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| The Divine Nine |
What Is a Delta
A Delta is what a AKA ain’t
What A Zeta wanna be
What a Sigma cant
What a Alpha like
What a Kappa love
What Que Psi Phi can’t get enough of
As you can guess I am team Delta Sigma Theta (DST). No
disrespect to any of the other Divine Nine Greeks, but I come from a long line
of DST women and someday I plan on becoming a member of Delta Sigma Theta
Incorporated.
My college did not have a chapter when I attended, and truth
be told even if they did I would not have pledged because I have this thing (more like theory) about joining Greek
organizations while one is matriculating – translation DON’T DO IT, that is
unless you want your GPA and financial aid status to suffer because of it. Just saying. I always knew I wanted to
be a DST lady. I love what they stand for, I love their community service and
education focus, and I just love the sense of sophistication, dignity, and
grace they bring. No organization is perfect, but I know DST is for me.
The closer I get to putting myself out there for membership
the more I began to wonder if being a Lesbian would hinder me in anyway. I
never thought about it before, although I have always been a Lesbian. Now I’m
going to keep it real, we all know about DL males who are members of Greek
organizations even though it’s not outwardly spoken about you know you know. I
actually have to credit E. Lynn Harris’s book entitled Invisible Life for
shedding the light on that aspect of life. Who
knew?!?
So being curious I began to search around Google for answers
to me question: Is being Gay in a Divine Nine Organization acceptable? I
stumbled across a site called GreekForums.com
where someone just as curious as I was about the topic proposed the same
question on a thread. Now this thread is about 2 maybe 3 years old but the
responses were interesting, but here is what I learned: You are not allowed to
be questioned about your sexual orientation during the interview process,
however if someone suspects (or knows)
you are Gay or Lesbian they can use it as a basis (secretly) for not liking you and ultimately voting against you when
it comes time to make the decision to accept or deny you.
The Black community is closed/narrow minded as it is. They
allow the church to instill this fear and propagate a subliminal form of self-hatred
against our own people that if it ain’t what the Preacher man said it should be
then it’s all wrong – translation: You’re going to hell, regardless. I read
some comments from people stating that homosexuals should join homosexual Greek
organizations. So does that mean that the Divine Nine is a heterosexual
organization? What about the Bisexuals? Don’t they need their own organization
too? “I wouldn’t be comfortable with a
homosexual being on line with me or working close with me or handling the same
information.” So if you found out that your mail carrier was Gay or Lesbian
would you then request that they discontinue serving your route because you don’t
want them handling your mail?
Despite all of the shenanigans I am still going to
join, but I am curious as to what others have to say about this. Do you think
Gays and Lesbians should only be allowed to join Greek Organization
specifically for those who are Gay or Lesbian? Would you/have you joined a
Divine Nine organization? Why or why not?
