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Gays From page 1 straight, gets marrl denying himself to so through hell until 1 bitrariness of convei Going along witn a fine, he said, if you k ? whether you are ; "But if they hav< they have simply a demnation and guilt with themselves and demands of guilt," 1 He spoke about a t on "breeding itself'; conventional sex role sign of iiresponsibil "You're automatic not married by the tir gay said. They said their ch< were not the resul particular role mod< attraction to the sanu innate, a natural pre not something they others. They openly disci ease with which they with the decision 1 bisexual. For one female, I "When I was young, i deal with. It was nev fought with it." She s parents about being I her mother has figui discuss it, she said. THE FEMALE he to the less restrictive marked the point ol know enough to ask crush on my female school principal a guidance counseloi Carolina town." Th< to keep silent to pi said. "Then I came her chance to think aboi adjusting. I did a lot away from myself,' In the past three yc "shocked and surp students she had homosexuals. "Nov look." She told her mo whose response was any more." Her fc Stuc By STEPHEN DAVIS Gamecock Staff Writ USC students who v whether for themselv the Counseling Bure questions answered ii Students who come or anxieties about be TVinaM A Qu/ancnn iyuiiuiu IB. I^TTUlI>A/llf I He said homosexua but not "because of pr with people." SWANSON SAID heterosexuals can ha said every person has is the root of any pei "Each person has t with others although comes early in life," Swanson said he revulsion about hom about their own se: towards the homosexi to prove his sexualit: HOMOSEXUALS 1 same problems for v Swanson said. He s developing lasting rc ied and has children, homo ciety," he said. "I went have [ finally saw the ar- name it ions." TH nnventional sex roles is on Cfi mow what you're doing afrai gay or straight. how i jn't found themselves, runni ccepted society's con. They will be unhappy S.C. S I life, submitting to the 8a,y a fie said. priset jourgeois society intent day," and pressures to accept s. "Not having kids is a homo ity," he said. stude :ally suspect if you're ne you're 30," the male misrc rices to be homosexual P?00 It of environment or he^er' sis. Tliey agreed their 01 e sex or to both sexes is ference they accepted, 10 were converted to by publK issed the difficulty or Jo11 and their parents dealt know to be homosexual or those most there was no trauma, heter t was just something to homo ? n aniu t suner a 51UH 1111115. a ucvci r " aid she has not told her "upti bisexual, but she thinks tracti red it out. They do not undei don't >mosexual said coming Oni s environment of college us, ai f acceptance. "I didn't stude questions, but I had a stude cousin. My father is a homo nd my mother is a migh in a small South bring ;re was greui pressure BU otect her parents, she hetei hom< -e to college and had a condi Lit it. I had a hard time ingrs of drugs, trying to run upse! ' she said. to th jars, she said she's been Seba irised" at how many A known before are hom< / I'm taking time to straij hie ther of her sexuality, react , "I don't want to hear As a >rother is also ojienly are t lents i er /ant to find out about homosex es or to understand others, cai au on campus or can have 11 psychology or sociology clai to the Counseling Bureau witl ing homosexual usually are n a bureau staff member said. 1 students have come to the t oblems they may be having in < he believes homosexual ve the same types of probler to first accept who he or she is, rson's problems. 0 learn to be open with himsi 1 with homosexuals, self real Swanson said. believes that persons who osexuals usually have some cuality. "The greater the h jal, the greater the need of the V," he said. JSUALLY seek counseling f /hich heterosexuals seek cour ays the problems usually c >lationships, getting along wi sexual, who underwent pressures to children and "carry on the family ft IEY SAID there are many homosexuals impus who want to "come out" but are d to. "You'd be surprised to find out many people are gay in your hometown ing around hiding it," one said. : female said she knew gay athletes at tate. The other female said she knew thletes here at USC. "You'd be sur* 1 how many you associate with day to she said. y said they are more sensitive to sexual cues than are heterosexual nts ? something one of them called s." It is a sort of nonverbal conization they said they have never sad. None said he or she had ever aphed anyone who turned out to be osexual. ao tney warn 10. "i aon i warn 10 upsei ie," one female said. 