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Hawes (third from left) enjoys his moment in the spotlight during Peacock in the Park on June 30 K nowledge I s P ower “Until I met Kyle I did not think there was anyone out there that 1 would click with for the Hawes says he had not planned on telling his long term,” he says. “I assumed that I would be family right away—until they paid for his col- spending my life alone, which saddened me. But lege, he jokes—but the secret soon made its way Kyle and I do have a healthy relationship, one to his home. that I enjoy very much and learn from every day. “Giving such a speech in a small town, word We share common goals, aspirations, work gets around quickly,” he says. “My parents know ethics and intuitions.” and are quite supportive. While it may not be a Hawes’ step out of the closet also paid off in topic of family conversation, it is accepted. My another way. At this summer’s Peacock in the mother and 1 talk about it quite often, as well as Park he was awarded an Audria M. Edwards my love life." Scholarship, which was “an absolute thrill.” Since that dramatic day in his English class, “To know that 1 had such support from the Hawes says life in Prineville has been relatively gay community gave me such peace of mind,” he serene. Prior to the speech he occasionally heard says. “Not only financial but moral support is a the “stabs” of homophobic slurs and was the sub- wonderful feeling.” ject of a few rumors, but once he came out that Hawes will use the money to study premed at all changed. Linfield, with the long-term goal of becoming a “There was nothing for people to talk plastic surgeon. He also is looking forward to about," he says. “It was quite peculiar but good attending school in Southeast Asia during the all in all.” undergraduate program. Hawes acknowledges Prineville is lacking in Although Hawes has big plans for the future, cultural and ethnic diversity, which conditions he also has good memories of his past in many people to reject anything outside the Prineville. Even though he generally has found mainstream. But he says that he is friends with acceptance in his hometown, he advises other many of the prominent residents of the commu- young gays and lesbians in rural Oregon to come nity and that the overall cli out carefully. mate since he came out has “Make sure that you have "Com ing out gave me a been nothing but positive. your ducks in a row and that “The majority of the you are ready,” he says. “You huge sense o f security cannot completely predict town is either indifferent or a n d stress relief. No supportive,” he says. “How how everyone will react. Always count on your best ever, there are the select few longer did I have to friends to be there for who are very actively against homosexuality, and you...they will be. And watch everything I said, those few could make life know yourself well, what you did o r how I acted. I stand for and what you miserable.” Hawes, who has known believe in. This is all about could be m e, a n d people he was “different” as far back you, and you are doing this knew who I w as." for yourself. Coming out as he can remember, definite ly struggled with his sexual gave me a huge sense of — Morgan Hawes orientation. security and stress relief. No “It seemed from what I longer did I have to watch was hearing from various people around me that everything I said, did or how I acted. I could he gay was had, evil and wrong somehow,” he says, me, and people knew who 1 was. Coming out is “1 developed the feeling that I was being pun- a great feeling, hut people should do so at their ished, and I felt terrible, as if I had done some- own discretion. ” j n thing wrong. Time progressed, and I realized that I was myself, and this was me. I found out MORGAN H awes would be happy to share his that there were other people out there like me, experiences with others who are facing similar and some of the people around me might actu- challenges. He can be reached at ally he wrong.” captainmurganboi@hotmail.com. Hawes already has developed a relationship with a “significant other,” which he admits sur- TOM STEVENSON is a Portland free-lance writer prises him. who also grew up on the “other side” of Oregon. 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