Do you have a gay son in college?

[Anonymous]

My LGBTQ son has had straight roommates since freshman year and it has never been an issue. He needed a steer at one point to gay-friendly health care, but otherwise he has easily and happily found his own way. College campuses are by and large gay-friendly, even in red states.

[Anonymous]

The responses in this thread are encouraging (and I don’t have a gay kid, but I still like what it says about our future)! 👍

[Anonymous]

some schools allow you to opt into LGBTQ affinity dorms or floors if that's of interest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s 2023, OP. College students don’t care if you’re gay.

Depending on the college I agree. My DS is in a Suite with 6 guys with mixed orientations. No one cares.

+1
My straight DS was also in such a suite. Multiple relationships of various persuasions during the year. NBD

[Anonymous]

I'm currently in college, and my randomly-assigned roommate freshman year is gay. Our only conflicts had to do with conflicting bedtimes.

Being gay is normalized enough among our age group that I didn't think about it all that much, but my school is also in a liberal part of a deep blue state, so YMMV.

[Anonymous]

Most schools have questionnaires to fill out for roommate matching, usually the summer before freshman year. They’ll ask whether you yourself are LGBTQ+, and whether you’re comfortable with a roommate who is. Some may ask whether you’re interested in an affinity-group dorm or floor.

So there’s not really a worry about getting matched with someone homophobic.