'Riat is one point ur made ? their sexual preference is nal, something they do not .try to 2ize or persuade others to choose. in Ernisee, a USC graduate assistant n around campus as "Sebastian," said hostile toward gays, especially the masculine and confirmed osexuals, often feel insecure around sexuals who are unimpressed with the -maaviuuic iuic. nicy Illlglll gel ght" when they find other men ative, Sebastian said. "But I suspect the lying insecurity is fear of what they understand," he said. e said there is male and female in all of id he used this to explain in part other Sltsv hostility fnwnrH nnnhnfomcovnol snts. "Some fear they may have isexual inclinations," he said. They t be afraid of those they suspect will it out, he said. it THE most frequent reason given for rosexuals' animosity toward asexuals is the religious, societal emnation of homosexuality they say is lined in most persons. "People get very t when there's a fundamental challenge eir viewpoints and sexual identities," stian said. third roommate living with the )sexual and bisexual men, who is ght, said he did not feel threatened by roommates. He attributed people's ions to gays to "conditioning and ego. rule, the toughest and strongest men he most afraid," he said. nforme being accepted by people and are. They are not looking for a Homosexuality cannot be uality, longer be looked at as a men! n go to said he believes homosexual ! their vironmentally influenced, i *ses. biological. n fears ot, Dr. "THE LIFE of a homosexu, have to cope with his own i mreau, mostly with unsympathetic p iealing The bureau staff tries to ge feelings and fears into the of s and said Homosexuals are now a US. f^iAn/lo Wat# Ctnor?c/\M ooi/l Ka / II IV/1IUO | 17UI UYTUIIaull OCS1VB 1IU V , which accepted they were around c elf and Six psychology and sociolof ization homosexual to their classes homosexuality. show John Ernisee comes to the < doubt agreement with professors tha ostility on an exam and that attendant person makes sure the classes undei behalf of any group, just shari experiences. or the iseling, Ernisee said he generally v oncem ce." The most often asked < th and became homosexual, what hi iftf r f :? 'A E nil -f / , / , IrW Others don't homosexuality is, a popular misconceptio homosexual by manr said. One explained, board trying to p dressing in the oppos way, he said, they ai ventional sex rules b "When they first o they have to face it t extreme sexual roles. nnrmal rnloc " ho nvi to tell a person's sex pearances, he advis< their homosexuality, deliberate appear; d ab inner fears about whi change in life, he said. generalized, and it c tal illness, Swanson sa ity is something that more so than som al is rough. Not only d( nsecurity but he is d eople," said Swanson. t the person to bring c >en just by talking, Sw ccepted more by famil lid not know how much am pus. i\ Drofessors have inv to answer quest iohs Masses only after maki t nothing he says will b ce is not required. He s rstand he is not speak rig personal observatioi /alks into a "reserved questions deal with hi s parents think about I f rnirmrninnTiTiami >?ff wffif/l t If ^ \ 1'7 ^ \ v I I understand what fraternity memt nd one of the most Sebastian said. ns is that you can tell a None anticipate lensms or aress, tney againsi on me Dasis "Some gays go over- they look for jobs. N rove themselves by being raised. One iite sex's clothes. In a discrimination to b< re making fun of con- status ? single. T y exaggerating them, terviewer will proba ome out of the closet, are so widespread, hfcmsf>tv#?s anH nil* nn being turned Hnwn f Then they go back to nil. jlained. Do not expect They said such di ual preference by ap- unjustified in any ca 2d. If they do flaunt >sno j?b for which b it is no different than be a handicap or fo inces a model or issue at all. MMtff [> they that question away. It's just a wa^ way they are," he explained, an no "We don't, as a rule, live with o id. He causes," he said. is en- Ernisee emphasized that he is ir nthinu nnpstinns He said sometimes students coi question and answer sessions ? i oes he selves, but to ask about friends ealing homosexual. One student had a 1 was slight and had effeminite ma the student, like many others, misl >ut his mannerisms are indications of ho 'anson i.. > miavr* A irvcrr ly anu um m\;a irnjuciu rtapiiiiM i more remarks is, "I needed to hear that,' Frank Brown, a sociology profe* to speak to his Sociology of Delinq ited a said he felt he was giving student about hand exposure to something they m be able to confront. He added thai ing an looked upon as a delinquent behavi e used class did not consider homosexual aid he the question and answer sessions ing on ns ana See related silenrails pages 4 an I I T i ra I c38* 1 I r $p - V- ; | ?j&/f I _Y~ ^ I >er would achieve, being discriminated of their sexuality when one anticipate the issue said he expected the e based on his marital 'wo said their job inbly be gay because gays so the probability of or a job on that basis is iscrimination would be se. Sebastian said there eing homosexual would r which it becomes an / of avoiding people the ne another dealing with 1 classes just to answer ne up to him after the not to talk about themor relatives who are 4-year-old relative who innerisms. Ernisee said takenly believed certain mncpvualil u ; to these after class ' Ernisee said. isor has invited Ernisee uent Behavior class. He 5 a chance to have first ay see every day but not t hnmn<ipyi]fllitv is nftMt or but the students in his ity either before or after I stories, d 7.