{"id":15779,"date":"2015-03-13T14:02:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T18:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/university-of-texas-gets-first-lgbtq-sorority-which-is-apparently-still-very-much-needed\/"},"modified":"2015-03-13T14:02:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T18:02:47","slug":"university-of-texas-gets-first-lgbtq-sorority-which-is-apparently-still-very-much-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/university-of-texas-gets-first-lgbtq-sorority-which-is-apparently-still-very-much-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"University Of Texas Gets First LGBTQ Sorority, Which Is Apparently Still Very Much Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>University Of Texas Gets First LGBTQ Sorority, Which Is Apparently Still Very Much Needed<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c76178aa970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GRL\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c76178aa970b-800wi\" title=\"GRL\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/03\/texas-fraternity-bans-fagetry-mexicans-and-interreacial-dating-video.html\" target=\"_blank\">we told you<\/a> about allegations that a fraternity at the University of Texas allegedly bans&nbsp;&ldquo;interracial dating&rdquo;, Mexicans and &ldquo;fagetry.&#8221;&nbsp;And last year, another fraternity at UT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2014\/10\/university-of-texas-fraternity-suspended-for-anti-gay-discrimination-video.html\" target=\"_blank\">was suspended<\/a>&nbsp;by the school for anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> discrimination. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps that helps explain the need for UT&#8217;s newly formed colony of <a href=\"http:\/\/gammarholambda.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gamma Rho Lambda<\/a>, the LGBTQ-inclusive national sorority, which was launched this semester.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailytexanonline.com\/2015\/03\/10\/ut%E2%80%99s-first-lgbt-inclusive-sorority-aims-to-tackle-queer-social-issues?utm_content=bufferc7c66&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer&amp;ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Daily Texan<\/em><\/a> student newspaper reported this week:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c7617d22970b-pi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GRL\" border=\"0\" height=\"261\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c7617d22970b-800wi\" title=\"GRL\" width=\"261\"><\/a>The sorority aims to combat issues regarding the status of queer <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> in mainstream society and within the LGBT community, Lauren Ferguson, president of the colony and art history and English senior, said. As part of the three-semester colonization process, the organization&rsquo;s leaders recruited nine members this semester for the Alpha class and will start taking pledges in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>Founding members hope the colony will create a space to improve the quality of dialogue between the LGBT community and social conservatives, according to neuroscience and psychology senior Shelby Dax Fisher-Garibay, the sorority&rsquo;s new member mother &mdash; a type of recruitment leader.<\/p>\n<p>&rdquo;I think the biggest thing we can do is education,&rdquo; Fisher-Garibay said. &ldquo;If we are educated about what the [conservative] opinions are and the best responses to those arguments, then, hopefully, we can bring a more educational dialogue to the table instead of just hateful banter back and forth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to educating social conservatives, the Gamma Rho Lambda chapter will work to combat transphobia within the LGBTQ community:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;There are a lot of really awesome <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>&rsquo;s or LGBT organizations [on campus], but they are either really specifically for, say, LGBT <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> of color or they are non-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a>-inclusive,&rdquo; Ferguson said. &ldquo;One of the tenants of [Gamma Rho Lambda] is that no one is excluded, and the only requirement is that you identify as a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a>. A lot of the feminism movement and the LGBT community does not want to include <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a>-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> into the queer spectrum because there is a lot of transphobia within [those communities] as well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>UT has had a chapter of the LGBTQ fraternity <a href=\"http:\/\/dlp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Delta Lambda Phi<\/a> since 2008. The Gamma Rho Lambda chapter will be one of 17 chapters and colonies nationwide, according to the sorority&#8217;s website. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the Gamma Rho Lambda colony has already received hate mail. And representatives from the school&#8217;s fraternity and sorority councils didn&#8217;t respond to <em>The Daily Texan<\/em>&#8216;s requests for comment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keyetv.com\/news\/features\/top-stories\/stories\/ut-students-establish-schools-first-lgbtq-sorority-24670.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">KEYE-TV&#8217;s report<\/a> on the Gamma Rho Lambda colony:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;We&#8217;re still having issues on campus with racism. It&#8217;s easy to think we <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> in a society where issues like that aren&#8217;t the norm, but they kind of still are,&rdquo; says Lauren Ferguson. The <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> say feedback on campus has been more positive than negative, but they know their new sorority will face challenges. &ldquo;Unfortunately that&#8217;s the nature of the beast, but that just goes to show how necessary we still are,&rdquo; she adds.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> say feedback on campus has been more positive than negative, but they know their new sorority will face challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfortunately that&#8217;s the nature of the beast, but that just goes to show how necessary we still are,&rdquo; she adds.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch KEYE-TV&#8217;s report,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/03\/university-of-texas-gets-first-lgbtq-sorority-which-is-apparently-very-much-needed.html\" target=\"_blank\">AFTER THE JUMP<\/a>&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=kVyit-K-9sc:SXh0ZA3R5ks:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=kVyit-K-9sc:SXh0ZA3R5ks:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=kVyit-K-9sc:SXh0ZA3R5ks:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=kVyit-K-9sc:SXh0ZA3R5ks:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=kVyit-K-9sc:SXh0ZA3R5ks:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=kVyit-K-9sc:SXh0ZA3R5ks:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=kVyit-K-9sc:SXh0ZA3R5ks:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/kVyit-K-9sc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nJohn Wright<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/03\/university-of-texas-gets-first-lgbtq-sorority-which-is-apparently-very-much-needed.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.towleroad.com\/2015\/03\/university-of-texas-gets-first-lgbtq-sorority-which-is-apparently-very-much-needed.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University Of Texas Gets First LGBTQ Sorority, Which Is Apparently Still Very Much Needed On Wednesday, we told you about allegations that a fraternity at the University of Texas allegedly bans&nbsp;&ldquo;interracial dating&rdquo;, Mexicans and &ldquo;fagetry.&#8221;&nbsp;And last year, another fraternity at UT was suspended&nbsp;by the school for anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> discrimination. &nbsp; Perhaps that helps explain the need &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/university-of-texas-gets-first-lgbtq-sorority-which-is-apparently-still-very-much-needed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">University Of Texas Gets First LGBTQ Sorority, Which Is Apparently Still Very Much Needed<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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