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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito
I apoligize if this has been discussed already and if it has can somebody please redirect me?
But anyway I was wondering if there are any other coed SOCIAL fraternities out there. IF yes, how do you deal with the whole female member thing. Are they called brother, any issues with have both male and female and the like.
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So far as I know,
Delta Psi (St. Anthony Hall) and your own Psi Upsilon are the only co-ed social fraternities. I believe that with both groups, some chapters are co-ed, others remain all male. Based on
this article on the website of their Epsilon chapter (Trinity, CT), I take it that it is common to refer to female members of St. Anthony Hall as "brothers."
There is also the case of Alpha Delta Phi. In 1992, some chapters of
ADF that wanted to be co-ed broke away from Alpha Delta Phi
Fraternity and formed Alpha Delta Phi
Society. As I understand it, the two organizations are legally and functionally seperate but share a license to use the name, symbols, etc. The Society, which has five chapters and, I think, one "affiliate" (colony), refers to itself as a literary society rather than a fraternity. I could be wrong, but my impression from looking through
their website is that they refer to members as "members" rather than brothers or sisters.
Hybrid Mode
