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f ' V GAMECOCK June 30, 1977 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Volume LXVIQ, No. 55 pon the Inside Homosexuals at USC speak out Pages 3, 4, 7 ~ Wsm Mu tMfcg'.t tv, i^tft-i Hep, 3^W" " " f.' V". .^v A-*WPm JJS?i? 3?? *y-?x i Cromer review 'A Bridge Too F Page 9 BBS t s Gues :ar' di: SA P >Vy.?>t- o*?A<x'- a vf; w li . ~- -:; ~-^C-~- ~-;"Z-"-2i^:- yrf ealllw# WtlkarTHK O AM a CO t columnist scussas T scores age 10 IBy MARGUERITE RYAN Editor-in-Chief The subject of homose: male or female, elicits a vai from many USC students, show animosity toward hoi make cruel jokes about the press curiosity or fear of th But for a number of studer their own homosexuali establishing their self-esteei there are manv hnmnspYiia than most heterosexual s "You'd be surprised," homosexual told a Gameco< A MALE homosexua homosexual, a bisexual mal( female, all who have been students, talked about thei tation to two Gamecock repc because of intolerance o Ipreierence ai ine university general, they asked not to t Despite this intolerance, tithe university that most hon and come to accept their which they term "coming o "In college there are traditional constraints. I fouj strike me dead," one male j "I KNEW it was always t rtO%? C oiri CUa nnl/l ?? J~ |g?jr OU1U. Ulic OGIU UilUCI dldl helped her identify the sexus feels most comfortable with, as objective parent models ' you. TTiey won't get person* They all mentioned the pr get from parents, even as a< to conventional sex roles. "O told exactly what to do, to have children, when to < hnltHoVC Tkoil Ar* 4 U - Inmivtvju. A IIVJ UU Wliai lil< don't have to think about it But in college, one said, a p age when he can decide v himself, including whether with a member of the san "straight." THEY CONSIDER traditi< male roles to be artificial, ai thp flnitoH Stofoc imtmml.. ? |w?w w.?.v^v. uiitvjucijr 1 Mid-Eastern and many Eur< mannerisms Americans con: are completely accepted, as i and bisexuality. They don't I they said. "People are backed int restricting labels," the male There are many clever per world, persons who have to work around what he c? society" and its restrictions, around the restrictions, he See CK . ^ ron ?ne ou Wttktnd forte Columbia: Hot and humid, 90s, lows in 70s B?och?i: Hot and humid, 90s, lows in 70s Mountains: Hot and humid, 90s, lows in 70s cuality, whether *iety of reactions Some students nosexuals, some m and some exlem. its, acceptance of ty meant rem. And they say Is at USC, more tudents realize, one female :k reporter. 1, a female i, and a bisexual or still are USC ir sexual orienirters. They said f their sexual and in society in >e identified. ley said it was at losexuals realize hnm r\cnvno1Uir uuiiiwovAuaiii^, ut." no artificial, nd out God didn't ;ay student said. here," a female nding professors tl orientation she "Professors act wno won t judge il." essures students iults, to conform ther students are get married, to x>me home for ey're told. They erson gets to the /hat is best for he prefers sex le sex or to be anal female and r\H 1 <\t? iM IV* uivov * UiCO III igid. In oriental, opean countries, sider effeminate s homosexuality >elieve in labels, 0 a corner by gay student said, sons in the gay put up with and ills "bourgeosis "If he can't get pretends to be GAYS, page 3 1 side ost highs in highs in highs in