Protestors' messages are scrawled in chalk graffiti across campus. Covering public walking areas and several walls around Westminster Hall at Whitworth University, Spokane, Wash. | Ben Gallaway/ The...

October 11 marks National Coming Out Day, recognizing those who are coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer LGBTQ or as an ally. The official recognition began 29 years ago on the...