Brick waitress and Georgia College alumna takes pride in herself, relationship with girlfriend

Double majoring and working a job seems like a near impossible task for many college students, but for GC alumna Whitney Evans, it was just another thing for her to do.

“I tried out for the soccer team, but they had 34 girls on the team,” Whitney said. “The coach said since I just tried out for the team, he would probably just have to redshirt me.”

Whitney told him that she appreciated the opportunity, but she’d rather just pick up another major. That’s when she decided to pick up her second major.

Whitney graduated with her undergraduate degree in psychology and outdoor education in 2011, but she didn’t begin her collegiate career as a Bobcat.

“I originally went to Agnes Scott College. I probably would have stayed there, but it was a private school, so HOPE would only pay a percentage of it,” Whitney said.

She said the first year, it cost her $36,000 to attend Agnes Scott.

“Once my mom and stepdad found out I was gay, they threatened to stop paying for my school,” Whitney said.

After she left Agnes Scott, she attended South Georgia College for a brief period, but felt like it wasn’t for her. Whitney began her time at GC in the Fall of 2007. A year later she started working at The Brick and she has loved it.

“There is nowhere else I would want to work downtown, definitely not,” Whitney said. “Talking with other people that work downtown, I know we are really spoiled here.”

One of her closest friends and girlfriend works a few doors down at Buffington’s Burger Lounge.

“I remember right when we started dating cause it was 8/8/08,” said fellow GC alumna Molly Walker, who works as a server and bartender at Buffington’s.

Being gay in a small Southern town like Milledgeville provides the two of them with many challenges, but it doesn’t change who they are. However, it does give Whitney some different things to deal with as a server.

“More than anything I just have really perverted guys,” Whitney said. According to Whitney, men ask her to perform sexual activities with them that include Molly.

Like all servers, she has her normal rude customers.

“One of my tables has actually left me a half of a dollar bill for my tip, and I just pasted it to the back of my book to remind me to be humble,” Whitney said.

When she first started, she wasn’t sure if she should tell everyone about her sexuality, but decided to go ahead and do it.

“Ya know, when I first started here I was really hesitant about it, but I’m not very closed about it,” Whitney said. “It’s like if you don’t like me for who I am then you can go f**k yourself.”

This attitude carries over to her relationship with Molly, too.

“We don’t make out in public or anything, but I’m going to hold her hand or put my arm around her, I mean she is my girlfriend,” Whitney said.

The relationship has some of the same difficulties and idiosyncrasies as any other relationship.

“She’s very Earth-conscious,” Molly said. “We don’t use plastic bags when we go to grocery stores, and if I forget my reusable shopping bags, I’ll have to make like 25 trips back and forth to the car with a bunch of cans in my hand and other groceries. I do it for love though.”

Despite some of the problems the couple may face, the love they have for each other seems to push them through. Whitney knows that she will continue to confront obstacles in her life.

“I wouldn’t chose this life for anybody by any means, but I still love it.”