UI Student: Safer To Be Gay Today

Students on campus today may be met by speakers sharing some of their most personal stories about coming out of the closet. Sophomore Kory Larabee, who is openly gay, said Coming Out Week is meant to let people know “that this is a safe time to come out and to be openly gay.” “People are starting to realize that there are a lot of us here,” Rebecca Rod, program adviser for the Women’s Center, said. “ … students have been suffering in silence in their dorm rooms with these issues and when they see someone out there for them and creating programming, it starts to make them feel like … it’s not so bad”/ Andrew Priest , UI Argonaut. More here .

Question: Do you agree with UI soph Kory Larabee that it’s safer for a person to be openly gay today?