Freedom Rings members are members of the college community who are supportive of individuals who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered, or who are struggling on any level with those labels or orientation. Being gay or bisexual is more than being sexually active with a person of the same sex. This includes such private matters as love, affection, intimacy, spiritual, and emotional support as well as more public matters such as maintaining a household, combining finances, filing joint tax returns, and even whom you choose to dance with at a party. Sexuality is not just a component of our lives, but it deeply informs our identity. It is a simplification often used to limit the rights of GLB individuals, and to limit their ability to fight for those rights.
People are political beings.
What we read, what we eat, and who we socialize with are all political statements. Though there are some aspects of life that are more personal while others are more public, there is simply no clear split between the two.