"I know of students who are both republican and BGLTQ, but none personally. I'm as liberal as it gets," said Powell C. Eddins ’16. "It was interesting to hear how much of an issue it really is within the Republican community."
Yet Simon Gregory, a student at the Kennedy School, said that in the United Kingdom, where he is from, openly gay members of Parliament come from all parties.
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“Our barriers have been broken down years ago,” Gregory said.
—Michelle Denise L. Ferreol contributed to the reporting of this article.