History
Sigma Phi Beta was established at Arizona State University in Tempe in 2003 where its first national chapter dates to 2005. Its stated objective is to provide a "uniquely diverse safe space for gay men within the traditional Greek system."
The fraternity is open to all who identify as male; the first transgendered member of Sigma Phi Beta joined in 2010.
The beta chapter at Indiana University in Bloomington became a colony on November 13, 2009 and a fraternity in Fall 2010.
A group of students initiated efforts to establish a third chapter at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro in 2012.
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