It's Pride Week at Clemson University

[GoodWord28]

https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/gantt/lgbtq-programs/pride-week.html



May this week be filled with love, tolerance, and celebration as one United Clemson Family!

 

[CU1TruTiger4Life]

Things sure have changed since I was a student.

 

[GoodWord28]

Things sure have changed since I was a student.

For the better, I'm sure.

 

[Tiger at State]

will get bites

 

[poates6]

I’m proud to be a tiger every week of the year. Why just one week of pride in Clemson University????

 

[Florida Tiger]

Things sure have changed since I was a student.

You have no idea

 

[Solid Orange Blood]

Things sure have changed since I was a student.

 

[CU1TruTiger4Life]

 

[GoodWord28]

I’m proud to be a tiger every week of the year. Why just one week of pride in Clemson University????

Gay Pride.

 

[VTiger15]

I'm just going to leave this here:

Queer Coloring Break

Thursday, April 5 from 11:00am - 1:00pm in the Gantt Multicultural Center Student Lounge (Brackett 300)

Take a breather with a grown-up coloring session! We have a relaxing range of coloring sheets with LGBTQ-friendly, body-positive, and life-affirming themes to suit every taste and skill level. Colored pencils and sharpeners are provided, too -- just bring your creativity so you can have a lollipop, listen to some low-key music, and do some chill coloring. Got a class? No worries. At this drop-in session, you can come when you want and leave when you're done. Coordinated by the Department of English.

 

[Every name taken]

I'm just going to leave this here:

Queer Coloring Break

Thursday, April 5 from 11:00am - 1:00pm in the Gantt Multicultural Center Student Lounge (Brackett 300)

Take a breather with a grown-up coloring session! We have a relaxing range of coloring sheets with LGBTQ-friendly, body-positive, and life-affirming themes to suit every taste and skill level. Colored pencils and sharpeners are provided, too -- just bring your creativity so you can have a lollipop, listen to some low-key music, and do some chill coloring. Got a class? No worries. At this drop-in session, you can come when you want and leave when you're done. Coordinated by the Department of English.

This can't be real, can it?

 

[MillerHighLife21]

This can't be real, can it?

I am also wondering now...I always assumed stuff like this was made up by conservative political groups. If this is actually real...am I going to have to start taking Fox News seriously?

 

[ChicagoTiger85]

https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/gantt/lgbtq-programs/pride-week.html



May this week be filled with love, tolerance, and celebration as one United Clemson Family!

I wonder when this changed from "Gay Pride" to just "Pride." It was a nice marketing move, for sure. I just hope nobody's being forced to participate in any of this and that the university feels it needs to put its imprimatur behind what amounts to activism.

Anyway, 7/10 tWZ troll thread.

 

[tigersrule#]

I'm just going to leave this here:

Queer Coloring Break

Thursday, April 5 from 11:00am - 1:00pm in the Gantt Multicultural Center Student Lounge (Brackett 300)

Take a breather with a grown-up coloring session! We have a relaxing range of coloring sheets with LGBTQ-friendly, body-positive, and life-affirming themes to suit every taste and skill level. Colored pencils and sharpeners are provided, too -- just bring your creativity so you can have a lollipop, listen to some low-key music, and do some chill coloring. Got a class? No worries. At this drop-in session, you can come when you want and leave when you're done. Coordinated by the Department of English.

Could this be where the ‘Woo hoo” originated?

 

[GoodWord28]

Could this be where the ‘Woo hoo” originated?

The woohoo is a clemson tradition now.

 

[poates6]

Gay Pride.

Got him

 

[wdrcu75]

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[Ron Munson]

I'm just going to leave this here:

Queer Coloring Break

Thursday, April 5 from 11:00am - 1:00pm in the Gantt Multicultural Center Student Lounge (Brackett 300)

Take a breather with a grown-up coloring session! We have a relaxing range of coloring sheets with LGBTQ-friendly, body-positive, and life-affirming themes to suit every taste and skill level. Colored pencils and sharpeners are provided, too -- just bring your creativity so you can have a lollipop, listen to some low-key music, and do some chill coloring. Got a class? No worries. At this drop-in session, you can come when you want and leave when you're done. Coordinated by the Department of English.

I am so glad I got out in the mid 2000s.

 

[PAWrocka]

The woohoo is a clemson tradition now.

oooooooo strong .... a troll inside a troll ... a troll inception

 

[VTiger15]

This can't be real, can it?

You wouldn't think, but it appears to be legit. That lollipop tho.

 

[GoodWord28]

oooooooo strong .... a troll inside a troll ... a troll inception

? It is. There may or may not be a proposal coming this week to include a variation of it in the Alma mater this week.

 

[TigerLion06]

https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/gantt/lgbtq-programs/pride-week.html



May this week be filled with love, tolerance, and celebration as one United Clemson Family!

