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Plan natiq Gays demand By Janet Gibson Wire Editor Julius Caesar, Michelangelo, Napoleon Bonaparte and Tennessee Williams are well-known men in their fields of endeavor, but they also share another common bond?all practiced homosexual lifestyles, Ralph Tindall, Professor Emeritus in Psychology at USC, said. Homosexuals are human beings who have been "stomped on and kicked around long enough," Ray Permenter, spokesperson for the S C. Coalition on Lesbian and Gay Rights, said. Permenter said "straieht DeoDle" often mistake gays and lesbians with very effeminate men and masculine women. "You find homosexuals in all walks of life," Tindall said. "It's amazing how many athletes are practicing homosexuals." TINDALL, WHO is doing extensive interviews with homosexuals, said "Gays are just people with a wide range of interests and problems similar to that of heterosexuals." Tindall and another psychology professor took a survey of USC Psychology 101 students with a median age of 19. Thirty percent of the 173 males questioned admitted engaging in homosexual behavior at least once. Of that number, three percent labeled themselves "exclusively homosexual." About 12 percent of the females surveyed labeled themselves "exclusively homosexual." The women's ages were slightly higher than the males. TINDALL SAID homosexual behavior was defined in the survey as anyone beyond the age of 16 engaging in sexual activity with a member of the same sex bringing one or both partners to orgasm. Tindall is concerned with the great number of adolescents who label themselves "homosexual" after one encounter with the same sex. "We're pinning labels on kids," he said. A homosexual experiences various stages in his lifp and it is toft parlv to mit Inhole r?n rumnlo in thoir teenage years, according to Tindall. ? Filing for the 197 I Hour*; for filina are Qualifications for 1) A Registrar's v must beobtainedl 2) A candidate mus On-Campus studen run from their coll 13) A $2.00 filing fee The following seats ar District 3?South To Coaf * District 4?Towers seat 2 Seat 3 District 6?Bates ho Seat 3?at large District 11 ? Busines | ' Seat 5 District 12?Educatl seatl seats seat 4 V . . - V I Persons interested h p given to those who wo nal march human rights Permenter said the Lambda Alliance, a nonpolitical gay community organization in Columbia, is striving to promote a better understanding of gays. HOMOPHOBIA, the fear of homosexuals, is a major problem, Permenter said. "It's not really a fear, but a lack of understanding," he added. USC males, who have been approached by gays in Russell House bathrooms and other areas on campus, have sparked controversy in recent weeks. Rolando Edrada, a junior business administration major, said he and his roommate have been approached by gays more than once in Thomas Cooper Library and other places around campus. Edrada said he has "nothing against gays," but peer pressure prevents many students from assw;iauiig wiui iiumustixuais in any manner. EDRADA SAID he expects someone to respect his decision when he says he's "just not into it." Another USC student, who wished to remain anonymous, said he has become "anti-gay" after being propositioned on and off campus. He said he has been whistled at and followed on numerous occasions. Permenter said many gays who proposition others in public places are not totally secure in their sexuality. "If we had adequate laws of protection, the cruising on Senate Street and bathroom propositioning wouldn't be necessary," Permenter said. THE NATIONAL March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights is scheduled for next month, according to Permenter. "We'll be marching down Pennsylvania Avenue past the White House," he said. Various speakers, musicians and Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Church, a union of gay Christians, will be speaking. Permenter will be sneaking Oct. 2 on eav riehts and the upcoming march in the "Kaleidoscope" series at Russell House University Union. "It's not only a march for gay rights, but for human rights also," Permenter said. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammamammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm '9 Fall Election will continue thr 9:00 a.m.?4:00 p.m.?in the Sti filing: erification Form is required i :rom the Registrar's Office, first t be a member of the district h< ts must run from their dorm?< ege. 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