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Being Gay at GW?
<p>People jest that charming guys at GW are either gay or Jewish.</p>
<p>The Out Crowd, a queer club, is very active. There are plenty of events, such as film nights, to attend. Sure, there’s some hate anywhere you go-- I’m not going to say it’s all jolly or that everyone will accept you. They won’t-- and don’t-- no matter where you go. But, GW and DC are reasonably accepting. Hell, there are Queenly SHOWS annually in DuPont Circle. Is that not reasonably accepting, or what? This is a fairly liberal city.</p>
<p>It’s a politically and socially liberal campus. </p>
<p>It’s not like it’s rural Maine. </p>
<p>There are plenty of gay students and plenty of homosexual clubs/bars to go out to.</p>
<p>How on earth would anyone here know who gay guys, or direct guys for that matter, date… and whether they date off-campus or on-campus?</p>
<p>People date who they desire, regardless of their orientation or culture. Maybe you meet a guy at the gay bar(s) near/in DuPont Circle. Maybe you date a gay GW student. Maybe you jog into a gay Georgetown student at an internship and start dating. Weird questio
For last week’s paper, I wrote a story about a group of Beta Theta Pi fraternity brothers at the George Washington University who are functional to eliminate homophobia from campus Greek life. Judging by the comments section, they have quite a way to go!
Larry gets the ball rolling:
Fuckin’ fags!
While Clay voices trouble about the persecution of homophobes on campus:
I don’t agree with Molldrem that “weeding out the homophobes with the hungry” is a good strategy for Fraternity recruitment. The objective should not be to exclude segments of the student body, as doing so would make his organization equally guilty of discrimination. Providing food or dinners for recruitment is not masculine food porn and offering Maryland azure crabs certainly isn’t “typical.” The point is that Freshmen are on a budget and offering a nice meal is a good way to receive a large turnout at an event- regardless of attendees sexuality. The Fraternities can THEN speak to attendees about Greek Experience at GW, debunk myths, and talk about what the organizations are about.
Offering an event entitled “Frat vs. Fraternity: Myths Debunked” will not attract anyone who isn’t already interested in ple
Outted Gay ROTC Pupil Praised, Outers Vilified was originally published on The Sexist on Feb. 23, 2009, at 12:25 pm
Todd Belok, the George Washington University freshman who was kicked out of the university’s ROTC program after two of his fellow program members reported him as gay, has receiving nothing but admire from fellow students, community members, and ex-militaries since his story was published in the Hatchet earlier this month. The two fellow ROTC students who outed Belok to their superiors after they witnessed him kissing a male “special friend” in the basement of a fraternity last year haven’t fared so well:
In the days after Belok’s story was published, freshman Dave Perry, one of the two students who reported Belok to his superiors, received several hateful e-mails and Facebook messages, according to a member of the unit who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.
Perry declined to comment on the situation, as did Nick Trimis, the other trainee who reported Belok.
Trimis is the learner who wrote the fateful ROTC Recital Review Report that put the “tell” in “Don’t Demand Don’t Tell” for Belok:
“In the basement of Beta The
Beta Testing: Brothers Zelenty, Belok, and Molldrem try something new.According to fraternal historian Nicholas Syrett, America’s fraternity culture has thrived on a fear of homosexuality since the 1920’s. All-male fraternal organizations, Syrett writes, “compensate for what might be perceived by outsiders as either feminine or homosexual behavior by enacting a masculinity [of] aggressive heterosexuality.” In order to preempt homosexual interpretations of the fraternal bond, the brothers appoint ritualistic paddling, frat house sex, and homophobic epithets to fight their way back to straight.
The Syrettian fraternal tradition poses some pre-professional problems for the young men on the campus of George Washington University.
After all, GW’s fraternity brothers are the nation’s future congressmen, investment bankers, and CEOs. They won’t reach those positions if their Google profiles turn up associations with homophobic and misogynistic fraternities. So GW’s frat boys—and don’t notify them that!—are straining to undo the legacy of “aggressive heterosexuality” and gay-bashing forged by their predecessors. It’s an effort that involves a good deal of re-education, some new allian
Student cars and residence objective of anti-gay graffiti
Anti-gay sentiments were found early Thursday morning spray-painted on four Washington and Lee scholar cars and the doors of a student residence, indicating an act of vandalism.
Washington and Lee Common Safety and the Lexington Police Department identified one student suspect after an investigation early Thursday afternoon. But charges are pending, Dean of Students Sidney Evans said in an email to students, faculty and staff.
Evans said the graffiti was directed at an individual student, identified as junior Elliot Emadian, Resident Advisor at the Sustainability House, located at 218 E. Nelson St. in Davidson Park.
“There were several things written on the house, one of which happened to be a gay slur followed by my name,” Emadian clarified in an email. “So yes, I consider I was the intended target of that particular remark.”
The Executive Committee responded with an email to the university community condemning the act.
“This attack was an attempt to describe our community as hateful and unwelcoming, a definition we cannot let stand,” the email said.
Emadian said he did not enjoy to label the incident using the word ‘att
