<p>The reason I ask is because I'm gay and I'm honestly kind of scared of being bashed, since I'm from SF, where it is very gay-friendly. I'm not obviously gay when you look at me, but when you talk to me, you would probably get some subtle hints that I am gay. So, is UCI gay-friendly? Would it be smarter not to come out at all at this school? Thanks.</p>
<p>Just an incoming freshmen here. But my honest opinion would be that you shouldn’t have to worry. College is nothing like high school. All the immature/insecure ******s are a miniscule population in uci seeing as they would not have gotten in or they went straight to work. Most guys these days don’t care…well probably feel uncomfortable at first but after that its all good. Plus having a gay friend widens the circle of hot girls i would know haha.</p>
<p>I’m also an incoming freshman, but I’m sure that with all the people and diversity at UCI that they brag about, there will also be a good group of people who are homosexual that will support you. There should also be clubs, like GSA. Other than that, you can choose friends who are accepting and tolerant; they will probably make better friends anyway.</p>
<p>The only haters I’ve ever seen are the skinheads which rolled around University Center on occasion. Of course, the local/UCI PD are pretty quick at handling those sorts of things. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about it too much. Obviously don’t start picking fights with people who are blatantly intolerant.</p>
<p>again an incoming freshman, so I don’t really know…
but this is the place where they made and showed this film ([Hetero</a> on Vimeo](<a href=“http://vimeo.com/24466238]Hetero”>Hetero on Vimeo)), so we can tell that there are accepting students who are in an environment where they can get support for it.
and you have us at cc :)</p>
<p>I have a few friends who are gay. When out little circle of friends found out, no on really cared (and why should we?). </p>
<p>I’ve seen a few people gossip about it, but not in a hateful way. More like, “did you know XX and XY are dating?” style.</p>
<p>I am an incoming freshman and doing the summer bridge program right now. I’ve met and hanged with several gay friends they all seem happy, no one discriminates. It’s college people are more mature and accepting. Hope it helps!</p>
<p>just remember, wherever you go it will never truly be gay friendly.</p>
<p>well in my orientation we had some sort of game in which we cross the line if ur somehting</p>
<p>like cross the line if ur christian or soemthing</p>
<p>and there was 1 where they said cross line if ur gay/tran and stuff</p>
<p>and well the ppl I was with found the ppl that cross that line disgusting</p>
<p>but then again idk maybe its just them</p>
<p>ppl will always judge whereever u go man, no getting past that</p>
<p>^ During my orientation we played the same game. When the question arose to cross if you are gay/trans, several people crossed including the staffers. There weren’t any looks of disgust, on the other hand several people sympathized with their hardships. There was a question which asked people to cross the line if they were in a situation where they couldn’t tell their parents about someone they loved. There were also several people who crossed and I was impressed that they did that before people that they had only known for several hours.</p>
<p>if u look up videos of UCI in youtube</p>
<p>theres quite a few events thta happen on campus where ppl r saying ur gonna go to hell if ur this or that</p>
<p>and I asked a staffer about it and she said stuff like thta happens a lot</p>
<p>but UCI is a huge campus so its easy to avoid that stuff</p>
<p>During my orientation, several people crossed the line with the gay/trans question, and people were okay with it. Some of the staffers were also specially trained for people who had LGBT questions or issues. As far as I can tell (incoming freshman here) it’s very open, and in general, the people I met seemed really friendly and open to whatever differences you might have.</p>
<p>Hi, just graduated from UCI, and I gotta say UCI is pretty gay-friendly. There is a LGBT center and most people I know are openly gay and there was actually an article in the school newspaper listing all the openly gay/bisexual students and LGBT supporters, and it was a full page spread. </p>
<p>About the stuff on campus, the people with those signs and megaphones are not fellow UCI students and you know what they say, haters gonna hate. Throughout the school year, UCI will have events on ring road that support the diversity of the campus, ranging from sexual abuse/assault awareness week to cultural awareness of the many organizations on campus. </p>
<p>Almost every club or major class that I attended had openly gay students, and I’ve never heard anything truly derogatory about them, at the MOST, maybe annoyance at some flamboyant behavior that some people express because of how gay-friendly uci is. I could be wrong, but from my personal experiences, I haven’t seen open acts of hate.</p>
<p>Hey, I’m an incoming transfer student, but I’ve taken both sessions of summer school this summer. I’m gay and I haven’t seen any kind of hatred. Also, there are easy ways to immerse yourself into the everything gay at UCI. I just started going to the LGBT Center and the people that work there are very nice and sociable. They also have gay housing in AV. I’m living there this coming school year (excited for that). I really don’t think you have anything to worry about. OH…and there is also a gay club. I think it’s called IQ. I will definitely be checking that out when fall starts.</p>
<p>I worked in the housing dept at UCI last year and we had certification for LGBT safe zones (basically just knowing how to support people who feel isolated or unwelcome). That being said, I know many gay/bi/other people on campus and they love it here. Then again, I am in the arts department…</p>
<p>Irvine in and of itself is a pretty conservative area, but the campus is not something you should be worried about. There’s the LGBT center if you need any help and there are always people around campus willing to lend an ear.</p>