Is it possible for me to join a fraternity?

[LatrellHK]

Hi, I just started college an figured that I should give Greek life a go. The only problem is that I'm not exactly started with my transition yet.

Now I plan on it next year anyway, figured I should get used to college in the first place, but still.

I live in st cloud an it's a pretty lgbt friendly city, the college pretty clear on discrimination an has a ton of clubs and organizations for us. Even separate housing for lgbt students, which I live in currently. Despite all this I don't know how a fraternity might react to me.

Everyone who meets me says he anyway and I rarely have to correct people. When I do, they just laugh and say I have feminine eyes and eyelashes/slightly high pitched voice. And it's rare to hear that anyway despite me not starting hormones yet! I'm basically considered a guy, which is a huge improvement from where I came from, and go into the make restrooms with ease.

But despite this I have no clue what I a fraternity might say. I saw online that some go into your records and I think I gotta be in hormones for a while to change the gender to male, which would cause issues. My legal name is also feminine, which would probably cause problems as well.

Now I don't plan on just telling everyone I'm trans, I only tell those who ask me directly, which has been so few I don't know but can tell you it's under 8.

So that's all relevant information I think I can give. But basically, I want to know if it's possible for me to join a fraternity as a transsexual or do I just gotta suck it up an go without it?

[FTMax]

I know in the past chapters at specific schools have been inclusive of transfolks. But I don't know what those specific guys situations were as far as where they were in their transition, if they were legally male, etc.

My advice would be to look around at the campus LGBTQ community and see how intermingled they are with Greek life. This is a good initial indicator of how receptive they are. Probably the best thing you could do to put yourself in a position to have them be accepting is to make friends with the brothers in the organization that you want to join. People usually go into rush with an idea of where they want to end up - get a feel for who's who, and then make friends even if you don't plan to rush until next year.

Based on what I know of Greek life though, I don't think you would be able to hide your trans status. So if you're wanting to maintain a high degree of stealth, I'd avoid it.