| Show You too Can Color Outside the Lines By Dawna Branagan Feature Editor Coloring outside the lines sounds like something your elementary school teacher would have told you not to do At its it's okay to color outside the lines and there is support available if you do Coloring Outside the Lines is the newest addition to clubs The club forms a straight lesbian alliance to help address the issues of homosexuality and its place in soci soci- ety The 20 member club officially became part of the clubs May 2 1997 with membership growing According to Fergeson most of the members are bisexual but there are five heterosexual members People are alike in many area just take out the gay and lesbian said Chris Fergeson president Utah residents have a closed mind when it comes to the gay society and this has caused a closet homophobic society according to Fergeson People are afraid of who they are said Fergeson Im trying to curb this with the club Fergeson said that part of the problem could be due to the lack of a full gay community He said that when he visited LA the community there was more than just gay bars There were grocery stores restaurants restaurants restaurants rants and other gay owned business business- es Also while visiting LA he noticed that the community appeared as a normal heterosexual community Its the person that is accepted You accept the person for who they are not what they do Fergeson said Because our morals are different doesn't mean you dont don't have to not like me Fergeson doesn't want to be a minority having to hide his feeling inside He wants everyone to be able to expresses themselves and that is part of the reason for forming the club The main goal of the club is to tomake tomake tomake make all people aware that gay and lesbian people are just as normal as other people Why should gays have to hide their feelings I like chocolate chocolate chocolate choco choco- late ice cream and camping just because gay is at the end of my list it doesn't make me that different Fergeson explained Straight society society society soci soci- ety has a tendency to clump all of homosexuals together when they see gay activists they think that we weare weare weare are all out for the same n v. v a F Q H 4 y t v J r I ry a 9 r i I r tG y S 'S I Photo by Chris Fergeson Pat and Jamie Pitcher graduated from this June Both majoring in Ethnic Minorities I tt- tt y c I AJ I UI i z p 71 I Photo by Dawna Branagan Members of Coloring Outside the Lines making necklaces for gay awareness w which ich they wore to the Gay Pride Parade on June 8 in Salt Lake City |
