This year's National Coming Out Day, titled 'Talk About It,' will be celebrated by the Marshall University Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender Outreach organization and LAMBDA Society today.
Information about coming out, available resources for those in the process of coming out, a display of different individuals who have come out in popular culture and the unveiling of a surprise project will be featured in the Memorial Student Center.
"We are not telling people to come out, we are just showing people are out," Douglas Evans, LGBTO co-director, said.
The surprise project, one of the day's features, will be unveiled and will be on display in the LGBT Outreach offices the rest of the year.
"Hopefully the whole thing will be very eye-catching, we will also have rainbow colored skittles out to draw people in," Evans said. "We have tried to invite student groups, so hopefully it will be a good turnout."
The LGBTO also will have a display in the MSC Wednesday in observance of the death of Matthew Sheppard, as well as other victims of hate crimes.
"On the 12th it will change tones and become more of a quiet day," Evans said. "We will have navy blue ribbons because that was Matthew Sheppard's favorite color."
The LAMBDA Society will have a "Hate Crimes Stories Told" board on the MSC plaza. Students are invited to stop by and share stories of hate crimes or any issues about coming out.
Other events planned this month include a Film Festival and guest speaker Dan Renzi from the Real World Miami.
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