Beta Phi Omega
 

I was browsing the net and ran across an organization named Beta Phi Omega Sorority, Inc. I though it was very interesting. They are supposed to be a lesbian sorority but they are geared towards all women. What do you all think about them?

http://www.betaphiomega.net

I have come across no less than ten sororities geared towards lesbian women and I honestly have no problem with them at all. What they do is their business and it is nice to know that many women have the initiative to create something that they feel is needed for their community.

What I do find interesting is that at least three of these sororities were founded in Tallahassee. Having gone to school here for three years, I have not noticed a large gay population and I have yet to hear about any events that these groups have sponsored. I have heard many rumors about underground happenings because the community, at least at FAMU, is not very welcoming openly gay students.

Tallahassee does have a large gay population. It just isn't like Atlanta where people are all open about it, lol. I think you just kinda have to know "the scene" (perks to havign a gay roomie, lol).

The bad part is the "underground" sororities are actually gay men who call themselves AKA's/Deltas/Zetas/SGRhos (yes I have met "members" of each). They even wear colors/letters and stroll at the gay clubs. It is somewhat disconcerting.

Along that line, just this morning on the Steve Harvey radio show in Los Angeles, they had a gay gossip columnist (I think that's what he does) and he was claiming that he is a sister of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and was even doing the sorority call! He did the call repeatedly, and louder each time! Steve Harvey had a fit, as you can imagine, and apologized to all the sisters who may have been listening. I say more power to those who start organizations for those with alternative lifestyles, but really, I would be SO ANGRY if a man (any man) was claiming to be a sister of my organization!! :rolleyes:

http://www.kpsik.org/

saw this on kazo. at least these cats have their own joint.

Tally-ho
 

That's funny, like ClassyLady, I lived in Tallahassee for 3 years while attending FAMU and I did not recognize a large gay community. I always heard rumors of underground activities, but nothing like what Librasoul mentioned. That is a bit much.

ps- I miss Guthrie's and the Set :D

Re: Tally-ho
 

I never would have known about it if my roomie hadn't dragged me to certain gay clubs.

Also...omg, I so need to get a Gut Box now that you mentioned it!!! :D

I know there was a reason I didn't listen to the show this morning!

he was on again!
 

The same guy was on again the very next morning around the same time (8:40am or so). He calls himself "Sunshine" and he was doing the sorority call again and was referring to Shirley Clark as his "soror." (I don't know if she is a member of the sorority, but even if she is, this guy has nerve!) He was also saying "I love ALLLL my SORORS!!!" Then some other man who was on the show (I don't know who he was because I tuned in late) was commenting on how "Sunshine" was decked out in "AKA green" capri pants with a pink purse.

I don't know if this "Sunshine" is a regular now, but he was giving the daily horoscopes. As a sorority woman in general, I am annoyed by this particular person's lack of respect. :rolleyes:

Re: he was on again!
 

I live below L.A. and listen to Harvey once in a while (I prefer www.kkjz.org for mainstream jazz). Now, I'm going to have to pay attention.
:eek:

Re: Re: Tally-ho
 

LMAO @ "gut box"!!!

I never realized how many people called it that! How bout I used to have the best hook-up at Guthrie's. I could get whatever I wanted and only had to pay for the drinks but then my stupid friend up and quit.

Re: Re: Re: Tally-ho
 

[HIJACK]

Me tooooo!!! The people that work at Guthries do NOT care, lol. That seals it. I am getting Gut for lunch today.

New to me
 

I decided to go through the links at B Phi O's site and ran across some other interesting things:

Omicron Psi Omega http://www.geocities.com/OmicronPsiOmegaInc/

Which I am assuming is their "sister" organization. What is puzzling to me is this:

Friday November 17, 1911 marked the founding of what is now known as Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Many years later, Sharron R. Washington, A. Davis, Fareedah A. Thompson, Tyesha S. Gates, L. M. Jones, Giovonnie S. Batttles, Tawana D. Turner, Glenda N. Lee, and rashetta G. German pledged their
eternal love and devotion to the organization. The eternal love and devotion that these nine individuals had within their hearts, along with deep determination to have something of their own led to the founding of Omicron Psi Omega Incorporated on April 21, 2000 at the George W. Firestone Building in Tallahassee, Florida.

