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I am gay and joined Lambda Chi Alpha thirty years ago, although I didn't choose to come out until after I graduated. We now have over 600 initiates and I'm the president of our alumni association. Virtually every brother knows I'm gay and yet we still work together to get things done. Only two brothers, who are very religious, say homosexuality is a sin in their minds. And even the three of us get along quite nicely.
The other 600+ couldn't care less whether I'm gay or not. I don't know what the concensus of the active chapter would be regarding a new Associate Member coming out to them today. Every chapter of every fraternity changes every few years regardless.
I do know of a brother at another chapter who was the VP and wanted to come out. I advised him via e-mail the best I could. He was very apprehensive (in his words, 'shaking like a leaf'), but he did it at a meeting. When he was done telling them, the brothers sat there in stunned silence until one stared clapping. Then they all joined in, and finally stood up and gave him a standing ovation. After the meeting, a bunch of them took him out to dinner. I'm not saying this will happen everywhere.
Lambda Chi Alpha is ostensibly a Christian-based fraternity like many others, but we are not clergy by any means. We also have alot of Jewish brothers. A fraternity is not meant to be a religious sect, but rather a brotherhood, and brotherhood transcends many things.
Bigots are a dime a dozen, but a good fraternity is for life.
Good luck.
Jono
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