The funniest thing about all this is not the week and events but the reactions and notions this stuff brings. They could get rid of all this for all I care or keep it. It's the SIXTH annual drag show. How has Clemson been in the last 6 years? Tons of great things happening in sports and academia over that same period. The drag show that I'm guessing only a few in this thread have attended had done nothing to impact my experience with Clemson. I'm a graduate and many of you are not and if you're not most likely you only care about the sports aspect of the school.

Watson flourished during this time, we signed Dexter and Trevor Lawrence, Christian Wilkins and a host of others, hired a new and seemingly great baseball coach, made it to a sweet 16 in basketball, other sports doing well AND a top 25 public University, all while having a pride week most go unaware of. Just ignore it all like I do. I wonder why some if you are so negatively impacted by this stuff. The loudest against some topics have found to be secretly participating in those same activities. Just look to our congressman.

 

[Esso Porch]

IMO we should change our mascot to "Lions"

 

[DimeBeerNight]

Meh. This is pretty tame compared to what's going on at other campuses. Who cares?

Some colleges are becoming incubators for students to get out in the real world and believe Marxism is the only way.

 

[MillerHighLife21]

I have no issue with having a pride week at the school...I just can’t believe that “life affirming, body positive coloring books” are considered a draw. There are so many things going on under the hood of that...

 

[TigManinSC]

Can someone explain what “gender nonconforming” is?

Does this mean that you feel like you should haven been showering with the sorority girls even though you are a man? Because if so I was afflicted with this disease for years and it’s gone undiagnosed till now.

 

[ecptech91]

Can someone explain what “gender nonconforming” is?

Does this mean that you feel like you should haven been showering with the sorority girls even though you are a man? Because if so I was afflicted with this disease for years and it’s gone undiagnosed till now.

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Rachel Maddow gets uglier everytime I see him

 

[MaxCalifornia]

Too many micro aggressions ITT. I need to find a safe space ASAP.

 

[essoclemsontiger]

Ah yes, the monthly gay bashing thread on the West Zone. I wonder how this one will go?

 

[dbjork6317]

https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/gantt/lgbtq-programs/pride-week.html



May this week be filled with love, tolerance, and celebration as one United Clemson Family!

And to think when I was there I thought the top 20 initiative was a pain in the ass.

 

[CU Alumnus]

I'm just going to leave this here:

Queer Coloring Break

Thursday, April 5 from 11:00am - 1:00pm in the Gantt Multicultural Center Student Lounge (Brackett 300)

Take a breather with a grown-up coloring session! We have a relaxing range of coloring sheets with LGBTQ-friendly, body-positive, and life-affirming themes to suit every taste and skill level. Colored pencils and sharpeners are provided, too -- just bring your creativity so you can have a lollipop, listen to some low-key music, and do some chill coloring. Got a class? No worries. At this drop-in session, you can come when you want and leave when you're done. Coordinated by the Department of English.

Alright - You know how people say that Millennials are snowflakes, can't do anything themselves, can't handle tough times, are wimps, etc?

Well - things like this ARE......NOT.....HELPING!!!!!!!

(and this has zero to do with the gay part)

Can someone explain what “gender nonconforming” is?

Does this mean that you feel like you should haven been showering with the sorority girls even though you are a man? Because if so I was afflicted with this disease for years and it’s gone undiagnosed till now.

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It has to do with how we went from two genders to 37.

 

[tigdad]

https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/gantt/lgbtq-programs/pride-week.html



May this week be filled with love, tolerance, and celebration as one United Clemson Family!

We were always proud of Clemson before....why have they set apart one week for pride?

 

[steele-tiger]

I have no issue with having a pride week at the school...I just can’t believe that “life affirming, body positive coloring books” are considered a draw. There are so many things going on under the hood of that...

I doubt they are a draw. They just have an event that will get less than .5% of the student body.

Who knows though we had an babysitter with a kid in college that was big into adult coloring books. They were just coloring books, but I guess people find cooling in the lines relaxing.

 

[srgaylo]

 

[nealchick]

I just hope that if they are truly in favor of inclusiveness that they would not be offended if a bunch of current or former students showed up expressing their straightness and pride in that as well.

N---

 

[CU Alumnus]

I doubt they are a draw. They just have an event that will get less than .5% of the student body.

Who knows though we had an babysitter with a kid in college that was big into adult coloring books. They were just coloring books, but I guess people find cooling in the lines relaxing.

The adult coloring books are becoming a "thing". They have more intricate designs - patterns and artistic crap. Stuff like this:

You know - as opposed to The Incredible Hulk, Spongebob, and Optimus Prime.

But advertising a "coloring break" is NOT a good look.

 

[casellers84]

No problem with supporting inclusiveness but Clemson is a national research university. If you want to color go to pre-school again like Billy Madison.

 

[dharryIII]

I am so glad I got out in the mid 2000s.

Might want to rethink your wording given the nature of this thread...

 

[TKL67]

 

[KennyRogersRoasters]

I didn't know my dad had 20 different accounts on TI. Surprised so many people are upset about this.