Do schools make any attempt to have gay students room with other gay students?

[DonnaL]

<p>This thread certainly doesn’t need to become any more about the University of Chicago than it already has, and I know I should really restrain myself from feeling anxiously defensive (“Oh my God! Did I make a mistake letting my son go there?”), but this is the link to their page describing their various LGBT resources, including the pilot gender-neutral housing program that began last month:</p>

<p>[LGBTQ</a> Resources at the University of Chicago : University Resources](<a href=“LGBTQ Student Life | Center for Identity + Inclusion | The University of Chicago”>LGBTQ Student Life | Center for Identity + Inclusion | The University of Chicago)</p>

<p>I don’t doubt for a moment that some people have had negative experiences there, as pugmadkate and scualum mentioned. But that’s not my son’s experience (so far), or that of any of his gay or lesbian friends, or of the people JHS is familiar with. I"m sure there’s no university that’s perfect in that respect, so I hope people don’t think the U. of Chicago needs to be excluded from consideration when someone is looking for an “LGBT-friendly” school. As I mentioned, one of their LGBT resources is this mentoring program:</p>

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MENTORING</p>

<p>LGBTQ Mentoring Program</p>

<p>The LGBTQ Mentoring Program pairs interested LGBTQ undergraduates with a LGBTQ faculty or staff mentor. The mentor is a sympathetic queer adult who will do what they can to be supportive. Mentors act as sounding board as students navigate their way through a (mostly) straight world. They can help as you address issues such as whether or not to come out on a resume or during a job search or graduate or professional school applications. Our hope is that being able to interact with a LGBTQ faculty or staff member will give students more of a sense of community.</p>

<p>Mentors meet with the students they are mentoring quarterly for lunch, dinner, or coffee. In addition to that, we sponsor a quarterly get together (such as a dinner) and various outings for all mentors and mentees participating in the program.</p>

<p>If you’re a student interested in joining our mentoring program, please fill out this brief application form.

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