Lambda 10 Project Explained

Lambda 10 Project
Founder:Shane Windmeyer
Location City:Bloomington, Indiana
Location Country:United States
Parent Organization:Indiana University Bloomington
Affiliations:Campus Pride

The Lambda 10 Project is an American national clearinghouse of information about LGBT issues in American fraternities and sororities.[1] The organization works "to heighten the visibility of LGBTQ Greek members and offers educational resources related to sexual orientation and the fraternity and sorority experience.[2] [3] [4]

History

In the 1990s, Shane Windmeyer, assistant director of student activities at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte began speaking at colleges about LGBTQ issues in fraternities and sororities.[5] In 1995, Windmeyer formed and became the coordinator of The Lambda 10 Project at Indiana University Bloomington; it is currently housed in the IU Office of Student Ethics and Anti-harassment Programs and is overseen by the Lambda 10 Steering Committee.[6]

Lambda 10 Project is an educational initiative of Campus Pride, a national nonprofit organization.

Activities

The Lambda 10 Project provides an index of lecturers available for events; lists of Internet forums concerning LGBT Greek life; and a repository of magazine articles, websites, and pertinent news stories.

Working with the LGBT publisher Alyson Publications, the Lambda 10 Project compiled and released four anthologies of homosexual and bisexual students' Greek experiences, edited for Windmeyer, including Out on Fraternity Row: Personal Accounts of Being Gay in a College Fraternity in 1998. This was the first book to explore "the collective experience of sexual identity and fraternity life". It shared both homophobia and acceptance within Greek life.

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Notes and References

  1. Vary . Adam E. . October 12, 2004 . Rushing to Come Out . The Advocate . 47 and 49 . Google Books.
  2. Encyclopedia: Kaczorowski . Craig . Fraternities and Sororities . glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture . glbtq, Inc. . 2004-02-12.
  3. Web site: Lambda 10 Project . 2023-07-30 . Campus Pride . en-US.
  4. Book: The Princeton Review . The Gay and Lesbian Guide to College Life . 2011-11-23 . Random House Children's Books . 978-0-307-94501-3 . en . Google Books.
  5. Web site: Shugart . Karen . November 2, 2005 . Out of the Closet and Into the Keg . 2023-07-30 . Creative Loafing Charlotte . en.
  6. Book: Sears, James Thomas . Youth, Education, and Sexualities: A-J . 2005 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 978-0-313-32754-4 . 337 . en . Google Books.
  7. Book: Windmeyer . Shane L. . Out on Fraternity Row: Personal Accounts of Being Gay in a College Fraternity . Freeman . Pamela W. . 1998 . Alyson Books . 978-1-55583-409-8 . en.
  8. Book: Howard . Kim . Out & about Campus: Personal Accounts by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered College Students . Stevens . Annie . 2000 . Alyson Books . 978-1-55583-480-7 . en.
  9. Web site: April 2001 . Secret Sisters: Stories of Being Lesbian and Bisexual in a College Sorority by . 2023-07-30 . Publishers Weekly.
  10. Book: Windmeyer, Shane L. . Brotherhood: Gay Life in College Fraternities . 2005 . Alyson Books . 978-1-55583-856-0 . en.

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