<p>What caught my attention on the housing application was the gender identity preference section. Now I'm obviously going to put down my legal sex (female), but I was thinking that it must be SO easy to lie or something. What if males who truly identified themselves as males put down "female" so that they could dorm with a girl? I'm just wondering if that could be possible... What if my boyfriend went to NYU as well and he put gender preference (female) and we asked to room with each other? (It won't happen, I'm just wondering if that's possible.) What are the rules with this - how can people "prove" that what they're putting down is true? I just was really surprised that there was this option; I'm not sure if that's normal at other schools or not. Sorry if these questions are stupid.</p>
<p>That’s not how it works. If you are legally a girl but you put down male, then you will get someone else who’s legally a girl but put down male (and vice versa.) Therefore they wouldn’t let boyfriends and girlfriends stay together.</p>
<p>How does it work for lesbians and gays then? do they put gays with other guys? but then one’s sexually attracted to the other, so its like putting a boy and girl in the same room. or go gays sleep with girls? but then boys can pretend to be gay just to sleep with a girl…</p>
<p>Gays and straights sleep in the same dorm. It’s standard at pretty much every school… And chances are at NYU that you’ll be with a gay roommate.</p>
<p>There are SO many things wrong with what you’ve posted here…</p>
<p>NYU is one of the more progressive schools:</p>
<p>(1) If one identifies as a gender opposite from their sex, usually you’ll have to provide some sort of proof as such. </p>
<p>(2) NYU does allow people of opposite sexes to live in shared apartment, so long as you apply by a certain deadline and have a pre-determined group of people applying together. </p>
<p>(3) Yes, gay people and straight people share dorms together – it’s not like they ask on your housing application “Are you heterosexual? Homosexual? Bisexual? Pansexual? Asexual? Other?”… Secondly, you seem to think that gay people are attracted to EVERYONE. Just because I’m gay and my roommate is the same sex as I am, does NOT mean that I’m attracted to him. Even if I were, so what? Am I going to rape him? No.</p>
<p>Agree with 2013. Really, if you’re that hung up on sexuality you should go to a different school. Maybe someplace in the bible belt.</p>