William Simpkins discusses his experience coming to Virginia Tech as a student from the local area in the late 1990s and coming out as gay while here. He talks about the history of gay student groups at Virginia Tech in the late 1990s and their programming, including Wear Jeans if You're Gay Day. He also shares his thoughts on the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the preservation of LGBTQ+ history and the experience of his generation of gay men.