Gay Fraterni: Small, but Gag Steam New York and Elsewhere - WSJ

Contents:

• GAY HISTORY OF MEN’S FRATERNI
• YOU’RE NOT BREAKG BARRIERS BY BEG GAY A ATERNY
• GAY AND GREEK: THE EXPERIENCE OF BEG GAY AND A ATERNY
• THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF AN AMERIN FRATERNY
• MY ATERNY YEARS AS AN OUT GAY MAN
• GAY MEN BLACK FRATERNI
• THE LAMBDA: ALL THGS GAY & FRATERNAL
• GAY MEN FACE CHALLENG WH U.'S ATERNI
• GAY FRATERNI: SMALL, BUT GAG STEAM NEW YORK AND ELSEWHERE
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

GAY HISTORY OF MEN’S FRATERNI

While there have always been gay and bisexual men aterni, is only the last that they have been acknowledged, sometim accepted, and often rejected. As a rult, new aterni have been found which ter to gay, bisexual, and straight progrsive men and the anizatns ntue to flourish on mp today.

” Case ascertaed that the percentage of gay men who are aterni is siar to the percentage of male stunts on mp who are gay or bisexual.

YOU’RE NOT BREAKG BARRIERS BY BEG GAY A ATERNY

On average, the male rponnts were able to nfirm (om knowledge received eher durg or after llege), that 5 to 6 percent of members their aterny chapters were gay or bisexual. He also found that gay and bisexual members joed a aterny for siar reasons as heterosexual members, namely to fd iendship and mararie, as a social outlet, and to have a support group and sense of belongg. The tenncy toward “over-achievement, ” Case believ, reflected a need of gay and bisexual male stunts for self-validatn and acceptance om the aterny.

GAY AND GREEK: THE EXPERIENCE OF BEG GAY AND A ATERNY

The Lambda 10 Project Natnal Clearghoe for Gay, Lbian, Bisexual Fraterny and Sorory Issu was found 1995 at Indiana Universy to heighten the visibily of gay, lbian, and bisexual members of the llege aterny system by servg as a clearghoe for rourc and tnal materials. Three years later, Out on Fraterny Row: Personal Acunts of Beg Gay a College Fraterny was the first book to look closely at the llective experience of sexual inty and aterny life.

THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF AN AMERIN FRATERNY

This anthology chronicled the posive impact of gay and bisexual brothers wh aterny life, the llective harms of homophobia on iendship/brotherhood, and the prevalent “nial dynamic” jog a aterny–the belief that somehow by jog a aterny my “gay feelgs” will subsi.

The experience of gay and bisexual men vari greatly pendg on the men wh the chapter, the llege mp climate, and the natnal aterny learship. The acceptance of gay and bisexual aterny brothers is relatively greater when members jo the aterny closeted, tablish a close iendship and brotherhood, and then disclose their sexual inty. The Lambda 10 Project documents s of men who have been kicked out for beg gay or bisexual as well as men who are weled or accepted for who they are.

For some openly gay and bisexual men wantg to jo a aterny, that may only leave one choice: a gay and bisexual sensive aterny. Free of heterosexism and homophobia, the aternal environment provis a safe, fortable space for men to velop a strong sense of iendship and a balanced sexual inty—whether be gay, bisexual, or heterosexual. The men are able to ga the promise of aterny life—iendship, valuable learship skills, and a posive self-teem whout the hostily and hatred often prent toward gay and bisexual men a tradnal aterny.

MY ATERNY YEARS AS AN OUT GAY MAN

Delta Lambda Phi wnsed solid growth the late 1990s and is currently the olst and largt gay and bisexual sensive aterny wh over twenty-five chapters and loni.

Many men are g to mp openly gay and bisexual, so the need for such aterni will only crease as more men are lookg for the aterny experience whout the heterosexism and homophobia. While gay men and bisexuals are certaly fdg more opportuni to be a part of the aterny experience, transgenr stunts will face a tougher battle, pecially if they want to jo existg aterni.

GAY MEN BLACK FRATERNI

As more and more people e out of the closet and at younger ag, aterny members will see an crease the number of gay and bisexual men who sire to be a part of the Greek experience (Baker 2002).

