<p>I’m going to BU next year, and I’m gay. </p>
<p>I suppose I could find someone on the accepted Facebook group or something who would want to room with me, but I’m kind of into the survey/random roommate business. But that runs the risk of me getting paired with someone who maybe isn’t so on board with me being gay. I also don’t want to just find some random person on facebook and be like “hey, wanna room? Also I’m gay…” </p>
<p>I don’t know what to do. Any box I could check or place I could write in that I’m gay? I don’t even know how the roommate selection process works whatsoever haha, any advice would be MUCH appreciated it.</p>
<p>Parent speaking here, but I wanted to let you know that once you get your roommate assignment, there is the opportunity to swap. In your situation, as soon as I got my roommate information, I would email your roommate, introduce yourself and tell him a bit about yourself. At the end of the email I would mention the fact that you are gay. My point is, certainly being gay is a huge part of who you are, but there is more to you than your sexual orientation. If your roommate decides that he can’t deal with it, that is his problem not yours, the onus is on him to request a change. Best of luck to you, BU is a great school and Boston is a great city for college students!</p>