I love being gay i love being republican]

I love hiring Kenyon grads or passing on their resumes to friends around town. Why is it important to you to be a Republican? Being gay and Republican never felt like identities that were at odds to Jerri Ann Henry. Sadly, radicals like Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Matt Gaetz have taken the GOP in an extreme direction, so it’s easy to want to dismiss conservative thinking as a whole.

I am widely active in local community life--most people know who I am before I introduce myself. At the time, the marriage equality conversation was approaching a tipping point, and I wanted to be a part of advocating for marriage — especially within Republican circles. Many people within the LGBTQ+ community view the Republican Party as this evil, bigoted, and horrific party. Milo Yiannopoulos and Peter Thiel are two highly successful gay Republicans, each in their own.

Interesting that you think I'm doing PR for the GOP. Couldn't I just as easily be doing PR for LGBT people within the GOP?. Kenyon is a place where ideas come first. Interesting that you think I'm doing PR for the GOP. Couldn't I just as easily be doing PR for LGBT people within the GOP?. I always thought the Republican opposition to gay marriage was not only irrational, but did not comport with actual conservative philosophy, which puts a premium on individual liberty.

I've written columns in favor of gay rights from a Republican perspective. Generally speaking, the principles of the Republican Party are more closely aligned to my own than those of the Democratic Party. Is there a throughline that ties them all together? A: I believe in limited government, I prioritize the individual over the state, I favor lower taxes. I've written columns in favor of gay rights from a Republican perspective.

Longwell, who was a political science major at Kenyon, lives in Washington, D. A: It was complete happenstance. What does gay or queer conservative ideology look like compared to how straight conservatives or Republicans think?. Q: You recently returned to Gambier for your 15th reunion. Any other thoughts on Kenyon?

I loved introducing Kenyon to my son, Edward. A: I love Kenyon. But I think Republicans often fail to live up to their principles. But the truth is, that isn’t the Republican Party at all. I am widely active in local community life--most people know who I am before I introduce myself. I am young, white, gay and a college student – not your stereotypical conservative Republican. In the classroom you were expected to challenge each other and to be challenged by the professors, and I never felt like expressing more conservative ideas was something that was unwelcome.

At the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Trump swore "to protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology.". Republicans in D. The current political climate is so polarized and the commonly held definitions of what it means to be a Republican or a Democrat seem to have been upended during the last election.

To many people, being a gay Republican might seem like an oxymoron due to the stigma that surrounds the Republican Party. I had a friend who was the political reporter for The Advocate here in D. So, she profiled me and all of a sudden my phone started ringing with calls from people and organizations wanting to get me involved.

Enter the world of gay Republicans and their often controversial political beliefs while gaining insight into what issues shape their views.

Enter the world of gay Republicans and their often controversial political beliefs while gaining insight into what issues shape their views. Enter the world of gay Republicans and their often controversial political beliefs while gaining insight into what issues shape their views. I think everyone in D. A: Do it! She grew up in a conservative Christian family in Texas and was door-knocking for local politicians.

It was new to me back then to talk about gay issues; I worked every day in politics and public policy but I had never been involved in anything specifically LGBT.