THE LAMBDA: ALL THGS GAY & FRATERNAL

As a rult, llege admistrators as well as natnal aterny lears will likely place more emphasis on creatg policy, practic, and tnal rourc that affirm the prence and acceptance of gay and bisexual members. In addn, aterni found to provi the Greek experience to gay, bisexual, and perhaps even transgenr stunts will ntue to grow both the number of chapters as well as the number of stunts per chapter.

GAY MEN FACE CHALLENG WH U.'S ATERNI

<> Listg of Delta Lambda Phi lol aterny chapters as well as historil background rmatn on the foundg of the anizatn, ’s prcipl and valu as the first and largt natnal aterny for gay, bisexual and progrsive men. <> Rource clearghoe of tnal terventns, books, articl, personal says and other web lks related to sexual orientatn issu aterny and sorory life as well as a listg of over 4000+ openly gay men and women llege aterni and sorori to work for visibily and support of g out today on mp. Gay people throughout time have had to make their own fai, and I unrstand the appeal of wantg a group of iends you n ll your “brothers.

The other day I watched a TikTok where an openly gay whe aterny brother joked about how he has to make sure that girls know that they are “safe” around him bee he is not straight. In a sense, he knows that aterni are famo for beg a dangero place for women, but for some reason beg gay absolv him om that part of the aterny?

GAY FRATERNI: SMALL, BUT GAG STEAM NEW YORK AND ELSEWHERE

Gay people are no strangers to vlence, pecially sexual vlence, so why would you as a gay person ntribute to a culture that perpetuat ? In fact, I was told by a member of one of the aterni I tried to sh that “they probably wouldn’t bid a member if they knew that he was gay.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

It may seem like you are breakg barriers by beg gay a aterny, but all you are dog is ntributg to the toxicy that so many are still victims of on mp. “And I fet what he said exactly, but he said ‘I jt wanted to say I hope you sh the hoe, bee you ma me qutn what I always thought (about gay people).

ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS

“So what I was thkg, ” Ohlger said, “what really me down to was, if I uld change the opn of how 60 straight at guys viewed one gay person, or the whole gay muny, while I hung out wh my bt iends and had a really good time, why wouldn’t I do ? He said, however, that om his experience, when you view on an dividual level, most of the aterny members the IFC aren’t unacceptg of gay people.

“Whenever someone starts jerkg around and sayg (homophobic) thgs, but not necsarily meant to be rogatory, that kd of feeds to those perceptns. “But you know you need to put up some sort of faça, ’s part of somethg that you learn growg up that most people, most gay guys do and I’ve talked to other gay guys who are the same way. One major factor that ntribut to the perpetuatn of the Greek stereotype on mp is the lack of visibily of gay stunts aterni.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

Bee many gay stunts feel unfortable g out to their brothers and, turn, don’t e out, people both si and outsi the Greek muny are unaware gay members exist wh the system. Javier, who me out to his aterny brothers as an unrgraduate at Rockhurst Universy Kansas Cy, Mo., spoke about the stereotyp and perceptns that surround the Greek muny and the psychology behd why many gay stunts feel unfortable g out.

“There’s been gay marriage proposals a variety of stat sce that survey, so I thk maybe that fluenc peopl’ perceptns of how they teract wh the LGBT muny, but I don’t know how much or if has at all, ” Parrz said. “One of the reasons straight-intified men don’t intify as alli is bee they don’t want to be mistaken, quote unquote mistaken, as gay, ” Javier said. But they meet you and they see you’re ol, like all of a sudn beg gay isn’t some weird thg, some strange alien, not some crazy thg they’ve jt hear about, ” Ohlger said.

No, this is a story about thgs I saw and heard and experienced, but don’t end wh me steppg bravely forward and proudly clarg my homosexualy to the world and fdg my place . Afterward, my broad-shoulred stoner iend sually told Jason that “What we did was okay, bee I heard you have to do three tim wh a guy to make you gay. In the aterny which I belonged, a small subset of iends began referrg to the annual fall visatn of alumni as “Homog Weekend.