Case Study Of Kappa's Rituality Matters

 Be prepared with information about campus and local resources to offer during the standards meeting.
 If the member remains uncomfortable at chapter gatherings, the viability of Associate Membership or Special Status should be discussed in order to stave off the possibility of a member feeling that she needs to resign. If the member is experiencing mental health issues as a result of her gender identity or sexual orientation, the alternative standards contract should be discussed as a possibility. o A member of the chapter recently came out, and it has been reported that a few members of the chapter have been making inappropriate jokes about the member’s sexuality. How should the chapter handle this?
 Kappa Kappa Gamma values diversity

I don’t want LGBTQ members to feel left out during ritual ceremonies.
 After a thorough review, Fraternity Council has stated its belief that Kappa’s ritual and history does use inclusive language that should not work to isolate any of our members. Please bring any concerns regarding ritual and history to the Ritual and History Director. o Where should transgender members change clothes prior to Initiation?
 While the answer to this question will depend on the circumstances of individual chapters, the comfort of all members should be considered when it comes to a sensitive situation like this. View it as an opportunity to potentially change your chapter’s history of how it handles pre-initiation activities so that the needs of all members are met and no member needs to be unnecessarily singled out. Ritual is meant to bring the sisterhood together and should not work to isolate individuals.
• Education o Should my chapter be hosting or endorsing LGBTQ-related programming?
 At a minimum, all Kappa members should be knowledgeable about Kappa’s membership selection, nondiscrimination and human dignity policies and have basic training on inclusivity. Beyond that, Kappa encourages its chapters to select programming that meets the chapter’s unique needs and to reach out to their fraternity and sorority life office for assistance in bringing in campus professionals to discuss the topic of

Knowing and understanding the words we use advances communication and helps prevent misunderstandings. The following terms are not absolutely defined. Rather, they provide a starting point for conversations.
• Asexual: A person who is not sexually attracted to either men or women and does not have a desire to engage in sexual activity with a partner. Asexuality is a sexual orientation and differs from celibacy, which is a choice to abstain from sex. Some asexual people have a desire to form intimate but nonsexual romantic relationships and will date and seek long-term partnerships.
• Assigned sex: The sex that was recorded on a person’s birth certificate.
• Bi-curious: A term used to describe a person who identifies as heterosexual or homosexual but experiences some thoughts or visions about engaging in intimate relationships with a gender other than the one to which he or she is primarily attracted.
• Biological sex: The dichotomous distinction between female and male based on physiological characteristics, especially chromosomes and external genitalia.
• Cisgender: Not transgender, that is, having a gender identity or gender role that society considers consistent with the sex one was assigned at