This is in response to James Bascom's letter ("Coming Out Day does not belong at PSU," Oct. 20). You claim that homosexuality is an abnormality. What exactly is normal, Mr. Bascom? Perhaps heterosexual relationships are normal, maybe eating three square meals a day and getting eight hours of sleep every night is normal. Or perhaps having blond hair and blue eyes is normal, yes mein freund? It is my belief however, that there is no "normal." Humanity is a vast and diverse species. We are of different colors, languages, beliefs and behaviors, and we define ourselves by our own combination of these attributes. How dare any of us be so arrogant as to say that our own set is more normal than any others. I am who I am. I do not claim it is normal, or the right way to be. But it is my way to be, and that is what truly matters.