“Love is love,” is displayed on a pin in Joshua Boschee’s
office. Boschee is the coordinator for Greek life on campus, and a graduate
of NDSU’s political science program. Boschee is also an openly gay
man who has been “out” for two years. He would like to see
more campus awareness of the issues surrounding the lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender community (LGBT) at NDSU. Boschee is competing with groups
like the recently formed Facebook group called National Heterosexual Day.
Andrew Dosch will freely admit he has never been discriminated against
because of his sexuality but he still feels the heterosexual community
needs its day in the sun.
“In America, we constantly preach equality and the rights of
everyone,” Dosch said. “So I figured they can have their
day (National Coming Out Day) that’s fine, but why don’t
we recognize the heterosexual community.”
Gwen Stefani knows creative fashion. Her fascination with Japanese
style, specifically Harajuku style, is obvious in her personal style
and in her music. In the song “Harajuku Girls,” Stefani
describes the Harajuku culture in Tokyo, Japan, as “a subculture
in a kaleidoscope of fashion … where the catwalk got its claws,
all you fashion know-it-alls.” The fantastical Harajuku style
is probably unknown to a lot of students. Buckle up. I’m going
to take you 5,757 miles to a city where dolls come to life.
Silka Tobias moved to California two years ago because “something
was ‘wrong’” with her. “Some of my ‘Christian
friends’ convinced me that I really had a disorder,” 22-year-old
former NDSU student Tobias said.
Her friends gave her books and recommended that she speak with local
pastors about her “disorder.” Tobias suffered from depression
and was on a search to find acceptance when she came out and told her
friends and family that she is a lesbian.