Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, December 9, 1987 Wayman, LaGRO( (Continued fromPage 1) people willing to participate on a limited basis. Wayman said that she learned to deal with her homosexuality at a relatively early age. She had been attracted exclusively to females since the age of four, and by the time she was 11 years old, she "realized it Wasn't going to change." She admitted her lesbianism to her family at the age of 14. Wayman's father, Jerry, said that after Carol opened up, she seemed to be much more comfortable with herself and got along much better with her family members than she had in the previous few years. T-, elder Wayman said that he approves completely of Carol's "Coming out" and of her in- volvement with LaGROC. His only concern, he said, is about "her future career choices. Depending on her choice of jobs, (her lesbianism) could hurt her. But I think she knows that... I'm very proud of her." But Carol also discovered that not all people would be as supportive as her family. AFTER COMING OUT, Wayman saw a psychiatrist to help her deal with the problems of trying to cope within a predominantly heterosexual world. "He told me that I was 'disgusting' and that I was going to hell," she said. She found similar problems in getting support from her peers. "I lost all of my straight friends from school" after admitting her sexual preference, she said. Wayman added that the lack of support which homosexuals receive from the community made her more devoted to her activities. "I had run track since I was nine years old, and this just made me run harder... you don't think about things when you're running," she said. When she entered college, Wayman began to focus much of this energy on work in the gay rights movement. As a first-year student, she started a lesbian/gay defend gc support group for students living in the Bursley residence hall. BUT WAYMAN soon dis- covered that homophobia was as present in Ann Arbor as it was in her hometown of Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Wayman made no secret of the fact that she was a lesbian, and was often seen putting up gay rights posters around her residence hall. These posters were frequently ripped down by students and she started finding messages such as "fucking lesbians" written on her room door. Wayman responded to the abuse through a method which she called "Disarming the Jerks," responding to their hostility with friendliness. She recalled one incident when a group of students were yelling "Hey, lesbian" at her as she walked around Bursley. "I walked up to them and said, 'Oh, hi, are you gay, too? Have you heard of the lesbian/gay support group...?' They didn't know what to do... they don't expect that, they want you to be really hostile." She said that the verbal abuse "didn't really offend me... it was like yelling, 'Hey, straight person."' Through her work at LaGROC, Wayman has organized several events to increase public acceptance of homosexuality. One such event was a gay "Integration Night" held at Dooley's last month, in which she helped organize a group of 50 to 70 homosexual students to go to the bar. Wayman said that the purpose of the Integration Night was to demonstrate how homosexuals are ty rights discouraged from displaying affection publicly. She said that some of the bar's patrons threatened violence against them and that the disc jockey initially refused to play any slow songs. MORE RECENTLY, Way- man and LaGROC have been pushing for a change in University bylaw 14.06, which forbids discrimination on the basis of such characteristics as race, sex, and religion. They want the bylaw to be amended to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation as well. Wayman said that she has become increasingly involved in the political aspects of gay rights because homosexuals "have done a great job of supporting each other, but not of getting our rights.., it's still completely legal to discriminate against gays." Wayman said that LaGROC has made several important advances, including the establishment of full- time hours for the University Gay Advocate's office and the inclusion of homosexuals in the University Affirmative Action Office's "Tell Someone" program. But she added that there still needs to be significant changes in public attitudes toward homosexuals. She said that both University administration and civic government need to take action to make prejudice against gays unacceptable. "We want people to realize that you don't have to be heterosexual" to live a normal life, Wayman said. "We want them to say, 'It's OK to be gay, and we'll protect you."' HEALTH & FITNESS A Recreational Sports IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports French expel Khomeini critics PARIS - France expelled 17 opponents of the Khomeini regime yesterday in what appeared to be another step in a plan for restoring normal relations with Iran and securing the release of French hostages in Lebanon. The government denies any deal the fundamentalist Shiite Moslem regime in Tehran, but recent developments indicate an arrangement. Welcoming two freed hostages home Nov. 27, conservative Premier Jacques .Chirac said resumption of normal relations with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's government was desirable but could not occur until all French hostages were released. Still held by pro-Iranian extremist groups in Lebanon are French diplomats Marcel Fontaine and Marcel Carton, and journalist Jean-Paul Kauffman. A fourth French citizen, researcher Michel Seurat, is believed to have died or been killed in captivity. Gunfire may be cause of crash CAYUCOS, Calif. - A fired airline worker who wanted to kill his boss smuggled a .44-caliber Magnum handgun onto a jetliner whose crew reported gunshots just before a fiery crash killed all 43 on board, ABC News reported yesterday. The airline confirmed that a fired USAir employee and his former boss were on Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, which crashed Monday afternoon. USAir recently bought PSA. "At this point it does not appear that it was an accident," said Richard Bretzing, special agent in charge of the FBI in Los Angeles. "It appears at this point-and has yet to be substantiated- that it was a criminal act on board that caused the craft to come down." "We have no basis to believe that the accident was caused by a mechanical reason or a crew error," PSA President Russ Ray said in a memo to airline employees. Critics question accuracy of airport security checkpoints WASHINGTON - Airport security checkpoints have confiscated thousands of weapons over the years, but critics say the screening is uneven among airlines and airports and FAA spot checks have shown guns may often get through. The accuracy of passenger screening programs at airports came under fire earlier this year after a series of test by the Federal Aviation Administration revealed that one out of five mock weapons escaped detection at screening checkpoints. The findings prompted the Transportation Department last summer to direct the FAA to "take more aggressive enforcement actions" against the airlines so screening procedures are improved. Some air carriers "have an interest in minimizing the costs of providing security," the task force concluded. The airlines are responsible for the screening. Legal group praises Kennedy WASHINGTON - An American Bar Association panel decided unanimously yesterday to give Supreme Court nominee Anthony Kennedy its highest rating a week before the Senate opens hearings on him. The ABA panel's rating of "well qualified" was a boost for Kennedy, a federal appeals court judge who is President Reagan's third choice to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. The 15-member ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary rated Kennedy, 51, well qualified to serve on the Supreme Court, Justice Department spokesperson Terry Eastland said. The other possible ratings were "not opposed" and "not qualified." EXTRAS Entrepreneurs want to bring world peace, pizza to Russia PISCATAWAY, N.J. - While the superpower leaders are talking about arms control, a couple of New Jersey entrepreneurs are dealing with the Soviet Union to advance the cause of world pizza. 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