John hensley gay

by Sara Ritsch
Staff Writer

LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA—Jonathan Hensley will graduate from McNeese Declare University on Saturday with honor as both a proud member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and a proud gay man.

To Hensley, the final days of his college career mean achieving a well-earned degree. The words that he has spoken during these last days, however, have single-handedly achieved more than that.

On Sunday, December 6th, Hensley “came out” on Facebook after months of harassment and assault from his fraternity brothers and friends.

As a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, Hensley faced prejudicial aggression that could own seriously injured him physically, if not emotionally, and social outcasting that brought him to the gesture of homelessness. Despite his undeserved obstacles he achieved an incredibly high grade point average and his own school colors are decorated with a number of academic achievements that he can proudly summon his own.

From the first moment of attempted intimidation by his frat brothers, his response was to “push back.”

“If you wind up being in a fraternity that reacts negatively when you come out, you need to stand your ground and push back,” Hens