<p>I'm an incoming freshman and I was wondering what it's like being gay at cornell. I'm not too worried about any "dangerous" homophobia, just because this is an elite school in new york and not some backwoods hellhole (also I'm not effeminate in the slightest) I was just wondering how open the campus is, how accepting people are in general, what it's like for freshmen in particular, etc.</p>
<p>I’ve seen a few ******bags in the Facebook group who seem quite intolerant, but they’re definitely in the minority. I doubt most people would even care at all; I mean it’s not like it affects them or anything.</p>
<p>right, but you’re being logical. like if everyone thought “why should I care it doesn’t affect me” then there would be zero issues anywhere in the world, but clearly some people don’t think that way. you’ve seen stuff like that in the group? I don’t think I have. maybe I’m not checking enough</p>
<p>Well, I’ve added some of them and seen some of their statuses and stuff. They use like gay slurs and stuff and don’t believe in equal rights, etc.</p>
<p>Again, they’re the minority.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen them before, and I’m glad I haven’t.</p>
<p>I personally don’t mind anyone’s sexual orientation for what it matters. I think it’s rather interesting actually why people feel / are attracted the way they are.</p>
<p>That’s very harsh of you Colene, one shouldn’t be so narrow-minded.</p>
<p>^
Pretty sure he was referring to the D-Bag bigots…</p>
<p>From my observation, it seems like they’re all athletes or the frat types.</p>
<p>You have to keep in mind that a lot of Cornell undergrads come from “middle-of-nowhere” type places with little demographic diversity; so some people are not at all comfortable with a person who is different in some way. Despite this, most people on campus are generally tolerant and there are many specific groups and organizations that exist at the school. It’s a given that not everyone will be inclusive, but it’s unlikely that you’ll be friends with an obscenely large amount of people anyway.</p>
<p>As far as I can tell, Cornell is a very tolerant environment. The number of ******bags who will try to make your life difficult are few and far between at Cornell, and I’m sure most would be embarrassed to express any anti-gay views or judge someone because only someone is gay. I’m sure it’s not all peachy, especially late-nights when alcohol is involved, but like anything, if you surround yourself with good people, Cornell should be nothing but the best environment for anybody.</p>
<p>Im going to Cornell next year and If it makes you feel better ill be your friend :)</p>