Secret Sisters: Stories of Being Lesbian and Bisexual in a College Sorority - Softcover

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9781555835880: Secret Sisters: Stories of Being Lesbian and Bisexual in a College Sorority

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ISBN 10: 1555835880 ISBN 13: 9781555835880

Publisher: Alyson Books, 2001

"This volume is an important one, because it teaches, in the most intimate way possible, the complex lessons of embrace and rejection of sisters. Lesbians do not want to be 'accepted.' We want to be, and to have, sisters. As with all love, the greatest enemy of that goal is fear."-from the foreword by Sheila Kuehl

The first-person accounts of 25 women stand as a powerful and courageous collective effort to address the traditionally homophobic and heterosexist atmosphere within sororities and gain greater understanding of the true nature of sisterhood.

Shane L. Windmeyer is the assistant director of student activities at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. Pamela W. Freeman is the assistant dean of students at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.

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About the Author:

Shane L. Windmeyer is a Masters graduate of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration and currently serves as the assistant director of student activities at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. Pamela W. Freeman is the assistant dean of students and director of the office of student ethics and anti-harassment programs at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. The editors worked together to create and continue to coordinate the Lambda 10 Project, a national clearinghouse for gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues in the college Greek system, and together edited Out on Fraternity Row, the first book to address GLB issues in college fraternities.

From Publishers Weekly:

Gratitude, bewilderment, nostalgia, vitriol and a host of other emotions emerge from the pages of Secret Sisters: Stories of Being Lesbian and Bisexual in a College Sorority, edited by Shane L. Windmeyer and Pamela W. Freeman (Out on Fraternity Row). In honest, fascinating essays, lesbian and bisexual women tell of their experiences in the Greek system from the 1950s to the present. Some of them came out and were warmly accepted (one woman brought her girlfriend to the end-of-the-year formal), while others were ostracized and put on probation by their sisters, and others simply left. This rare glimpse into a cloistered world will intrigue women of all ages.

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