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Lake in the Hills man is DePaul's first openly gay student president

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Anthony Alfano, of Lake in the Hills, DePaul University's first openly gay student body president, sits at the University House on campus. Alfano, who began telling his closest friends several years ago that he was gay, officially "came out" to the world Oct. 10.

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Anthony Alfano, of Lake in the Hills, is DePaul University's first openly gay student body president. Though he struggles with some aspects of the Catholic faith, Alfano says the University has been overwhelmingly supportive of him.

Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

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When Anthony Alfano was an eighth-grader, he first began wrestling with the idea that he might be gay and he felt compelled to keep everything bottled up inside. The former captain of the Huntley Raiders varsity hockey team, he was aware of homophobic attitudes that existed both on and off the ice. Today, Alfano has put those worries behind him as the first openly gay student body president in DePaul's 113-year history.
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    • Anthony Alfano, of Lake in the Hills, DePaul University's first openly gay student body president, sits at the University House on campus. Alfano, who began telling his closest friends several years ago that he was gay, officially “came out” to the world Oct. 10.
    • Anthony Alfano, of Lake in the Hills, is DePaul University’s first openly gay student body president. Though he struggles with some aspects of the Catholic faith, Alfano says the University has been overwhelmingly supportive of him.
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