Which fraternities allow openly gay men to join?

[alphasigeptau]

by open i mean "out" on campus, thats what im curious about, i know that on my campus, in southwest virginia in the bible belt, after i joined my fraternity, alpha sigma phi, being an openly gay man, we were known as the "fag fraternity" for a little while, but that faded away fairly quickly

[DreamfulSpirit]

Sigma Phi Beta is "organized for and by gay, straight, bisexual, and transgender men in college." (That's off of the website) This fraternity is at Arizona State, Northern Arizona, and USC.

http://www.sigmaphibeta.org/

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by DreamfulSpirit

Sigma Phi Beta is "organized for and by gay, straight, bisexual, and transgender men in college." (That's off of the website) This fraternity is at Arizona State, Northern Arizona, and USC.

http://www.sigmaphibeta.org/

I assume a transgender man would be a former woman...right?

I always wondered this about gay fraternities.

[alphasigeptau]

yeah, it is a former woman, i actually have a friend going through that transition right now, its quite interesting

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by alphasigeptau

by open i mean "out" on campus, thats what im curious about, i know that on my campus, in southwest virginia in the bible belt, after i joined my fraternity, alpha sigma phi, being an openly gay man, we were known as the "fag fraternity" for a little while, but that faded away fairly quickly

Well, like everyone else has already said, it really depends on the campus culture, the chapter's culture, how the organization interprets and applies its own rules on discrimination, and what "out" means to the individual, the chapter, and the campus.

On the NPHC side of things, I know openly gay members of each organization. I only know for certain one young man who was openly gay before he pledged as an undergraduate.

Among black fraternities (as I imagine any fraternity) it may be rare, but ultimately a chapter is going to pick who they are comfortable with, gay or not.

There used to be another poster on this site who was an openly gay colonist of an NIC fraternity. There are also other posters who I know are gay but they aren't "out" on GreekChat. That's their prerogative, as it would be for potential Greeks in the real world.