By Ashley Foy

Lesbian and gay awareness on Central Connecticut State University’s campus seems to be growing stronger by the day.

With the opening of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) center at CCSU last fall, a lot of work has been done to provide support to the homosexual community. Following recent news of multiple gay teen suicides, a much different approach to gay rights was taken at the Fag Life: A Conversation with Fred Phelps comedy show at Central Connecticut State University.

A very warm and welcoming atmosphere greeted students last Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Semesters where a multitude of students gathered around the stage to hear Brent Sullivan’s comedy show.

Brent Sullivan is a 27-year-old gay comedian from Brooklyn, NY. The mood in the room stayed as Sullivan took the stage where he clearly looked like he belonged. The Fag Life show is a racy comedy act that has Sullivan commenting on sound bytes of Baptist Pastor Fred Phelp’s radical views on homosexuality.

With the sound bytes he plays and comments he makes, his point of Phelps being ridiculous is made clear early on.

He goes into detail about how insane this man seems to be, and that rather than being detrimental to the gay society he actually helps it, as the vast majority of straight people would be turned off by his extreme anti-gay antics.

Those who didn’t get to hear Sullivan’s raunchy jokes and Fred Phelps insults during the show he did at CCSU can catch it in New York City at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 23.

The next large event the LGBT center will be hosting on campus is the conference on Social Justice, on Oct. 27.

All CSU (Connecticut State University) students and faculty are charged only $5 entry. Non-CSU attendees must pay $55. Breakfast and lunch are included in the price, as well as several interesting speakers including Jessica Pettitt.