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...curious glances are nothing new to Kwong—not for the openly gay former President of the Harvard Republican Club, one of the most vocal conservatives on a predominantly liberal campus, providing a fierce presence for the Grand Old Party in campus debates over the course of his college career...
...culmination of these efforts was a forum at Harvard last fall between the Stonewall Democrats and Log Cabin Republicans, the national-level gay contingencies of both major parties. The national chairs of each organization debated which presidential candidate was best for the LGBT community, the type of discussion Kwong says he feels needs to be had at Harvard. “I feel like being a gay Republican, and being open about it, I can help change views of the people around me.” Kwong says...
...Part of the reason I’m going into academia is because I realize that the Republican Party will continue to fail if it doesn’t apply lessons in the classroom and research to everyday political situations,” Kwong says...
...there is a voice asking to be heard on the copy-conservative side right now, it’s that of Sheffner, who has worked on copyright issues with broadcast giants NBC and Fox, and recently served as a special counsel to the 2008 campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain. With a little time on his hands following the November election, Sheffner, who had some journalism experience on Capitol Hill prior to law school, turned to blogging about copyright issues—a sector where, he said, there was a need for a more conservative viewpoint...
...photos from the 2008 Republican National Convention...