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Old 04-28-2003, 05:46 PM
Harison27 Harison27 is offline
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Kudos on coming out!

Interesting that he should get mad at you. I'm assuming that you are the only member of your fraternity that is openly gay or openly bisexual. Our chapter is in a similiar quandry right now. We are the only chapter on our campus that has an Openly Gay Faculty member as an Advisor. I'm sure that we have at least one member who is hiding his sexuality., logic is that every chapter has at least one. Coincidently, we were approached by an Alumn with a friend who wanted to join our fraternity which caused some controversy among our brothers. He's not only openly gay, he's also Wican, a member of the student ACLU "American Civil Liberties Union" and currently dating the President of the Lambda Society on campus. Due to past connotations with the name Lambda and Lambda Chi Alpha, some of our brothers were concerned that should he join, then everyone would once again assume that we are the Gay Fraternity. However, we as a whole chose to give this young man a bid based on what we knew of him as an individual and weighed him on those merits. If any member of our Fraternity as a whole whether Active member, Alumni or prospective member has a problem with a members sexuality then they need to review society in general. Diversity is what makes us great not only as a Chapter but as a Nation. Personal and religious feelings aside - if a man finds another man sexual attractive that's his business., should he however attempt to force his affections on another man than he should be treated like a Man who tries to force his affections on a Woman. No difference as far as I see it. Good job in coming out to your brothers, I'm sure that it has caused some problems but I'm also equally sure that your grades are probably better because now you don't have the guilt of hiding who you are weighing you down.
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