A betiful weddg vio between two gay, Ain-Amerin men has gone viral and received ment ntroversy.
Contents:
- A GAY KAPPA WEDDG: THE LATT EVENT CHALLENGG BLACK AMERI’S HYPER-MASCULE ARENAS
- GAY MEN BLACK FRATERNI
- A ATERNY BROTHER PH BACK - "I AM PROUD TO BE GAY"
- MY BIG, GAY, ‘GREEK’ WEDDG? FRATERNY IN UPROAR OVER SAME SEX NUPTIALS [VIDEO]
- GAY KAPPA'S MARRIAGE SPARKS CONTROVERSY
- THE GAY KAPPA DIVORCE
- KAPPA GAY WEDDG CS ONLE CONTROVERSY [VIDEO]
- BETIFUL GAY KAPPA ALPHA PSI WEDDG GO VIRAL [VIO]
A GAY KAPPA WEDDG: THE LATT EVENT CHALLENGG BLACK AMERI’S HYPER-MASCULE ARENAS
A YouTube vio of Nathanael Gay, a gay member of the Kappa Alpha Psi aterny, marryg his partner has bee a social media trendg topic. * gay kappa *
When the vio of Robert Brown and Nathanael Gay's weddg went viral last week, Kappa Alpha Psi, a historilly black aterny, found self amid "spired" ntroversy.
Gay, a member of the anizatn, was pictured throwg up the aterny’s hand sign wh other men prent at the crimson-and-cream themed ceremony (the anizatn’s lors). It wasn’t much longer before “gay Kappa weddg” beme a social media trendg is one of many recent exampl of black gay men publicly emergg om hyper-mascule social arenas. This summer, Wa Davis spoke openly for the first time about beg gay the NFL, and Frank Ocean brought homosexualy to the foreont of the hip-hop muny by disclosg his bisexualy.
GAY MEN BLACK FRATERNI
Next Saturday, Jonathan Hensely will proudly be the first openly gay Kappa Sigma his chapter to wear the Kappa Sigma graduatn sash wh his aterny’s lors and badge on wh pri. Photo provid. * gay kappa *
Their public disclosure served to remd that there’s a lot at stake for black men who break the of silence about homosexualy.
A ATERNY BROTHER PH BACK - "I AM PROUD TO BE GAY"
Homophobia the Black muny is a horribly kept secret and the marriage between Robert Brown and Nathanael Gay has once aga brought to the surface. * gay kappa *
Dcribg his lifelong, "robot"-like sire to nform and be accepted by others, Wa Davis's open letter to young, gay athlet offers troublg sight to the 11 years he lived a "refully crafted heterosexual life. Frank Ocean mt have faced a siar dilemma about riskg his artistic succs, as Kappa Alpha Psi member Nathanael Gay probably did about brotherhood wh his aternal men were ntug a tradn of self-scribed "pneers" who me before them. Wt, for example, is a gay wrer, emcee and tellectual who has been challengg hip-hop's homophobic landspe through poetry, scholarship and documentari for s.
When people don’t f the script anymore, we have to eher reject the old claim or rewre the script of black masculy to f this new inty of gay. The emote n be ed to ask someone about them beg homosexual/part of the LGBTQ muny on.
Robert and Nathanael are both livg up to the aterny's purpose, as well as refg wh this major 's be real: Many people this world are gay. Hontly, there are gay people who are members of Kappa Alpha Psi and other predomately Ain-Amerin aterni and sorori.
MY BIG, GAY, ‘GREEK’ WEDDG? FRATERNY IN UPROAR OVER SAME SEX NUPTIALS [VIDEO]
The Tom Joyner Morng Show talked wh Nathaniel Gay who is a black gay man at the center of ntroversy for a recent vio showg his weddg nuptials wh hband Robert. * gay kappa *
Here's my challenge to gay and gay-rights-supportg members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta, Sigma Gamma Rho and Iota Phi Theta: Live your tth and make a stand for equaly. Teens and young adults across the world aspire to be part of the prtig anizatns, and many of the aspirants are ed gay.
The gay populatn is a muny that uld benef om more posive rercements. 8, 2012, Nathanael Gay married Robert Brown Lexgton, Ky. The weddg's lor scheme (red and whe), as well as Gay and some weddg atten holdg aloft the same hand signs (reprentg a Playboy bunny), bpoke Gay's aternal affiliatn: Kappa Alpha Psi.
Here enters the ntroversy: The weddg brought unwanted natnal attentn to the fact that some black aterny members are gay and may be cled to marry other men. Given the ntroversy, Gay participated a rad terview wh Tom Joyner to clear up the misnceptns surroundg the weddg ceremony. Gay noted that the weddg was not meant to be affiliated wh Kappa, spe the aterny's crimson-and-cream lor scheme.
GAY KAPPA'S MARRIAGE SPARKS CONTROVERSY
remember the two? nathanael gay and robert brown of the "gay kappa weddg"? well a vix-bi updated me that they are head for a "gay kappa divorce". * gay kappa *
To Gay, the weddg lors were tend to reprent love and his hband's favore lor (red), not Kappa. Gay also noted that the image of him photographed wh his pledge brothers, performg their signature hand sign, was not tend to nvey a "gay Kappa weddg. Gay dited that he believed the weddg vio's dissematn to have been at the hands of a member om a "rival" black Greek-letter anizatn (BGLO).
THE GAY KAPPA DIVORCE
Chief among the issu is the place of gay members black aterni. There have only been two groups of scholars to rearch issu around gay men black aterni.
KAPPA GAY WEDDG CS ONLE CONTROVERSY [VIDEO]
Alan DeSantis and Marc Coleman (Kappa) studied the attus of members of four black aterni about gay members, and Drs. Rashawn Ray and Kev Spraglg (both Alphas) studied the experienc of gay Alphas. The rearchers found that homosexualy is rarely if ever openly discsed black aterni and is only engaged orr to nmn .
DeSantis and Coleman found that notns of masculy fluence black aterny members' attus about gay members.
BETIFUL GAY KAPPA ALPHA PSI WEDDG GO VIRAL [VIO]
BGLO members found the latter tras to be ditive of femy or homosexualy.
Stigmas attached to homosexualy may lead to gay pledg beg treated worse or harsher than normal, although most gay members don't believe that they were personally treated differently. Most gay members feel nsc of their stat wh the BGLO, and many feel unfortable around heterosexual members.