Fraternities, sororities snap up shirts to show support for gay rights
When 2,000 University of Illinois students donned blue and orange T-shirts in support of gay and lesbian rights last week, nearly half of them were part of the university's Greek system. The show of support was heartening to equal-rights activists, who note that UI lags behind other public universities in welcoming lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students into the Greek system. "Usually people think that greeks are close-minded. I think the T-shirt campaign was a great way to show that many of us aren't," said sophomore Sarah Martin. Daniel Bureau, assistant dean of students and coordinator of Greek Affairs, added, "We would also be very supportive of any effort to establish a gay Greek chapter on this campus."
Daily Illini
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