<p>Hey</p>
<p>So I really want to know how gay friendly of a campus Emory is? How much would you say (percentage) of the student body is openly gay? And is it a welcoming place for the LGBTs in general?</p>
<p>Also, off topic question, are there a lot of house parties/dorm parties on weekends or weekdays and stuff? Are they fun? :)</p>
<p>Emory is an LGBT friendly school located in one of the most progressive areas of an already gay-friendly city. Don’t be fooled by the Southern location. </p>
<p>I can’t provide statistics (I doubt they exist) but I worked in an office across from the LGBT center for years and can say that they are very active and have a presence on campus. There was an incident last semester in which a recent alumnus and a current gay Emory undergrad had a drunken confrontation but that is the only ‘incident’ I can think of in years. The situation was dealt with swiftly by the University. Emory is an accepting place. </p>
<p>On the academic side of LGBT issues, Emory is, to quote a professor, the “place for all things queer.” By this he meant that the school is the destination if you’re interested in gender and sexualities studies. The best Women’s Studies department in the country (Lynn Huffer, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, et. al.) coupled with a core group of English/Comp Lit/ILA faculty that are renowned for their work with Queer Theory (Richard Rambuss, Jonathan Goldberg, Michael Moon …) makes for a top-notch place.</p>
<p>from what I heard from some of the people I know, there are a lot of fun parties if you know where to look… as for gay campus thing, I dont think it matters… most people wont hate you if you are like “hello my name is___ and I’m gay”. personally, I dont mind gay people as long as they dont try to impose/force/try to convert it on you</p>
<p>There is a pretty large, visible, and active gay community on campus so you should be fine. </p>
<p>emory83: Careful, the OP is looking for how our campus treats/accommodates the gay community, so unfortunately since you aren’t here yet, your opinion could be less relevant. Plus it essentially gives your personal opinion on gays. That tells nothing about the campus atmosphere. For example, some campuses are actually at least somewhat conservative, so gays may not be looked well upon at such universities and the quality of life for such students/faculty suffers. The person seems to be trying to figure out if we are liberal or conservative, with respect to this issue. The answer is: liberal.</p>
<p>Plus I find the conversion thing a rather interesting statement that is also irrelevant. I’d imagine that gays don’t try to proselytize homosexuality. I’ve never heard of this happening, so I don’t understand where this comes from. And as somewhat of a liberal, I never understood the conspiracy theory of the “gay agenda” (this is what your whole concern on conversion reminds me of). Doesn’t make much sense. However, religious groups do proselytize.</p>
<p>Thank you so much everyone for answering the gay community doubts I had! I really appreciate it. I just want to go to a rather liberal college, as my high school has been slightly confining in a lot of aspects.</p>
<p>But I’d just like to ask, if anyone could please answer my question, how is the social scene on campus? I’ve asked this question once before I think in another thread, but what I mean to ask now is, what are the different ranges in social scene that people can have? I am sorry to shift the focus of the thread but I’d just like to know more in particular rather than just a general answer of “Oh, the social scene is pretty good etc etc”. I want to know what YOU think 
What are the stigmas of the social scene? And what exactly encompasses it? Is it movie marathons? Playing games in dorm? Dorm parties, Frat parties, house parties? Events on campus? Plays or music concerts?</p>
<p>It’s actually all of the things you mention with the parties prevailing in general. Like, if there is a music concert(in this case band), expect all the “pre-games”(again I’m new to this concept) before it and real parties after it. On weekends, lots of people go to the club or some type of bar. This is why you’ll see tons of the cab vans between Thursday and Saturday. Sunday is cram time, so you’ll see lots of people back in the library cramming for assignments, quizzes, exams they should have been studying for say on Thursday, but took 3-4 days off to party. Luckily this works for most. But it’s interesting to just see the library suddenly fill back up Sunday evening. Also, Clairmont area is a party destination because the amount of freedom allotted to people staying in an apartment and it’s proximity to Highland Lakes which throws lots of parties. However, there are many people who do things like play video games and watch movies. And I don’t think they are that hard to find provided that you aren’t easily swept up by the party scene. The social scene here is somewhat balanced I guess. As for options in the arts on the weekend and/or weekdays, formal music concerts and plays seem to have revved up quite a bit on campus, and have become extremely common and popular with both students and the Atlanta community (so you don’t have to worry about being one of the few people attending), so that is always an option. I went to several last semester.</p>
<p>oh haha sorry if I came off as a little harsh. I was just giving an extreme example… I agree with you, from what I heard, emory is liberal :)</p>