Still in DC. And kind of.
Um…I didn’t come out to myself until I got to college. I didn’t openly identify as queer until I started dating a woman on campus. But the LGBTQ community on campus is…I’m not sure really. I’m not even an official member of Howard gay and allied student group CASCADE.
I’ve always had a warm welcome, but because the community is growing, it’s becoming a bit colder. Even when I wasn’t out, there was a…connection among the gay students on campus. Everyone knew each other. Everyone said hi and acknowledged each other.
But Howard’s campus climate toward the gay community is great. The same disapproving assumptions and negativity that exist in the black community toward “down low men” are reflected here, but I have not seen or experienced any bullying or hatred or violence. Not in recent years, anyway.
Idk if that answered your question, but please feel free to ask anything else.
Peace
