying to cater to any form of LGBT student body (let alone the regular student body).
I don't feel the LGBT students struggle where I'm at because we have strength in numbers. If there is any issue with sexuality...or with people who are misunderstanding or intolerant, you turn to your peers. That doesn't mean that there aren't people on the yard who aren't struggling with their sexuality by themselves, but generally, the open community is ok.
Though, I do know and have experienced instances where the administration and/or faculty blatantly gave you the weird look and gave you some moot excuse as to why something couldn't happen. It does suck. It can be said that it isn't due to homophobia, but I know it exists and it's prevelant from what I heard from people in various departmental positions. Oh well, I'm only on one side of the fence tho...
The woman in the article entered college in 2001, so I understand how she felt because that's how I felt in 2001, but within these past 6 years, things are getting better within the community on a personal level. There seem to be more open LGBT people every year.
For example, we had a fledgling LGBT org on campus. It's hard to keep it up and going like most relatively new orgs, but the LGBT community is still trying because what the admin will not do for us, we'll do for ourselves. We need more social and educational events like all student populations...besides just free AIDS testing...
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