<p>Yes, cdover, perfect plan. Tell him face to face. But again, I would try not to make it its own topic. If you really want to tell him right away, steer the conversation in that direction. But please don’t make it sound like you’re telling him out of courtesy.</p>
<p>Haha, cdover. Idk why I decided to put it as spanish…but I agree with panther124! Don’t place yourself in a corner.</p>
<p>“Hey, (name of roommate). Can I talk to you for a moment?”
-“Sure. What’s up?”
“I’m gay.”
-snickers
“No, seriously - I am REALLY gay.”
-“Oh.”
“Love you man, in a non gay way.”
-“Cool”
"Gas station on 4th Street is selling cans of Natty Ice for $1. Wanna go?
-“F-ck YEA!.”</p>
<p>cdover, I got your PM. I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings!!! 
I’m sure your roomate will like you! :)</p>
<p>“I’m gay” usually works to convey the goal meaning.</p>
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<p>Didn’t you call him a rapist? In what world do you live in where you would think somebody wouldn’t be offended by that?</p>
<p>id imagine he pmed you to not make this public…</p>
<p>^ Haha, that’s what I was thinking.</p>
<p>^ Yeahhhh that was what I was thinking tooo. :P</p>
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“Hey, (name of roommate). Can I talk to you for a moment?”
-“Sure. What’s up?”
“I’m gay.”
-snickers
“No, seriously - I am REALLY gay.”
-“Oh.”
“Love you man, in a non gay way.”
-“Cool”
"Gas station on 4th Street is selling cans of Natty Ice for $1. Wanna go?
-“F-ck YEA!.”
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<p>Haha. That’s how I’d like it to go. I’m hoping he’s gonna ask about something I have so I can casually say “Yeah, my boyfriend gave it to me…” etc. etc.</p>
<p>Which is a lie cuz I don’t have one :(, but he’s not gonna know that.</p>
<p>so cdover, did you ever get a chance to talk to your roommate?</p>
<p>I don’t think I’m gonna gain progress on this until school starts mid Aug. He clearly doesn’t use his Facebook, and he doesn’t have any other social networking profiles (that I could find). Which is weird cuz he looks like the kind of person that is always on the computer, lol. (Not that I should judge someone by one profile pic). Guess I’ll be mentioning it face to face.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone who’s in the same situation - please post your happenings! :)</p>
<p>lmao, well haha idk what to say…</p>
<p>I’d just hope he is gay too …</p>
<p>do they give you his phone number? maybe you could call him</p>
<p>People nowadays are pretty good with sexual orientation (since the 1990s). As long as the guy is not an overreligious person, who has issues againt homosexuality due to religious issues, I would sya there is a 65-75% chance your roommate will be OK with it. It definitely may take some adjusting.</p>
<p>My friend is an out lesbian and her room-mate was a pentacostal christian. She actually didn’t come out to her room-mate for a few months, but her room-mate was completely fine with it.</p>
<p>On the other hand, one freshmen in my dorm was completely freaked out his room-mate was gay to the verge of tears and wanted a room change immediately. (I don’t know what happened with that). He didn’t consider himself a homophobe, but it just bothered him to live with a homosexual in close quarters. Which is sort of the definition of homophobia haha.</p>
<p>Gay room-mates can be fun. My freshman room-mate was a good guy, though he had some defects as a room-mate unrelated to his sexual orientation.</p>
<p>Also, don’t bring guys back to the room and then still have sex when your room-mate is there. Even if you think he’s asleep. You might wake him up… :(</p>
<p>unless you are very blatantly gay and/or start bringing multitudes of dudes to screw in your dorm, I don’t think you need to bring the issue up. Sexual orientation shouldn’t be a deciding factor in anything. Just present yourself as a person. He should like you for who you are, not who you sleep with. lol</p>
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<p>But sexuality is a big part of “who you are”.</p>
<p>sorry if I sound kind of cynical here, Silence, but is “being straight” a part of who YOU are?</p>
<p>True, being gay is different from being straight, but in the end, sexuality doesn’t really alter or affect the type of person you are unless you make your life all about being gay or straight. Just as there are gay men who play football, there are also straight men who dance ballet and work in fashion.
The point being, why not get to know the guy first? Unless the OP is simply a person who OOZES gayness and is practically ready to explode with blatant homosexuality, I don’t see how one’s sexual preferences really poses a problem as to being dormies and friends.</p>
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<p>Yes.</p>
<p>I know what you are getting at–people who all they do is talk about their sexuality can be annoying, but your sexuality is a part of who you are and to deny it is unhealthy. </p>
<p>Just look at the closeted Republican politicians who have weird personal lives because of the contrast between the political views they support and their sexual orientation.</p>
<p>I suppose it can be prudent to hide it in some situations, but it should be the case that you do not have to.</p>