If you have been involved with the Ann Arbor LGBT community at any point since, say, 1971, chances are you know Jim Toy. He may have even saved your life.
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College can be an intimidating place - even without the added pressure that being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender can add. While you are trying to fit in, find your niche and, a lot of times, start over completely from the comfort and friends you had in high school, you are also faced with an entirely new setting and crowd to come out to. And though colleges are known for being liberal and may help to cement one's personality as an out, proud adult, they can also be places where discrimination and hate crimes happen.
There was a time when gays didn't seem to bother McCain much. Back in the day, he called Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell "agents of intolerance." But that was eight years ago - a lifetime in politics. Since then, McCain has been schooled via Bush University where the "agents of intolerance" are regents. And as he vies for the presidency yet again, he's courting the right hard.
With the glow of a nerd writing a mathematical proof, Rainn Wilson responds to our warning - "this is about to get gay" - like he's been building up to this moment.