Being in a sorority while being gay

[DrPhil]

I don't wanna be in charge of the rainbow pissing ponies.

Truth of the matter is that people still care and it is only a relatively small percentage of people who do not care. Even some of the people who claim not to care have limits on how much they actually want to SEE it. Meaning, some things work in theory but not in practice and people are often not as open and accepting as they've convinced themselves. Inequalities would not be pervasive despite social changes if the world was as peaceful and accepting as the ponies are telling us.

For the record, even supporting rights and pride means we (those of us who are outspoken in support of freedoms) care. Not caring either way is apathy and that means people have the ability to ignore it either way. So, it does matter to us with whom people are attracted (with or without sexual encounters). We also know that a lesbian sorority member doesn't necessarily want US. I don't want every man in the world and every man doesn't want me. The same applies to women in sororities.

For another record, there is technically an aspect of single-sex GLOs that is also often manifested in single-sex schools. Some people begin to "date" within the group or become curious and exploratory within the group. If that becomes an issue, talk it out and make it clear that this chapter/GLO is not a hump haven.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

For the record, even supporting rights and pride means we (those of us who are outspoken in support of freedoms) care. Not caring either way is apathy and that means people have the ability to ignore it either way. So, it does matter to us with whom people are attracted (with or without sexual encounters). We also know that a lesbian sorority member doesn't necessarily want US. I don't want every man in the world and every man doesn't want me. The same applies to women in sororities.

This, a lot of times, is what I've seen as an "issue." A straight fraternity man (for example) thinks that if a member is gay, that the gay member is going to hit on or make a move on him. This freaks him out, so he doesn't want to allow an openly gay member into the group.

The irony is that with the percentage of people in this world who are gay, if there are even 10-15 members in a chapter, chances are, at least one of them is gay, whether the chapter knows it or not.

It's like the Boy Scouts now accepting gay members.. as if there were none before...