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miss entycing · 10-06-2010, 08:17 PM

Students Lie Down To Stand Up Against Homophobia
Furman University Event Supports Gay Community

Mandy Gaither, WYFF News 4 Reporter
POSTED: 9:00 pm EDT October 6, 2010
UPDATED: 9:22 pm EDT October 6, 2010

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. -- In light of recent suicides of young men bullied because of their sexual orientation, some Furman University students and staff sent out a message of support to the gay community.

Around 50 of them laid down outside the campus library Wednesday to stand up for those who have killed themselves.

Signs with pictures of Billy Lucas, Seth Walsh, Tyler Clementi, Asher Brown and Raymond Chase were held during the event. All of the young male students have killed themselves since early September after reportedly being bullied or harassed because of their sexual orientation.

While Furman hasn’t had the tragedies other schools have felt recently, Dusty Roether, the president of the campus organization EROS, which stands for Encouraging Respect of Sexualities, said some students have transferred in the past after feeling harassed at the school.

"If something like this can happen at Rutgers then something like this can certainly happen at Furman," said Roether. "If we can't even feel comfortable on our own campus, then something needs to be done."

Flyers were also passed out during the event to tell people who passed by what was going on and how each person can help achieve acceptance for the gay community.

“Everyone needs to show their support for diversity and for everyone else so that these tragedies don't happen again," said Rene Travis, a student who participated in the event.

Roether said EROS is holding other events on campus like Safe Zone, where students of all sexualities come together to talk about how prejudice can be reduced.

Copyright 2010 by WYFF4.com.

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