Couple
( onlinucd from I
I li.it kind nt mule bonding
is important it's dnnit through
"lit the «■ 1111ri• i ulture I ,nid
said ' I 'nfnrtiinalel v. often it's
limited In ,in .itliletii event
whether it's Imitb.dl hi basket
ball
V on see that kind n| bond
mg on the i units lie noted
*1 un see men slap eai h others
butts its so ,n i epted on tin
football Held ti i Inn; eac ii othei
and grab ear Ii other and pimp
il11 and rejoii e
Hut it \on jump up and hug
a man here on the street it
not ai ( opted and automata alls
Vou II be labeled as a guv
man, J add said You mu\
not be lint so what it vou are'
Rejoii e m II \t i opt il
Alter a struggle he has
leal lied to at I opt and cnju\ ill
male a enti ii tile I'add said
U lien I ss as in i ollego as an
undergraduate il was different
her atise I had a i oujde ol male
|u\ ers but often lln-s were si
mullaneous with girlfriends 1 d
had lira arise I w asn t open
about it lie said noting that
lit- was ,i membei ot a tiatermtv
at the I niveisit\ iit Kentui ks
lint 1 km m ms enei g\ and ms
Ill-alt i null. I lions ate ss 11 II and
I rum men
'There's something reads
spot nil about being ssilli a man
and mountain Inking all das
And then eating a lug huge din
ner, just reads gluttonous and
then gist having rossds so\ at
lei ss aids I add said
Sometimes lie found himself
flaunting lus phssiiul atlei turn
fm bd I add said
I |ust s\anted to begin lie
sensitizing people lie said
I tie mole tiles see l! die more
I lies 11 gel Used to it
'< >Ood liberals
However I.nil! .iilili'd ih.il
it’s nut alw.rrs sate Ini gavs tml
lesbians to hi- upon iiIkiuI their
relationships even in Kugine
'll s llir Iimi nt uniting In-.it
tip lit VuUt friends Iii .it tip Ire
saiil "Its the Iimi losing
votir house rum insurant e
vtiui mb and unit lnuluitn.il
family These are r erv teal i mi
i em.s
I add said Ills willingness tu
lie open about himself has t ie
aled a till 111 his lamilv
M\ mothei and brother
know that Ini ga \ u e. tat her
does not In- said So thine
this undertow m our lamilv
and Its realh dltlir ult tm** aiise
ther re ins! too opt i..;hl to tall
about it
I mini! (rum a lairl\ well
edtli ated ha< ki'.mim.i and taint
h and I alwa \s thought tier
wile ’good Illieials I add
added Hut the\ haven't heeu
too good alnmt it IXen good
liberals rail lie pretty
homophobii
Soi ion - homophobia is re
niton ml li\ most people's as
sumptions that everyone is In i
eiosexual. I d said
It just pusses me oil hei ausi
ll's automat n a 11 v assumed that
we re straight, lie said 'Win
do people have to assume am
thing ’ Win i atr'l we just he
oursek es w hellrer that s gar or
straight or w hater ei ’
With soi let vs overwhelming
pressure to lie straight gav men
title!) hare to deal with inter
nali/ed homophobia ladd
said
\\ lien I w as t u st i oniing
mil although I tell deeply in
'■ide id me that I w as gar I real
ly didn't w ant to had gar he
-..ik! ' I was reallv si.art'll In hr
i-tfi-m i n,it«
"I h.iil to leant vvh,d gay
means It* me Does tl mean be
inn sw ishy and effeminate’
I add asked It doesn't n««c.t
sanly mean that, although it
i mild mean that Xml su what
it it lii»es
1 add rei oglti/ed himselt tu
In- masi uline and male-orient
ed Hill lie also learned that he
shouldn't (eel intimidated In
men v\ho an1 mule ettemmale
It s really sad bet attSe I ve
missed a hit uf jieuple in II1V
llle he( IIUSI I Ve been tut)
liomophobn nn self tu alum
im self tu see their beautv. he
said "1 am mm h mure i out
tui table with that now
Nil I le.11 rtde miiili'ls
prevents gays and lesbians
(rum having positive rule mud
i is like sliaighl people have.
