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Originally Posted by LilJakeBlanco
I am a senior in high school, and I before i decide which college i want to attend, I want to make sure it is gay friendly because i am openly gay. I know that Penn State was recently listed as a top 10 gay friendly college but what about greek life? Since i was a freshman i have always been interested in greek life and i plan to rush a fraternity when i start in fall 2014. Many people keep telling me not to because of my sexuality and feel it is something i shouldn't proceed to do, however, I have met many guys in fraternities who told me its about brotherhood and that sexuality doesn't matter. I know Penn State has Delta Lambda Phi, but i would like to have more options to research before i decide where i would like to rush. So my final question follows. Which fraternities at Penn State are gay friendly, and which ones should i stay away from?
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People, in college especially, tend to gravitate toward people like themselves. In general, I think young men in college have become more accepting of prospective members of all orientations, while still tending to choose men that they consider to be similar to themselves and/or just would like being around.
I say that to hopefully prepare you not for the homophobia, but for the femmephobia you could face from straight men as well as gay men who present themselves as masculine.
http://sundial.csun.edu/2012/05/femm...gbt-community/
(I do not know how you present yourself, so I am not saying this applies to you. But I am a gay man in a [black] fraternity and see more femmephobia than homophobia.)