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AFA Resolution on
Heterosexism within the Greek Community:
December 1990: AFA passes resolution “to
implement sexual orientation awareness,
education, and sensitivity programs for the
Greek community.”
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OUT IN FRONT: 1992 –
Present: First-known initiatives by
inter/national fraternities/sororities to adopt
student-driven policies prohibiting
discrimination in membership on the basis of
sexual orientation. The vast majority of these
efforts happen after 1998.
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LAMBDA 10 PROJECT:
Fall 1995: Online national clearinghouse founded
at Indiana University by Shane L. Windmeyer &
Pamela W. Freeman to support GLBT fraternity &
sorority issues –Lambda 10 Project –
www.lambda10.org.
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LGB Fraternity &
Sorority Research Study: Douglas Case
publishes his research assessment on gay,
lesbian and bisexual fraternity sorority members
titled “A Glimpse of the Invisible Membership”
in the April-May 1996 issue of AFA
Perspectives.
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OUT ON FRATERNITY ROW:
October 1998: First-ever book Out on
Fraternity Row highlights the experience of
gay/bisexual men in college fraternities with
educational interventions; becomes gay
best-seller and breaks down the closet door of
invisibility.
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SECRET SISTERS:
October 2001: Companion book Secret Sisters
publishes the accounts of lesbian/bisexual women
in college sorority along with special foreword
by out lesbian California State Senator Sheila
Kuehl. More
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Fraternity & Sorority
Anti-Homophobia Training Manual: The Lambda
10 Project in collaboration with AFA produced
the first comprehensive fraternity and sorority
anti-homophobia training manual and presented
the material as a train the trainer
pre-conference in 2002 and 2003 at the AFA
Annual Meeting.
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BROTHERHOOD: October
2005: New book titled Brotherhood tests
the bonds between straight and gay men
highlighting progress and acceptance as well as
delving deeper into emerging issues of
masculinity and today’s college fraternity
experience. More Info
GLBT Fraternity/Sorority
Experience: Spring 2006: Forthcoming
research study launched to explore the
experience of GLBT members of the college
fraternity and sorority community through the
Lambda 10 Project with key research experts in
the field of fraternity/sorority life and GLBT
issues.
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