Alternative sexuality in Greek life often kept in closet

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hey guys -- first post

i thought it would be appropriate for me to chime in her cuz i'm gay and i'm also in a fraternity.

this is my whole take on my mere 2 weeks of fraternity life. honestly, I joined a fraternity mainly for the brotherhood -- for a place that could be myelf in a home away from home, and a place where i could feel like 'one of the guys.'

when i was rushing one of the biggest things that was on my mind was 'will these guys accept me if they find out i'm gay?' and i think i chose the right frat from me. my lambda chi chapter is so diverse, not just racially but in the types of guys that are in it. we've definitely got a big contingent of your stereotypical cool fratty dudes but we also have sensitive types, nerds, hippies, liberals, conservatives, moderates, christians, atheists etc. what i loved about it is that despite all these differences everyone has come together in one of the tightest brotherhoods i have seen among the different frats that i rushed. i didn't want to be a part of was a group of guys that all looked the same, and i think i did a good job of finding a place where i definitely feel like i fit in. i feel like i add variety as opposed to feeling like i stand out in a bad way. i also did some looking around to as which frats didn't discrimnate based on sexual orientation in their national bylaws.

some of the other frats talk shit about us, and they won't say it out loud, but i definitely think its because of vast diversity in our chapter and the types of guys we let in. my school as a whole is pretty homogenous, conservative and republican. only thing i have to say to that is, the real world isn't going to be people who are exactly like you, and i would rather learn from someone who is different than me, than get a rude awakening when fraternity life is over.

now i'm not out to my frat yet, because i don't want to get stereotyped before the guys get to know me. however when i do i'm hoping with all my might that my brothers will be mature enough to realize brotherhood doesn't discriminate.