All Boys School For Gay Son?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Both my sons attended Gonzaga and both have gay friends who were out in HS. It was truly NBD.

Wrong answer. You don’t know what that young man thinks or feels.

Another former Gonzaga mom here. My son had a friend who was gay at GZ. My son is not gay. He and the other guys all were friends and were in the Drama Club. The school is very accepting of it and I agree it is not a big deal. He will find his people.

Congrats you know 1 nice group of boys at Gz. You can’t speak for the whole school.

You’ll never get just how all boys schools are very aggressive.

Gz boys took a sh!t on their opponents stands when they lost, vandalized a home at a religious retreat and destroyed Catholic university’s stands when they win…. And that was just in the last 5 years.

We are a GZ family. (And other Catholic schools which happens when you have large families)

But no, hard pass on GZ for gay boys

. You sound truly homophobic. That is not typical at GZ in my experience.

[Anonymous]

Send him to sidwell or gds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both my sons attended Gonzaga and both have gay friends who were out in HS. It was truly NBD.

Wrong answer. You don’t know what that young man thinks or feels.

Another former Gonzaga mom here. My son had a friend who was gay at GZ. My son is not gay. He and the other guys all were friends and were in the Drama Club. The school is very accepting of it and I agree it is not a big deal. He will find his people.

Who wants to tell her?

[Anonymous]

My brother went to St. Alban's, where there were openly gay students. It might not be a bastion of progressivism, but if your son wants an all-boys school AND can handle both serious academic and social pressure, it might be a good fit.

[Anonymous]

It might work out. My nephew is gay and looking at an all boys school as well. He feels like there is less pressure re: popularity with girls, etc. and dating if there are just no girls there. He also does not read as gay - very masculine, plays football, loves sports, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Send him to sidwell or gds.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both my sons attended Gonzaga and both have gay friends who were out in HS. It was truly NBD.

This is accurate from our experience. NBD for faculty or students. Some Gonzaga parents, however, may not embrace diversity in the same way

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both my sons attended Gonzaga and both have gay friends who were out in HS. It was truly NBD.

This is accurate from our experience. NBD for faculty or students. Some Gonzaga parents, however, may not embrace diversity in the same way

I'd like to hear from an actual parent of a gay student... not a "oh my son knew one...".

[Anonymous]

No. It's one thing to send your son without knowing, and then to have him come out while attending such a school.

It's quite another to send him there knowingly.

[Anonymous]

Hmm. For all you parents of gay students out there...


... wishing to attend a same-sex school isn't because there's "pressure to date", or whatever nonsense, in co-ed schools, because there really isn't these days. Teens date much less frequently than they used to - they're either super busy in real life, or super busy on their screens.

Your boys are not telling you the real reason they want an all-boys school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both my sons attended Gonzaga and both have gay friends who were out in HS. It was truly NBD.

Wrong answer. You don’t know what that young man thinks or feels.

Another former Gonzaga mom here. My son had a friend who was gay at GZ. My son is not gay. He and the other guys all were friends and were in the Drama Club. The school is very accepting of it and I agree it is not a big deal. He will find his people.

Who wants to tell her?

LOL I was waiting for this response. My son likes women...no doubt in my mind at all lol. He's already graduated from college, so I don't see anything changing either. Nice try though!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both my sons attended Gonzaga and both have gay friends who were out in HS. It was truly NBD.

Wrong answer. You don’t know what that young man thinks or feels.

Another former Gonzaga mom here. My son had a friend who was gay at GZ. My son is not gay. He and the other guys all were friends and were in the Drama Club. The school is very accepting of it and I agree it is not a big deal. He will find his people.

Who wants to tell her?

LOL I was waiting for this response. My son likes women...no doubt in my mind at all lol. He's already graduated from college, so I don't see anything changing either. Nice try though!!

Bad read and also homophobic to assume drama = gay… gander to try another guess?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a gay son, and he's interested in attending Gonzaga, Georgetown Prep, and Landon. Although he's gay, he reads as masculine and most people wouldn't really suspect him to be gay. I am worried about how he will be treated at an all-boys school, because they are stereotyped as being homophobic.

Would it be wise to consider attending one of these schools, or should we look for a more progressive environment?

Don’t do it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both my sons attended Gonzaga and both have gay friends who were out in HS. It was truly NBD.

This is accurate from our experience. NBD for faculty or students. Some Gonzaga parents, however, may not embrace diversity in the same way

I'd like to hear from an actual parent of a gay student... not a "oh my son knew one...".

I am an actual parent with experience

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My brother went to St. Alban's, where there were openly gay students. It might not be a bastion of progressivism, but if your son wants an all-boys school AND can handle both serious academic and social pressure, it might be a good fit.

My kids attend STa. We are more conservative, relative the parent body. Our boys have openly gay friends. It seems welcoming, albeit we have a heteronormative perspective. Best of luck!