Found 2011, the Sexual Inty Fom (SIF) provid an affirmg and safe muny for LGBTQIA+ stunts at Baylor Universy. In 2019, SIF rebrand to Gamma Alpha Upsilon, or Baylor GAY, to ntue providg a safe and brave space for queer stunts at Baylor uld e together and participate activi, learn om stunt-lead lectur,…
Contents:
- DPE STRICT BAPTIST DOCTRE, BAYLOR TAK STEPS TOWARD A GAY-TOLERANT CAMP
- GAMMA ALPHA UPSILON’S PREMIERE ‘GAY PROM’ EVENT OFF MP
- JOURNALISM AND NEWS REPORTG ON BAYLOR GAY
DPE STRICT BAPTIST DOCTRE, BAYLOR TAK STEPS TOWARD A GAY-TOLERANT CAMP
Over the last few years, LGBTQ stunts at Baylor, the world’s largt Baptist universy, have begun g out of the shadows. At the same time, more and more members of the universy’s faculty are showg public support for those stunts ways that would have been risky jt a few years ago — ways that clu showg up to an unofficial-official gay club meetg. * gay upsilon *
Delta Phi Upsilon’s missn shall be to build better brothers by enuragg tellectual achievement, improvg the public stature of gay people, promotg uny among gay men and support a progrsive tert the social and civic welfare of such men. Award dividuals who unselfishly serve the LGBT the high scholastic achievements of s members and gay men of the muny. Rec and reta gay men of high moral and ethil standards to execute the aterny’s missn, visn and programs throughout the natn.
Th Delta is now listed as a muny service anizatn rather than a “social” general, aterni are seen at first as stat symbols, but the gay man of lor has, and always will, have needs more prsg than mere stat seekg.
GAMMA ALPHA UPSILON’S PREMIERE ‘GAY PROM’ EVENT OFF MP
The well-ted gay man of lor, who is unable to fd any outlets for his potential for learship and service and has been nied affiliatn wh the kds of groups open to heterosexuals, se this aterny as a means of ially servg the immediate muny and ultimately the larger muny of regn and natn. Although more opportuni for affiliatn have bee available to gay men of lor, the sense of history, tradn, thenticy and belongg ntue to be the drivg force, which motivat them to seek membership Delta Phi brothers now steadfastly hold to the open motto “Service whout Expectatn. ” We have bee a brotherhood of llege-md gay men of lor dited to muny service staed by the prcipl Brotherhood, Friendship, Loyalty Jtice and Temperance.
Gay and lbian stunts were hopeful a 2015 policy change uld pave their way to more rights at Baylor Universy, one of the untry’s most proment Baptist lleg. Although Baylor elimated language om s nduct that characterized “homosexual acts” as “mis of God’s gift, ” LGBTQ stunts say they rema margalized — unable to form stunt groups and barred om accsg stunt activy funds or rervg mp space for meetgs.
JOURNALISM AND NEWS REPORTG ON BAYLOR GAY
Baylor has nied a charter to one LGBTQ anizatn — now lled Gamma Alpha Upsilon, or GAY Greek letters — for eight years, acrdg to the group’s members. It has also pted openly gay stunts and their alli agast those who believe revisg the issue uld upend the universy’s relig nvictns and refe s inty. Before 2015, the universy’s misnduct policy referenced “homosexual acts” alongsi ct and abe, offens subject to disciplary procr guid by “nstctive fivens.
A separate “human sexualy” statement strongly disurag stunts om participatg “advocy groups” that promote a ntrary unrstandg of sexualy, cludg homosexualy.