By Montana McCullough
Student Reporter
Northwestern students with different sexual preferences can now feel comfortable on campus.
The Gay Straight Alliance started as a group on campus to help Northwestern students who are struggling with their sexuality.
The group was put together to help those students feel comfortable around others.
Recently, more students have been expressing their different sexual preferences.With these students expressing themselves, some of them have been experiencing difficulties with other students.
People have been dealing with this problem for many years. Moreover, the LGBTQ+ community began to help those individuals deal with their everyday struggles.
LGBTQ+ is a group that consist of a diversity of sexual and gender identifying people. The group consist of people who identify as gay, bisexual and transgender.
There are several groups within the LGBTQ+ community. Activists starting using the acronym in 1988 when to be more collective to all groups.
LGBTQ+ has been fighting for the rights of its members since the 1990s. There has been controversy within the group itself, but the members are stilling fighting for the same rights.
People have become more comfortable with the LGBTQ+ community in recent years. Some people are still uncomfortable with people who have a different sexual preference than them, but more people are understanding of other’s decisions.
Northwestern is a university with a diverse group of people. Groups on campus consist of international students, people of different religious views and individuals with disabilities.
Northwestern tries to make each student feel as comfortable as the student should while the students are on campus. They do not want any student to feel uncomfortable based on their race, gender or sexual preference.
The group met on Thursday to advocate for the installation of a gay and straight group for students. Students from all walks of life came to the meeting to show their support for this new group.
In this group, there are people who are both gay and straight. The group is set up like this so that both sides can have their voices heard.
People in the group are there to help one another and try to understand why they feel the way they do. They keep an open mind about what each other has to say and give advice on how to deal with their struggles
The Gay Straight Alliance group meets on Thursday nights in the Education Building. The meetings are open to everyone in the Northwestern community.