Sex and Such

First article.
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No one’s going to tell you that relationships are all smooth sailing. The truth is they are messy and they can be even more so when they aren’t between a man and a woman. I’m sure you’ve all seen the GSA room in the CMU with the bright rainbow flag and wide open door, occasionally glimpsing a person reading a book or someone typing on the computer. You know it’s there and you see it’s active. However, what many people don’t know is that MSUM has a larger GLBT community than most of its students realize. In fact, I believe this campus has the largest concentrated GSA and GLBT community in the area. That’s a lot of people, right? Right. This column, focusing on the issues and concerns of the GLBT community at MSUM, will be the first of its kind regularly published in the Advocate. This population is now getting a much needed voice that will reach you: the students of MSUM, and hopefully encourage a better and more supportive understanding between everyone on the campus. After all, how do you come to know someone if there is no communication? I along with the other members of the Advocate staff have high hopes for this column and active response and feedback from all of you readers would be much appreciated. Spread the love I say! But I digress. Transsexual, bisexual, asexual (well maybe not you guys), homosexual, or straight. Due to the nature of human interaction, a relationship between two or more people is bound to have it’s kinks, questions, and concerns. In short, it’s going to have its issues. Some of these issues are important to share with the world, and some of these issues, if brought to the attention of others, no longer become an issue in the future. So who better to start gathering the attention than a friendly, non-biased bisexual who has no qualms getting down to the nitty-gritty of any subject. Don’t get me wrong though. Even though I am bisexual, by no means do I assume or mean to imply that I am an expert on all things GLBT. No one is truly an expert on such matters but that is why we have this column. I’ll do my very best to represent the voices of my fellow students and state the issues that demand attention. I certainly do have a fair share of experience that I can offer to the column myself, and I’m hoping that others will embrace this opportunity as I have. Embrace your individual voices my friends, because if you don’t use them, you’re never going to be heard. I’ll take the risk and say that now that the initial ‘acceptance stage’ is out of the way, we need to step up and put a little time into the ‘understanding stage’. Understanding the person sitting next to you, the person across the hall, the person sitting in the GSA room reading a book, maybe even understanding yourself. You are a college student. You live, love, work, and play in Moorhead, and so do I: your friendly, non-biased bisexual columnist. Thus, with that, I formally announce that the Advocate is here representing with open hearts, minds, doors, and closets, the issues important to a strong and vital community on MSUM. Stay tuned, and stay curious.