OU student talks about journey from ‘misfit’ status to campus leader

Jay Tyus, the president of the OU Queer Student Association. Photo by Cat Gonzales/OIDJ.
At first there was no activism, no planning and no teamwork. Nowadays the Queer Student Association, or QSA, at The University of Oklahoma is becoming an active organization. Jay Tyus, a 20-year-old third-year student, transgender male and president of QSA, has come from a harsh background but hopes for a good future.