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AZpinkkittie:
There are actually a couple of threads that have discussed this topic in the past and I will post some links at the bottom of this message.
Unfortunately, I think the answer to your question is...it just depends.
It is hard to tell or judge if a person (or group of persons) have homophobic attitudes when going through a very structured process such as recruitment (particularly sororiy recruitment). I would say that most likely that this is something that you would find out during your new member program just by the attitudes, conversations, etc. with other members.
I can tell you with almost 100% accuracy that there are (or have been) gay/bisexual members in every fraternity or sorority at one time (maybe not the chapter of that org. at that time) but I'm sure that one time or another a chapter is going to have a member who is leasbian/gay/bisexual.
I have a few gay chapter brothers (4 that I can think of [and know of]...out of around 50 when I was an undergrad.) At no point in time did they (or I) feel that we couldn't be in the chapter (or out) for that matter....actually if I think about it....most of those brothers who are gay were some of the most involved, and dedicated members and students on campus.
Now, we didn't have a brother during my time as an undergrad who "officially" came out to the entire chapter, but there where brothers who knew...it was something that just wasn't discussed...at least not in my presence...but that doesn't surprise me....lol...
Honestly, in a big group you are going to have opinions and feelings in either direction. There are going to be members who are very supportive of lesbian/gay/bisexual individuals and those who are not.....in a chapter you align youself with those indivdiuals that you feel most comfortable with (believe it or not you will not get a long with every member of your chapter...trust me on that one!!!!)
There are a number of different resources that you can check out:
http://www.lambda10.org (a website dedicated to gay & lesbian fraternity sorority issues)
On greek chat:
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22081&highlight=homosex ual+greeks
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16790&highlight=homosex ual+greeks
Hope some of this helps.
-o.p.i.e.
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