For the first eighteen years of his life, wrestler Hudson Taylor didn’t think he knew anybody who was gay. But since graduating from the University of Maryland in 2010, he has spent much of his time standing in front of college athletes around the country discussing the importance of recognizing and supporting their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender peers.
With debate on gay rights dominating national politics and rainbow stickers slapped on laptops all over Whitman campus, it is clear that in recent years, LGBTQ issues have been brought to the front of the American consciousness.
