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Rainbow Union holds Coming Out Week for Drake’s campus (TimesDelphic)

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Colors of every shade flooded campus this week for Rainbow Union’s annual Coming Out Week. Stephanie Gibb-Clark, a junior vocal performance major and president of Drake’s Rainbow Union, has been working hard to put on this week’s events in honor of Drake’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Questioning and Allied community.

“Coming Out Week, is in conjunction with National Coming Out Day,” Gibb-Clark said. “Rainbow Union, in particular, finds it important for students to understand that you don’t need one special day each year to feel comfortable about coming out as LGBT. Instead, every day should be a safe day to come out. The week-long celebration just creates awareness on campus. People come out every day and that should be celebrated.”

On Sunday, Rainbow Union kicked off the week by providing what every college student loves: free food. Students of all sexual orientations came out for “BBQueer,” a cook-out on the lawn in front of the Comes As You Are house.

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