Guess Who's Gay aims to break homosexual stereotypes
By Lauren Reeves
Posted on Oct. 14, 2012, at 9:09 p.m.
http://mainecampus.com/2012/10/14/guess-whos-gay-aims-to-break-homosexual-stereotypes/Students of all walks of life gathered in the basement of Gannett Hall on Wednesday to play this year's first game of "Guess Who's Gay" put on by the University of Maine Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services and Wilde Stein Alliance for Sexual Diversity.
Chelsea Barker, the LGBT community services coordinator is in her second year working on her master's degree in counseling education. She believes "Guess Who's Gay" has a strong impact on students for breaking stereotypes and helping students "to ask, rather than assume" about someone's sexual orientation.
"Guess Who's Gay" may sound slightly offensive, but the event is meant to break stereotypes and common misconceptions about people in the LGBT community. Wilde Stein president Chris Dubois addressed the audience about getting to know people for who they really are before putting labels on them. There are many stereotypes and categories for people to be easily pushed into, but "these don't accurately represent someone," Dubois said.
