[20136] in APO-L
Re: APO and campus perception.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod)
Tue Feb 9 21:30:33 1999
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 20:43:25 -0500
Reply-To: Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod <EJANISON@EZOL.COM>
From: Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod <EJANISON@EZOL.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.3.96.990209160349.155824A-100000@gsaix2.cc.GaSoU. EDU>
Brandi:
As a bisexual alum of Mu Chi Chapter, Indiana University of PA, I can put
in my .02 worth about how my chapter dealt with me when I was pledging.
I told the pledgemaster during my pledge semester that I was bi. For the
most part, people (pledges, brothers, and alums) were quite accepting of my
sexuality. I lost a few friends because of it, but that goes with the
territory. Hell, for a brief time, I had a boyfriend that was a pledge two
semesters later (he gave great head).
As for the pledges, inform them of your Fraternity's (and your school's if
applicable) of the policies of the fraternity and school towards
disparaging remarks made towards GLBT folk.
As for the school and general community, the best way to counteract any
misconceptions that they may have is to put forth a good effort at
community relations through service projects and other things, perhaps by
positioning the openly gay brothers at service and PR events. Maybe you'll
open avenues into the GLBT community on campus.
I do not know if that helps, but email me privately if you need more help.
L.F.S.
Ed Janison
At 04:10 PM 2/9/99 , Brandi Mills wrote:
>Dear brothers,
>
>My chapter has, in the past month, been labeled as the "Gay Frat" on
>campus. Granted, a large percentage of our membership is
>homosexual/bisexual. And some of our current pledges are
>homosexual/bisexual. We are currently having problems with our campus
>because of this. We also seem to be having a few problems within our
>chapter on this issue. Not so much from the brothers, as much as it is
>possibly from our pledges.
>
>I would like to hear from you, how your chapter has handled problems like
>this and how individual brothers within your chapter have handled problems
>like this.
>
>In leadership, friendship, and service
>
>Brandi Mills
>President, Nu Epsilon
>Georgia Southern University
>Section 72, Region IV
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