Gay at BC

<p>What really prevents me from accepted my admission here is the treatment of gay and lesbian students. I somewhat feel like they’re oppressed and generally disliked by the student and school body. Can anyone provide links, anecdotes, or pictures proving otherwise? Also, why is the school’s LGBC’s website not working?</p>

<p>When I went on 48 Hours, which is a freshman retreat, one student got up in front of 150 people and admitted he was gay. I saw nothing but support from these BC students and have not heard of anyone rediculing him. They do have LGBT resources,but I think the administration is more judgmental than the student body, but they have made it easier for gay students in recent years.</p>

<p>Thank you. Does anyone else have input, too?</p>

<p>I heard a few years back there was some rally to support a group for lgbc and an astounding number of the student body showed up 80 percent or so.. I don't remember the exact numbers.</p>

<p>worst comes to worst you can pioneer</p>

<p>The administration does not care about GLBT issues on this campus. However, that's not to say the student body feels the same way. Administrators need to keep donors happy by siding with conservative views...money talks, I guess. </p>

<p>There is a highly active population of the BC community both outgoing and incoming who continue the crusade for GLBT students. There've been very few incidents that have been reported where a gay student is bashed, i.e. there was an incident where a sexual slur was written on a student's door, but they caught the person and I believe he's been kicked out or put on indefinite suspension. But attacks are not common at all.</p>

<p>It's the administration who doesn't give a damn about GLBT issues, but that's the case for alot of colleges. Students, generally, don't feel the same way. And this is coming from a current leaving graduate.</p>

<p>For those who are current students, how many gay students do you know of? How are they? What do they think of BC?</p>

<p>I'll reiterate my reply when you asked this before:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/boston-college/588829-gay-life.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/boston-college/588829-gay-life.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If you honestly harbor deep concerns, then you may want to consider a school that has a more open consideration of GLBT issues. But like I said in my original response, I don't think you have anything to fear.</p>

<p>If you go with Kinsey's estimate of 5-10% of the population, then it is likely that a similar percentage of BC students are gay -- maybe not openly to the point where current students can point and say "oh there goes another one", any more than they can point and say "there goes another straight". But I suspect you will find a sizable gay community there. Google on BC GLBt -- there's activity there.</p>

<p>y would u want to go to a catholic school if you were gay, doesnt make sense to me</p>

<p>BC</a> True Life: I'm Gay at BC - Features</p>

<p>It's an article written by a a gay guy discussing his (maybe unique?) situation at BC. BC is not a liberal campus. I mean, we're liberal compared to the country, but as far as universities in the north-east go, we're conservative. I know some openly gay guys (although no one at BC has ever openly told me they are gay, nor anyone I know on facebook has it listed as such, even though I have seen such things and been told such things at the university I studied abroad at), but not many. I know a lot of people who are probably in the closet. I know some guys who have guys sleep in their rooms, but still aren't completely open about it. If you want to be open about it, or at least not fear being alone if it comes about, I'd look elsewhere truthfully.</p>

<p>I like the school... I'm just worried about the people.</p>

<p>the students @ BC tend to lean more toward the liberal side. many students are accepting of people of different social, economic, gender, sexual, racial backgrounds. you shouldn't have a problem with any of the students mocking you just because you are gay. like some of the people said before, BC has to stick to it's conservative view to appease the donors among other people; however, that only relates to the administration and not the student body itself</p>