Yale Daily News

Updated: Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 2:36am

Minority gays balance identities

Co-op group addresses specific concerns

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Staff Reporter
Published Friday, March 2, 2007
Before coming to Yale, Andrew Dowe ’08 attended a small Catholic all-boys school in Tampa, Fla. During his four years at the institution, he covered himself with not only a tie and dress pants, but also a false identity. Dowe, who is black, said he had expected that his arrival at a liberal college campus would be an escape from the conservative and largely Caucasian environment that made it impossible for him to come out as gay in high school.
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