<p>Hey guys. I'm a gay high-school senior who applied ED to Penn recently. I heard that UPenn is typically pretty supportive of LGBT kids, but I know that sometimes isn't the case within fraternities. Which frats at UPenn are supportive of LGBT pledges? I'm not looking for like a "gay frat," but I am looking for a place where I would no doubt be accepted regardless of my sexuality. Btw I'm not flamboyant or anything if that's a factor.</p>
<p>Almost every fraternity has gay brothers. Penn, as a whole, is a very open-minded university. Even though Greek life is traditionally a couple steps more politically conservative than the university at large (and this holds true at Penn, too), there is no discrimination based on sexual orientation that I know of, with maybe the exception of a couple of the WASPy houses.</p>
<p>There were two gay kids in our 2013 pledge class, and they’ve both contributed greatly to the fraternity.</p>
<p>Feel free to PM me if you want to chat more.</p>
<p>Pilam, that is what you’re looking for</p>
<p>I know that TEP had a few gay rushes last year and their sexual orientation didn’t seem to in any way change the way they were treated.</p>
<p>If you got into Penn (not sure if you did, since this post was made before ED results came out), just rush around. Nobody will care about your sexual orientation, so just go with where you feel most comfortable. No need to overthink this. If you’re chill, you’ll get a bid somewhere.</p>
<p>Pilam is absolutely the most gay friendly, albeit not your average fraternity- it’s coed and unequivocally very “hipster.” TEP is the most gay friendly traditional frat.
Although Penn tends to be very open minded, this isn’t always the case when it comes to Greek life. I have a friend who was kicked out of a party for making out with another guy.
Additionally, the frats are far more accepting of queers than are the sororities.</p>
<p>I graduated in the early 90s, and there were frats with openly gay guys and no one cared.</p>
<p>I’d like to think that people care even less now. </p>
<p>As for sororities not being accepting of LGBT? That certainly was not an issue when I was there. I do think more sororities even now make believe they have some kind of “proper” behavior code where you take it upstairs if you want to make out. PDAs are a no no for some sororities.</p>
<p>Straight people making out while I am trying to get drunk bother me just as much. The general rule is, if you don’t know the house well, or at least several brothers or sisters who are on the exec board, don’t use a generic party to do the dirty in public. It’s not a bar, it’s a house where people live (not on the kitchen table please, we’ve gotta eat there).</p>
<p>Thanks guys! I was accepted ED and can’t wait to come to Penn!</p>