It is truly one thing to start your own organization with your own history and ideals. But this is totally different.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Tally-ho
 

See...Imma need one of yall to send me a gut box. :( I miss those darn things...and the Tuesday nights at BW3. ;)

Now as for the gay clubs in Tally my friend told me about one out by that cross street of Thorpe and Old Bainbridge road near Jefferson Commons. I don't know if it was true or not though but he said that was the local hot spot.
Other than that, I didn't really notice a large gay community in Tally...maybe I wasn't paying attention though.

i see the need for these sororities/fraternities for gays, lesbians, bi-s, trans, i really do. it's the lack of orginality that's the thing. okay, the organization seems to copy Omega Psi Phi in a way, your mascot is a poodle and your flower is the African violet. like there aren't tons of flowers or dog breeds to choose from:rolleyes:
and Beta Phi Omega, i'm sure they are a great org. but the poses in a few of the pix...they really don't put their sorority in the best light.
okay, i may sound like a snob but i'm not the alone, i'm sure:p

I am a little confused.
 

Is Omicron Psi Omega a female version of the Ques? I looked through the Beta site and I was amazed by the line names : Droopy, Care Bear, Da Bouncer, Nasti and Jaz-ee. As my ism says that ain't cute. I can understand the need for the organizations but enough is enougn. I can agree with the pictures.......one word Tacky!!!

I feel you!
 

I agree totally this is supposed to be "national" site and they have all kinds of music and graphics and things. I mean I wouldn't be apart of a organization who is play R Kelly's Ignition remix or any other song for that matter. Save that for a chapter site. To sum it all up you have pics of your sorors with their legs gapped open. :eek: OMG! Get a grip for real! They need to take a class in National Sorority Websites 101. :)

Re: I feel you!
 

I was thinking the same thing. I don't believe that R. Kelly is the appropriate background for any organization, except maybe an R. Kelly fan club, to have on their national website. They also have the "Kang Wang" by Khia playing on the pictures page. We talked about that song on the dances thread.

I am also kind of skeptical about the amount of community service that they do. Everyone talks about their commitment to community service, but I have yet to see them in the Tallahassee community or even have them describe what it is that they do on their website. If you say you're about service, then be about it. Don't put it on your website because you think you should or because that's what other sororities do.

just wondering
 

Is Omicron Psi Omega a female version of the Ques? I think this is supposed to be their brother organization? If so they need to get it together. I mean it's one thing to want to be different but it's another to steal from an organization that's already established. Then the site is tacky. Can we say get it together.
http://www.geocities.com/OmicronPsiOmegaInc/index.html

i think they wanted to "be" Ques. not to be funny but seriously, they like their image.
they may very well do some community service. perhaps what they do is listed in the gay-themed newspapers. i would think their events are geared towards the gay community. we "straights" wouldn't know about what they do unless we worked closely with their community or read their periodicals.

Beta Phi Omega apparently lacks originality as do there brothers. I was doing a search to get to there site again and guess what Beta Phi Omega was actually a fraternity founded in 1967. You can view the orginial organization at
www.betaphiomega.com. I wonder if these ladies know they are using someone elses name?

I looked at the site...and I didn't see any listed community service :confused: It just looks like they get together and socialize. I might be wrong, but...that's what they are putting out there.

I can only wish them the best. I wonder why they haven't expanded up to Atlanta. We have a pretty prominent LGBT populaton here, but how well would they do?

I totally agree that Beta could be a really good organization. But as I continue to view their site I see alot of things that seem to be very stupid and idiotic. Like all these chapters that have 1 person in them. :confused: How is that possible? Do they just give anyone a chapter? Gamma_girl52 I doubt they would be able to prosper with expansion practices like that.

Then moving on to their member roster, their collective and individual line names that have nothing to do with each other. I second the emotion of Royal Rage I wouldn't want half of those line names on there. I definitely wouldn't pay money to have that on a shirt. :rolleyes: (Maybe that is just me;)!

:confused: Can someone tell me what Distinct Inc. is? I saw that on the Omicron Psi Omega site. Guess that is it for right now. But I am still researching! :D ;) :)

That's a good point, I was just wondering though. It really doesn't seem organized at all. It just looks like a social-type thing going on.

