Celebrating Pride
Week's worth of campus-wide activities bring entertainment, awareness, lessons to OSU
Candice Ruud
Issue date: 5/9/08 Section: News
Fultz, the other co-chair of the Pride Week Committee, came out as gay to his family and friends during his first year of college.
"It wasn't that hard to come out once I decided that's what I wanted to do," Fultz said.
Emily King, a sophomore in apparel design and a member of the Pride Week Committee who categorizes herself as a pansexual, was an onlooker during the Lube Olympics and drag racing events.
"I grew up in Portland, so I was shocked by how tolerant people are in Corvallis," King said. She admits thinking Corvallis would be far more conservative in general and more closed-minded about variances in sexual orientation.
King says she identifies with liking people for their personalities, regardless of gender or sexual preference.
"I found out I was pansexual in college when I realized things didn't have to be just black and white."
While Fultz said that most of the Rainbow Continuum and Pride Week Committee members are LGBTQ - or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer - there are many straight allies who are active members of the group.
For more information on the Rainbow Continuum and for a calendar of events, visit www.oregonstate.edu/groups/rcosu.
Candice Ruud, senior reporter
news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231
"It wasn't that hard to come out once I decided that's what I wanted to do," Fultz said.
Emily King, a sophomore in apparel design and a member of the Pride Week Committee who categorizes herself as a pansexual, was an onlooker during the Lube Olympics and drag racing events.
"I grew up in Portland, so I was shocked by how tolerant people are in Corvallis," King said. She admits thinking Corvallis would be far more conservative in general and more closed-minded about variances in sexual orientation.
King says she identifies with liking people for their personalities, regardless of gender or sexual preference.
"I found out I was pansexual in college when I realized things didn't have to be just black and white."
While Fultz said that most of the Rainbow Continuum and Pride Week Committee members are LGBTQ - or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer - there are many straight allies who are active members of the group.
For more information on the Rainbow Continuum and for a calendar of events, visit www.oregonstate.edu/groups/rcosu.
Candice Ruud, senior reporter
news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231
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