Seeking Acceptance on Fraternity Row

Despite tensions, more gay students are coming out within the Greek system

Photographs of scantily clad men adorned the walls of Michael Ernst's room last year -- not what you'd expect to find in a fraternity house.

Mr. Ernst, now a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, hid his homosexuality when he pledged Sigma Nu two years ago. But within a few months, the history major decided to go public.

Most of the fraternity

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