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Contents:

• GAY AND GREEK: THE EXPERIENCE OF BEG GAY AND A ATERNY
• THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF AN AMERIN FRATERNY
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
• ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS
• ‘FRAT BOY’ CULTURE AT ACTIVISN BLIZZARD: GROPG, JUNK-GRAB ‘GAY CHICKEN’ GAME, ‘THE COSBY SUE,’ CED CALIFORNIA SU. EMPLOYE WALK OUT

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

The Syrace Universy chapter of Theta T was spend this week after the school’s newspaper, the Daily Orange, published shockg vios of at boys makg racist, homophobic, anti-semic oaths and engagg tly plorable behavr. Related: Rich Frat Boy Says He’s The Real Victim In Antigay Tira Agast Uber Driver, Plans To File Lawsu Agast The “Mimum Wage F*ggot”. The vios also clu simulatns of oral sex, masturbatn, glory hol, and dg e, and crackg homophobic jok: “Get together and [talk] about their signifint others while drkg different w and talkg gay girly accents!

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But, rather, Ohlger thought he wouldn’t be wele the aterny once the brothers found out he was gay. “I didn’t thk the whole, beg a at and beg gay went together at all, ” Ohlger said.

THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF AN AMERIN FRATERNY

“Oh, I didn’t tell you guys, but I’m gay, ” Ohlger told the brothers. He was always tellg people he was homophobic, jt that kd of person, ” Ohlger said.

“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). “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 ? His ial ncern that aterny life and beg gay don’t mix ronat throughout the LGBT muny.

Numero other gay men who are aterni are eher not out to their entire hoe or only out to a select few. Their reasons for wantg to rema anonymo are all the same — that most or all of their brothers don’t know they are gay. Steve pots to what he lls the “du culture” as the reason many gay men are not fortable g out their aterni.

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

Steve said that this “du culture” often tim lends to the perceptn that the Greek system on mp is homophobic. 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.

He spoke about his thought procs behd tellg some of his brothers that he is gay. “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. Greg, a junr an IFC aterny, hasn’t yet e out to anyone his aterny except for one other brother who is also gay.

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. “They don’t want to be perceived as gay, so that’s a road block to someone who actually do re about LGBT people. A gay guy might as well be an alien.

JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS

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.

At least not I most fely was not at a aterny for two stunts who attempted to attend a aterny party at the Universy of Memphis, beg outwardly gay - or for beg gay - or perceived to be gay - or mored to be gay - was a triment.

Hopefully, progrs ntu, and one day brgs to an end to the era of macho at boys and closeted gay guys. We n't jt bsh a broad stroke and label all at boys and athlet homophob. But, for those few who are fervently antigay, they reprent one of two s pictg two very different double liv of some at boys and gay men on llege one si of the hate-filled at boy , you have those who nduct themselv well class, and around mp, but when they are wh their brothers and their peers, particularly at parti, that drastilly flips, revealg ugly nduct.

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

And while we're learng about the cint at the Universy of Memphis, how many other gay stunts have been nied accs, not jt to parti, but to a secretly non-clive aterny that might have among s ranks those who sisterly mock, gra, vilify and sissify gays? For most closeted gay men on mp, there exists a different one si, for example, is the shield of a football broadster, sports edor, stunt senator, the gregar partier, and on the other the shield of secln - a closeted gay stunt who don't dare reveal his te nature for fear of beg shunned by peers, and at parti. The quietly gay men ntue to hear about the stgg news of cints of bigotry, hate crime beatgs around mp, and tragic, vastatg suicis of gay llege stunts.

‘FRAT BOY’ CULTURE AT ACTIVISN BLIZZARD: GROPG, JUNK-GRAB ‘GAY CHICKEN’ GAME, ‘THE COSBY SUE,’ CED CALIFORNIA SU. EMPLOYE WALK OUT

What if they knew I was gay? We now have prom kgs who are gay, prom queens who are drag queens, and prom queens who are simply proudly have out llegiate athlet, stunt lears and gay aterni; however, some s our openns hs a wall, and those walls are those brick-led at ho that s forebodgly on the edge of llege mp and on the edge of our n still ny. Contued exposure and g forward n help ero the lter of the two, we n only hope that someday there is ls loose change the antigay at boys piggy bank and ls ppers the closeted gay penny Casey is a PR profsnal and an Adjunct Profsor at Wagner College New York Cy, and a equent lumnist for The Advote.