A campus in transition

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A campus in transition
By Benjamin Jenkins
10 March, 2011


http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=45884


LGBT students at Central Michigan University walk a fine line between acceptance and rejection. While they know they can take solace in supportive student organizations, they're also wary of a vocal opposition that sometimes lashes out against progressive groups.

Last year, CMU's lesbian and gay student organization Spectrum put together a unique event for its Coming Out Week in October. "Many statistics estimated that ten percent of the American population identified as LGBT," said Sarah Winchester, political chair of Spectrum. "So we determined how many students would be LGBT on campus, and put a flag out in front of the CMU library for every one of those students."