<p>I’m a girl, and if I got a bisexual or lesbian girl as my room mate I wouldn’t really mind. I would want my room mate to tell me of course. but I have an opinion of equality. some girls get weirded out. I know that I’d have to adjust to the situation because it would obviously be different for me, but I couldn’t judge someone just because of who they like.
good luck to you and I hope you find a roommate who accepts you for you, and if not, oh well (:</p>
<p>Nice thread. I am pretty much in the same situation except I will be coming (hopefully) to UF next year. </p>
<p>So did you find a roommate and how did it turn out?</p>
<p>I really wouldn’t have a problem rooming with a gay guy. I’ll be honest, it will probably be a bit awkward at first, but once i got to know you i think i realize your cool. My advice is to have patience with the other person. Understand that some people haven’t experienced being around a LGBT a whole lot. I truly hope you have a positive experience with your roommate.</p>
<p>For jcold9 and other Homophobics: Do you hit on EVERY girl you see? I doubt it. Its the same with gays. I doubt a gay guy will hit on every guy he sees. Just chill man. I respect your views, but perhaps experiencing living with someone with different political views/religious views/ morals/ and even sexual preferences might help you become a better person and more well-rounded student.</p>
<p>Anyway, having only skimmed some of the hilariously ignorant Christian-centric debate up earlier in this thread, I thought to actually post something semi-useful, though more just towards LGBTQ stuff at UF in general:</p>
<p>I’m a pre-everything transmasculine pansexual person currently living in the dorms, and it’s been fine for me. :B I’ve not begun legitly transitioning, so I’ve not had my gender indicator changed on anything, so I’m chilling on the female floors of the dorms I’ve been in. No one has started anything, and it’s been generally fine. Though, you do get occasional double glances initially in the year before everyone recognizes people on the floor whilst going into the bathroom, myself looking a bit more masculine than the typical resident, but no one’s even said anything about that, which is awesome.</p>
<p>And yeah, I’d totally not even bother telling the other person - why should they even know who you find attractive? They barely even know your name before you move in! If they’re totally crazy enough to want to start ****, it’s their problem, and you would bring it up with the RA and get it settled 'cause they’re in the wrong. </p>
<p>But overall, UF is a decent campus for LGBTQ students - Pride Student Union, the LGBTQ group, is fairly large and well organized, so I’d check that out if you have any interest.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t want to room with a black guy, it’s just weird. </p>
<p>What? I thought we were being prejudiced here…</p>
<p>But seriously though, I’m gay but I’ve never told my roommates about my sexuality just like they’ve never told me about theirs. It’s about having enough respect to not do things like having a partner over without telling your roommate in advance. As long as you keep an open line of communications, personal beliefs/sexuality/etc shouldn’t be any problem.</p>
<p>I am personally fine with the matter but I just want to make a point.</p>
<p>A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding despite the fear, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as IRRATIONAL. (Wiki) </p>
<p>Since it’s irrational, no point in logical arguments.</p>
<p>@ACheung</p>
<p>But I believe the term “homophobe” is a misnomer and is generally used to refer to someone that dislikes homosexuals similar to a racist. A more accurate term would be a “heterosexist” but that isn’t widely used.</p>
<p>You could always just say bigot though.</p>
<p>Bigot would be a better word. But maybe there is such a phobia :] haha. Some of the phobias are pretty ridiculous. </p>
<p><a href=“http://phobialist.com/[/url]”>http://phobialist.com/</a></p>
<p>Could be Ithyphallophobia.</p>
<p>I’ll be going into college in a year, but my sister has already graduated and she had a lesbian roomate her 3rd year of college. She knew from the very start, and she was okay with living with her, but she complained to me and our parents a lot. In these talks, I felt like I was the only one in the family that wasn’t a homophobe. At first my sister was a bit weirder out and most of her complaints were “well what if she has sex with another girl” to which I responded with a question about how that’s any different than her roommate having sex with a guy; no one wants to see their roomate having sex with anyone, so you just don’t go in the room and find somewhere else to hang out for a bit. Also the “what if she checks me out all the time.”
And this has to be the most overused and ridiculous fear that homophobic people have. Are you really THAT egotistical that you basically think that anyone who is attracted to your GENDER will be attracted to you?
Anyways, over time, my sister got used to it and now it barely ever bothers her anymore, even though she was weirder out in the beginning. And I myself wouldn’t mind having a LGBT as a roommate at all, but someone that was narrow-minded, homophobic and spitting bible passages at me about the wrongs of homosexuality, that’s the kind of person I would never want to room with.</p>