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Students at Portland State unite in the Park Blocks for National Coming Out Day
A small tent adorned with rainbow sheets, pictures of muscled men and pin-up girls sits in the South Park Blocks. A large purple curtain decorates the front of this makeshift display, with a sign that prominently displays “The Closet” hanging from the top.
Then the display opens – gay and straight students alike come out smiling.
The closet display is part of “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are,” a National Coming Out Day celebration that PSU and its Queer Resource Center (QRC) held yesterday on campus. This is the first time the annual event was held in the South Park Blocks.