Gay Communities

Streaming through “Princeton Reviews 331 Best” college bible, visions of tree huggers and modern day hippies fill my mind. To the outsider Middlebury appears to be a liberal and accepting school, however deeply rooted in these Vermont hills there is actually an abundance of hatred and ignorance toward the gay and lesbian community. With confidence I will say that an upward movement of acceptance and awareness toward those of different sexual backgrounds is on its way.
Growing up in the “Lesbian Capital of the World” (Park Slope, Brooklyn) stories such as burning a symbol of gay acceptance, a closet, is unheard of. Middlebury College has a much more conservative past than it appears to have, which has unfortunately produced such events. In “Gaypril” of 1998 the small yet growing gay community in Middlebury came together to express their want for equal acceptance and built a closet to represent this request. There act of courage was burnt down by others in the community...