Lambda 10 Project
Template:Short description Template:Infobox organization The Lambda 10 Project is an American national clearinghouse of information about LGBT issues in American fraternities and sororities.<ref name=":6">Template:Cite journal</ref> 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.<ref name="glbtq">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref><ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":7">Template:Cite book</ref>
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.<ref name=":5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":8">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" />
Lambda 10 Project is an educational initiative of Campus Pride, a national nonprofit organization.<ref name=":7" />
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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7" />
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.<ref name=":8" /> This was the first book to explore "the collective experience of sexual identity and fraternity life".<ref name=":8" /> It shared both homophobia and acceptance within Greek life.<ref name=":8" />
Publications
- Windmeyer, Shane L., and Freeman, Pamela (eds.). Out on Fraternity Row: Personal Accounts of Being Gay in a College Fraternity. Alyson Publications, 1998. Template:ISBN<ref name=":2">Template:Cite book</ref>
- , Kim and Stevens, Annie (eds.). Out & About Campus: Personal Accounts by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender College Students. Alyson Publications, 2000. Template:ISBN<ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref>
- Windmeyer, Shane L. and Freeman, Pamela W. (eds.). Secret Sisters: Stories of Being Lesbian and Bisexual in a College Sorority. Alyson Publications, 2001. Template:ISBN<ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Windmeyer, Shane L. Brotherhood: Gay Life in College Fraternities. Alyson Books, 2005. Template:ISBN<ref name=":4">Template:Cite book</ref>