Fraternities are a step backwards.
It was a pointless move on their part as well. Virtue signalling in the shittiest way possible. Make it cost them.
They voted.
Either the majority of these young men attending college are transphobic, or maybe there’s quite a few things the angry mob doesn’t care to understand.
All ears. Go ahead…
You’ve the most hate-filled comment history I’ve ever seen.
I would love for you to point out the specific comments.
That’s just not true
If for you trans men are women, you’re transphobic. It’s that simple.
What the actual fuck of a whiffle waffle comment is this?
Banning transgender members is transphobic.
Then go ahead and explain it instead of vague worthless rhetoric you coward.
The article doesn’t really elaborate on what they mean by a “transgender ban”…
There is this section:
Despite there being transgender and nonbinary members in our organizations, no Black fraternity or sorority has a truly gender-inclusive policy, especially for people who transition after initiation. Coming into your gender identity does not equate to wanting to stop affiliation with the organization. But stepping back from our organizations is usually a byproduct of little to no pro-inclusion policies.
Which seems to imply that the issue is with people who are initiated (as men) and then transition away (and no longer are men). If this is the case, it seems a lot less egregious. Just like sororities are organizations by and for women, fraternities are organizations by and for men.
Whilst it may seem unfair, losing access to gendered spaces of the gender someone is transitioning away from is, in a way, a recognition of their new identity.
It seems that this fraternity would exclude trans men based on the rule quoted in the article.
The definition being adopted is:
any male defined as a human being naturally born male, who remains and continually identifies as a male,
https://glaad.org/glaad-exclusive-alpha-phi-alpha-fraternity-considers-transgender-ban/
“Organization founded on gender discrimination adopts discriminatory gender policy”
Fuck APA.
TIL that fraternities are still relevant.
I thought they were a relic of a bygone era.