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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with the PP who said that Jesuits are as liberal as Catholics can be. DS is at Gonzaga and I’ve seen teachers display rainbow ally flags and posters. The religious focus is on social justice and being a good person and I feel confident that your DS would not hear an anti-gay message from the school.

My DS is not gay and neither are any of his friends to my knowledge, so I don’t have firsthand experience about what it is like to have a gay son at GZ.  However, my son plays on one of GZ’s competitive sports teams and many of his close friends at GZ are on the team. Based on conversations I’ve overheard when I’ve driven carpool over the years or they’re at our house, I would say that 95% of conversations I hear are focused on their sport, sports generally (college, pro, GZ sports other than theirs) and school (classes, activities other than sports, teachers, assignments, etc.).  I’m sure they talk about girls (probably mostly when parents aren’t around), but I would imagine your DS probably would have lots of other common interests.

Based on my DS’s experience and those of his GZ friends v friends at public and coed privates, it also seems that the GZ boys date less. There just are fewer opportunities to meet girls. And, since there aren’t girls at school, they’re not trying to talk with girls at lunch, between classes, after school, etc. So that might be an easier HS environment than a coed school.[/quote]

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