This past week, the Bowdoin Queer-Straight Alliance (BQSA), along with a variety of other campus organizations including athletic teams and Residential Life, distributed a large number of shirts with the phrase, "Gay? Fine by me." These shirts—worn yesterday as part of Yellow Shirt Day—were intended to create a show of support for gay students at Bowdoin. Yet as a gay student here, I find the message deeply problematic and misguided.
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