As the founder/coordinator of the Lambda 10 Project National Clearinghouse for GLB Fraternity and Sorority Issues, I wanted to respond to the claims that the "who's out" list is not accurate or confirmed members.
I believe that the men's and women's listing is very accurate and in order to be approved/confirmed there is substantial information that must be provided to prove the authenticity of the user. The process is not automatic and needs personal approval of the site administrator. As with anything, I am sure there are abusers (mostly homophobic people who are bored) who think it would be funny to list someone's name. However, we have a fail safe device that indicates such users and have caught such abusers of the list in the past. I do believe you can always make a service better, so if you have ideas please send them to
info@lambda10.org--rather than just listing your inaccurate thoughts on a chat thread to discredit Lambda 10. For the record, the integrity of the Who's Out listing is high and has helped many openly gay, closeted gay, questioning, as well as straight allies.
My opinion on this post and others that say the list is not accurate or confirmed is that there are people who are not comfortable with the idea of gay members being in their fraternity/sorority and indentifying with their letters. But, that is the whole purpose of the listing to bring visibility, support and education. While Lambda 10 may never reach those who choose not to believe that there are indeed gay members in every fraternity/sorority, we will and have succeeded in supporting and educating gay and straight Greeks in understanding that hate and homophobia has no place in Greek Life.
Sincerely,
Shane Windmeyer
Lambda 10 Project
www.lambda10.org