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Contents:

• A GAY KAPPA WEDDG: THE LATT EVENT CHALLENGG BLACK AMERI’S HYPER-MASCULE ARENAS
• GAY KAPPA'S MARRIAGE SPARKS CONTROVERSY
• A ATERNY BROTHER PH BACK - "I AM PROUD TO BE GAY"
• GAY MEN BLACK FRATERNI
• MY BIG, GAY, ‘GREEK’ WEDDG? FRATERNY IN UPROAR OVER SAME SEX NUPTIALS [VIDEO]
• THE GAY KAPPA DIVORCE
• BETIFUL GAY KAPPA ALPHA PSI WEDDG GO VIRAL [VIO]
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS KAPPA SENS UBUD
• GAY KAPPA GROOM NATHANEAL GAY SPEAKS ABOUT HIS MARRIAGE
• KAPPA GAY WEDDG CS ONLE CONTROVERSY [VIDEO] 
• DOMIQUE ON THE GAY KAPPAS & MORE
• IS DAVE KAPPAS GAY?
• GAY MEN BLACK FRATERNI
• BETIFUL GAY KAPPA ALPHA PSI WEDDG GO VIRAL [VIO]

A GAY KAPPA WEDDG: THE LATT EVENT CHALLENGG BLACK AMERI’S HYPER-MASCULE ARENAS

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.

GAY KAPPA'S MARRIAGE SPARKS CONTROVERSY

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.

A ATERNY BROTHER PH BACK - "I AM PROUD TO BE GAY"

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. 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.

GAY MEN BLACK FRATERNI

“If you wd up beg a aterny that reacts negatively when you e out, you need to stand your ground and ph back, ” Hensley told The Gayly.

So wh the aterny culture that we are acctomed to hearg of – the homophobia, bullyg, and alholism – what do he have to say to those who are terted pledgg, but unsure if they will be weled? So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me.

MY BIG, GAY, ‘GREEK’ WEDDG? FRATERNY IN UPROAR OVER SAME SEX NUPTIALS [VIDEO]

” In addn, I was prsured to rign, beg told by some brothers that they had no problems wh homosexuals, they jt didn’t want them their aterny.

Dpe all this, I was told by the Vice Print of our Chapter that several homophobic members of the chapter weren’t “fortable” wh havg a gay brother and wanted my rignatn or expulsn, and some brothers even went as far as suggtg that my sexualy was not patible wh beg “gentlemanly” if I were gay.

THE GAY KAPPA DIVORCE

I was soon advised that I was gog to face a judiciary board ncerng my homosexualy, and though I was terrified of beg unjtly expelled due to my sexualy, my love for the teachgs of the Kappa Sigma Fraterny at ’s heart, and the enuragement of several amazg iends om At like Alejandro Herrera and Jp Ponce, who have nsistently enuraged me to stand up for what was right, and stood behd me when thgs were gettg rough, gave me a rolve to stand up for my belief that my sexualy was not a reason for me to rign or face expulsn. Around that time, I was also asked by Dylan Fontenot to “please stand up and fight, bee this area of the Deep South homosexuals still face physil attacks, harassment, disowng by fay members, and ostracizatn by their iends.

And I am gay.

For the past four years I have worked above and beyond to graduate wearg their lors, and next Saturday I am termed to proudly be the first openly gay Kappa Sigma our chapter, and to my knowledge the ep South to wear the Kappa Sigma graduatn sash wh our aterny’s lors and badge on wh pri. To the brothers who n’t get over the fact that they have a gay brother and react rage and anger, I say, “get over .

BETIFUL GAY KAPPA ALPHA PSI WEDDG GO VIRAL [VIO]

I e out as gay right now hop that no other stunt will ever have to face this type of fear, terror, harassment, and hate aga, and will be ee to be themselv whout fear of retaliatn.

The Gayly – 12/9/2015 @ 9:00 p. 8, 2012, Nathanael Gay married Robert Brown Lexgton, Ky.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS KAPPA SENS UBUD

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 KAPPA GROOM NATHANEAL GAY SPEAKS ABOUT HIS MARRIAGE

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.

KAPPA GAY WEDDG CS ONLE CONTROVERSY [VIDEO] 

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.

DOMIQUE ON THE GAY KAPPAS & MORE

There have only been two groups of scholars to rearch issu around gay men black aterni. 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.

IS DAVE KAPPAS GAY?

BGLO members found the latter tras to be ditive of femy or homosexualy.

GAY MEN BLACK FRATERNI

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).

BETIFUL GAY KAPPA ALPHA PSI WEDDG GO VIRAL [VIO]

For those foced on the argument that BGLOs were found on Christian prcipl, homosexualy is nsistent wh biblil teachgs. 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.