Sacramento State students and members of the community are invited to tonight’s cultural game show, Guess Who’s Gay, to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community at Sac State.

The Guess Who’s Gay game show is brought to campus to celebrate the LGBT community during Queer History Month. The event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today in the University Union’s Hinde Auditorium.

The Guess Who’s Gay panel will be composed of 10 participants. This year’s panel will represent lesbian, gay, bisexual, and straight sexual orientations.

The panel is asked both trivia and personal questions from audience members. When the questions are completed, the audience members vote by a show of hands to determine their best guess at the participant’s sexual orientation.

Josh O’ Connor, the host of Guess Who’s Gay, said he brought this event to the Sac State campus five years ago because of his passion for breaking down stereotypes on college campuses.Alex Harris, junior business major and PRIDE Center co-coordinator, said that the audience is often surprised at the results.

“We set out to prove that in the gay community – yes there are those flamboyant men and there are those really butch lesbians, but everybody comes in all shapes, sizes, and interests, so why can’t the queer community?” Harris said.

Harris said the PRIDE Center is trying out a new element this year where the panel will be required to dress in black shirts and jeans to eliminate the clothing factor in determining the panelist’s sexual orientations.

“Basically we look for people who are not only ambiguous in appearance, but ambiguous with the things they like to do to sort of get the audience thinking. In the past we had a guy who is gay and his favorite pastime is working on cars with his dad. The audience guessed him as straight, so that sort of situation where you know, gay people can do this too,” Harris said.

Alysson Satterlund, Director of Student Activities at Sac State, said Guess Who’s Gay is an important event at Sac State because it celebrates and recognizes the campus’ diverse community.

Harris said that the overall purpose of Guess Who’s Gay is to educate people and to prove that the queer community isn’t just one stereotype.

Stefanie Bullock, junior pre-nursing major, said she has never attended Guess Who’s Gay before, but is anticipating tonight’s event.

“I think it’s a great event to teach people about stereotypes. I personally think that I am not judgmental when it comes to different sexual orientations, but I am curious to see what my predictions are and how I base those decisions,” Bullock said.

O’ Connor said that Guess Who’s Gay’s mission is to prove that the queer community is not always one stereotype and to make allies through the event.

“The purpose of this event is so that folks do not judge a book by its cover,” O’ Connor said.