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.
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. Their public disclosure served to remd that there’s a lot at stake for black men who break the of silence about homosexualy. 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.
GAY MEN BLACK FRATERNI
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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. 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.
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 *
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.
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 *
Gay noted that the weddg was not meant to be affiliated wh Kappa, spe the aterny's crimson-and-cream lor scheme.
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).
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.
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 *
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. BGLO members found the latter tras to be ditive of femy or homosexualy.
THE GAY KAPPA DIVORCE
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. To fight the stigmas attached to homosexualy, many gay members feel that they mt validate and thentite their masculy so that other members regard them as "te" brothers.
It wouldn't be surprisg to fd a sizeable portn of heterosexual black aterny members who believe that gay members should eher be expelled or have their nduct regulated (or to have gay aspirg members refed membership). For those foced on the argument that BGLOs were found on Christian prcipl, homosexualy is nsistent wh biblil teachgs.
KAPPA GAY WEDDG CS ONLE CONTROVERSY [VIDEO]
Flamboyance, however, n cut agast both heterosexual and gay men. Yet others believe that the prence of gay members n damage the anizatns' brand. However, the same dividuals fail to nsir how a whole range of black aterny members' behavrs damage the anizatns' brand and how the "brand" argument may simply panr to the attus of homophob.
Ultimately, the belief, if acted upon, that gay members should be n out of town by sundown uld be the of BGLOs. This puts black aterni that (or members who) might seek to discrimate agast gay aspirg llege chapter members, for example, to nsir the implitn of such a policy on the viabily of llege chapters. Probably the most legimate ncern that heterosexual members have about gay members is that some gay members are more than happy to transgrs the bounds of brotherhood.
BETIFUL GAY KAPPA ALPHA PSI WEDDG GO VIRAL [VIO]
They are not only ntent to date their own aterny brothers but view their aterny as "preyg grounds" to pursue members and aspirg members, gay and heterosexual, alike.
Moreover, anxieti about homosexualy wh the ranks of black aterni may have a nstrag effect on how black masculy is performed by members, fluencg issu like amic achievement, hazg and the abily of members to work together effectively on matters ternal and external to the anizatns. The discsn about heterosexualy, homosexualy and masculy is long overdue wh black aterni. LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA—Jonathan Hensley will graduate om McNee State Universy on Saturday wh honor as both a proud member of the Kappa Sigma aterny and a proud gay man.