I wasn't even aware of this organization, I only knew about Omicron Epsilon Pi which is also based out of Tally. There was a thread about it once upon a time on GC.

Yeah I read that thread. That organization is very interesting as well. I am going to see if I can find that thread for all those who want to see. I think their site is http://www.oepi.com . I haven't been there in a while so I am going to see if they changed any thing.

Re: I am a little confused.
 

when i saw their site i was thinking the same thing. i remembered meeting Omega Pearls--when they were 'legit'--back in the day and i recall one girl saying that she pledged so hard that they should give her more than just Pearl status. she looked very manly and probably was 'in the life'. this type of thinking probably is what sparked this type of organization.


the things some folks will do just to belong.:rolleyes:

If you are homosexual and want to start your own org. More power to you. Go for it! JUST BE ORIGINAL. Don't claim to be something you know nothing about, don't understand and didn't earn the right of membership to.

As for Tally-ho when I was there a buzz of more people comming out of the closet was abreast. It wasn't many (then) but I know they had "Gay Night" @ club Park Ave every week. The whole campus was a buzz when people learned of this!

Just to answer your question
 

I found out that Distinct Inc is the gay male version of Delta Sigma Theta. From the information that I have received Distinct members wear Delta nalia and have adopted as much as Delta Sigma Theta as possible.
As far Omicron Psi Omega is concerned......I have nothing else to say. I reviewed the Beta site once again and I can't find anything positive to say about this organization. Maybe I could if the website wasn't so tasteless. Who has Khia playing on thier site? Sometimes you can over do it.

Re: Re: I feel you!
 

Well, I was driving through campus today and noticed that one of the streets has been adopted by Beta Phi Omega. I have yet to see or hear of any events that they have hosted on campus but because this street runs right through our campus, I must assume that their members go to FAMU. I'll keep a look out for them.

Re: Re: Re: I feel you!
 

For some reason, Honey is spamming me with old copies of their magazine! (I thought they were defunct) :confused: :o I got their November 2003 issue in the mail the other day and there is an article titled "Young, Black and Lesbian".

Anyway, Beta Phi Omega is mention quite a bit in the article (it was talking about sorority life and why the need to have a lesbian-interest sorority).

Re: Beta Phi Omega
 

At Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, the Beta Phi Omega Fraternity (http://www.wright.edu/studentorgs/list.html) was a large local fraternity there in the 70's when I started there. They were MOST DEFINITELY NOT a lesbian group....

Although the "bar flies" as we affectionately called them, did love to love women :) :) :) and they are still there....

Social
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Xi Delta
Beta Phi Omega
Beta Theta Pi
Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Zeta
Iota Phi Theta
Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Delta
Phi Beta Sigma
Phi Kappa Tau
Phi Sigma Phi
Sigma Gamma Rho
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Tau Alpha

Long time....
 

What's up Everyone! I haven't been here in a while! I came back to this thread and decided to check up on Beta and the other organizations to see if any changes had been made. The Beta and Omicron sites both have new looks. The Beta site still looks Ghetto! LOL! I see the Omicron Psi Omega site has changed. I also see that there are some new organization.

Phi Nu Kappa
http://geocities.com/phi_nu_kappa_inc/

Lambda Kappa Alpha
http://www.lambdakalpha.bravehost.com/

Kappa Theta Lambda
http://www.kappasisterhood.org/

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Tally-ho
 

The club is called Brothers and yes it is still in full effect.

NO ORIGINALITY
 

OK, SO KAPPA PSI KAPPA AND LAMBDA PHI THETA HAVE A LOT IN COMMON, MOST NOTABLY THE FOUNDERS.



http://www.kappapsikappa.org/

http://lambdaphitheta.org/

COMEDY
 

BUFFOONERY
 

As I look over some of these organizations I laugh and kick myself because I defended them once upon a time.
I am sure there are reputable organizations but they remain to be seen. I took a look at Kappa Alpha Lambda Sorority Inc ( www.kappaalphalambda.org) and they are modeled after Alpha Kappa Alpha with colors & symbols and then I look at others and you see all the images for all our organizations.

Can some answer me this , how can 5 organizations have the same founder?