I d said
I have a N'ortun Anthology
hunk ul pueirv hen and I real
l/e a high pen ent.ige uf (poets)
an- gav I d said Hut how ni
ten is th.il brought up in i lass
'You have tu dii all the ri
sen ri h vutirseli tu tind these
people hei ause they re ignored
by nv erall sin ietv I d said
And the lai k iit positiy e role
models is tough on a same se\
rela! lonship I add s.iid
A heterosexual model was
all I was ever shown l liat s all
that s visihle he said And
it s apparent that heterosexual
rote models aren't always
working even m the heterosev
uni 111 id mu it its. mm h less are
they winking in the guv lesbi
an. hisexu.il i iimmumtv
W hen v on si-i yourself as
I’holti b\ Mai k ^ li-n
\loiul.n s (,.n ,ind lesbi.in I’mlr rulh nas ,i time I full lurid
,mri Id i tniltl iwblii l\ r\/»r«*ss thrir .dirt turn lor r.n li othrr
the role mmlrl il s pn-ttN mti-i
i-sliny. I ll .IJ41 '**‘*1 I '•i n Ini
hcliTust'Mi.il relationships I hi
s< ripl is alri-.iih vvtithin mil II
it ilm-Mi'l work mil \mi know
w li.il In do
Hul Im y,i\ men you sort ol
inn i- In in.iki- il up us mu yu "
In s.iiii
In siiuu- w<ivs it s i-vi iling
hot ailse we have Ilif liberty .111>I
fri'i iluni In i rente out Ine s ns
\\ a sri' ill I add said
being gav is not bad I add
said It s i eltainU not easy
Hul anything that's worth
working tor is worth having
and just row arils will i nine to
those ullo HI Ilk
STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE
A ballot measure during the April 2(>-27 general election will address
changes being considered in the HHH)- HH) 1 studimt he.dth insurance pro
gram. The following are explanations of the four enrollment systems that
will appear on the ballot:
VOLUNTARY
I In si m it‘lit health hi mm .tin r rm ill I nil'll I sv strui i UI rr nil V Used .it l ill (> I in student is i i‘t|iin rti to pat tor I hr n ♦ nt ri ,u;r t hi mi it ill
mm t |t.i\ int'ii I nt premium In thr insiii.im r i .miri I hr t ost nt tin- plan t a mint hr mt I mini in tin slutlrnl s tint i tin trrs anti is nut rim
iih ii in I r i fi-iir i a I fill.mi lal anl pi nt* i a ills \ppi n\ inialri \ ill nt tin- uimrisitirs a ml inilr^rs in tin i mint i t rmplut a t nlunlart st s
Inn Xppnmnialch t in ot thr rhvphlr students are rxpet trd In enroll ill thr plan
MANDATORY/LOOSE WAIVER
Slutfriils an* antmn.itn alls rnrollnf in fin- sfuilt'iif iir.ilth insurant r plan unlrss lht*\ asst'rl lht*\ li.in- adnpiatr personal health instil
am r i ntrraur m pnsmial finaiit rs to t <>\«>r unrxprt ft'ti nirtllt al expenses Stmlrnts art* nut retjunrd to present prtml of insuiain r nr
tin a in 1.11 t t'stiurt rs I t pit all \ tin* stu tlmi Is sty; nut lire on a \\ ai\ r i prtitimi is su tin if ill proof I lit- i t* ntral atl\ anlau*’ to t ins t\ pr ol rn
i oil mint s\ sir in is that I fir important r ot stmifiil hrallli insiiiant r is hmui'ht to thr at trot ion of thr urnrial si mi rot populat r I In
ina in tiisatlx anta^r ot tins rm oil nit-lit s\ sir in is that I a r>*t' mi lit tiers of stmlrnts art* likelt to t omplrtr thr u .nn-i tv it hunt hat inn atir
tpialr hrallli insurant r ()ftrn thr stmirnt mistakenly hrlirt rs thr \ .trr still t ot rirtl under a parent or employer s hrallli insurant r
plan I hr t ost of thr plan is eligible untln ft'tlrr al finaiit lal aid prtn>ranis \pproximatrlt til of thr nation s t olle^es and unit m si
Ins « ui i rot It rm plot this It pr of en ml I me nt st stem \pproximatrlt tU t»0 of thr rliyphlr stmlrnts art* rx prt trd to enroll in thr stu
drill health insurant r plan J
MANDATORY/RESTRICTIVE WAIVER
Students are a ultima! it all\ enrolled hi the student health insurant e plan unless the\ i an prov e the existent e n! t tun pa Table health in
sin ant e t m er age Waiver pel it inns are tv pit all v ev aluatetl tin the basis of a) pi uni that the plan will remain in ellet t throughout the
at atlenin \ ear anti h| the I rent'll Is prov ided are equal In nr greater than the t tiv crage prov itled h\ the urmersitv nr t ollege 1 he t ust nl
the plan is eligible under federal finant nil aiti programs \ppruximatelv in nl the t nuntrv s t tillege anti universities empltiv this
tv pe tit enrnllment sv stem \ ppruximatelv tit) HU nl the eligible students are ex pet ted to enroll in the stuff ent health insurant e plan
MANDATORY
Ml students art' required In part it ipate in the univ ersitv - sponsored student health insurant e plan \u vv diver petitions are at « e pled
I he < osl nl the plan is eligible under federal finant lal aiti programs Xpproximalelv ”> nl the universities anti t nlleges hi the t nuntrv
furrentlv empltiv atornpletelv mantfatorv enrollment sv stem
For more information, please call the ASUO Health Insurance Office at :t4l»-:t702.
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