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GAY MEN BLACK FRATERNI
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.
BLACK, GREEK, AND GAY? IT'S TIME FOR ORGANIZATNS TO FALL IN LE
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.
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 .