Alex Gay - Universy of Michigan School of Mic, Theatre & Dance

Contents:

• NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER
• ALEX THE ASTRONT: 'I DIDN’T WANT TO TELL ANYONE THAT I WAS GAY, LET ALONE LNS OF STRANGERS'
• ALEX GAY

NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER

Stt Park |)On beg queer and ChristianChristian lleg are fdg themselv creasgly at odds wh growg societal prsure to affirm the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer current generatn of LGBTQ stunts at Christian lleg is tired of the theologil gymnastics required to navigate what means to be gay but not act gay, orr to play a rpectable role the church. Joshua Chun Wah Kam - 2017 graduate of Hope CollegeJoshua Chun Wah Kam, 21, is one of the stunts who lnched the 95 Stori project at Hope College this amic year, which highlighted stanc of racism and homophobia on mp an effort to prompt the llege to offer more support to stunts those mory Wah Kam is origally om Montana and grew up Malaysia. He is an orthodox Christian and applied to a mix of Christian and public lleg before landg at Hope due to the fancial aid offergs and "genue warmth" he saw Wah Kam, who is gay, graduated December 2017 wh a double major history and classics.

Gunnk, now 27, me out as gay durg his fourth year at Calv, and he got volved wh the Sexualy And Genr Awarens stunt group. Kev Sroufe - 2015 graduate of Sprg Arbor UniversyKev Sroufe grew up Dune attendg Baptist church, where he learned is not OK to be gay.

ALEX THE ASTRONT: 'I DIDN’T WANT TO TELL ANYONE THAT I WAS GAY, LET ALONE LNS OF STRANGERS'

He thought attendg Sprg Arbor Universy would help him set asi his attractn to men and stead bee the person the Christian muny wanted him to, now 25, me out as gay durg his hman year at SAU, where he graduated December 2015 wh a gree psychology. The fact that he's gay is not as visible, he said, but 's important to him to be out about his sexual orientatn.

(Photo provid by Alexandria Alvhere)Alexandria Alvhere - 2015 graduate of Calv CollegeAlexandria Alvhere grew up attendg Prbyterian and non-nomatnal church, so when she realized durg her sophomore year at Calv College that she is attracted to women, she thought she would go to hell. "People were talkg about the gays this sort of abstract sense, and they didn't know that I was gay and stg right there, " Alvhere Greife-Wetenhall (left) pos wh his hband Chad. (Photo provid by Stt Greife-Wetenhall)Stt Greife-Wetenhall - 2009 graduate of Sprg Arbor UniversyStt Greife-Wetenhall was outed as a gay man to Sprg Arbor Universy by a relative of his ex-girliend, and universy staff told him he uld not actively engage homosexual behavr durg his time at SAU.

But gog to his sophomore year of llege, Greife-Wetenhall was tired of pretendg to be graduated om SAU 2009 wh a gree bs admistratn. Schaetzl has felt unfortable durg class assignments at Hope that ask stunts to weigh on gay rights - wh the assumptn that no one the class is attracted to someone of the same sex. (Courty of Sarah Hendriksen)Matthew Chaffee - Calv College stuntMatthew Chaffee is wrappg up his first year at Calv College, and he hasn't tried to hi the fact he's gay.

ALEX GAY

ANN ARBOR—”That’s so gay” is a popular exprsn on mp natnwi among heterosexual stunts, pecially young men. “That’s so gay, ” although not necsarily said to harm lbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) stunts, n create a hostile environment, say U-M rearchers. Inherent this sayg—equently ed to clare somethg, some behavr or someone as “stupid” or “unol”—is the assumptn that beg gay is ferr and that beg heterosexual is sirable.

The fdgs suggt that heterosexual male stunts’ tenncy toward sayg “that’s so gay” is partially explaed by certa attus and factors.

“Studi fd that perpetuatg LGB hate crim and gay bullyg is strongly rrelated wh homophobia. Therefore, is monly assumed that homophobia is lked to sayg ‘that’s so gay, '” Woodford said. Most rponnts (65 percent) reported sayg “that’s so gay” at least once on mp the past 12 months, and 31 percent reported g the phrase 10-pl tim.