<p>I'm a high school senior (girl) trying to decide between Fordham and Northeastern. Being...bi-curious, I guess you'd say, I really would love to know anything about the campus attitude/gay population at Northeastern. Are people generally open with their sexuality? Are they "segregated" from the general student population? (Specifically I'm looking for answers about Northeastern, not Boston in general)
(I know there is quite the gay population in New York, so I'm set with that)</p>
<p>If you have a problem with this, please be respectful and refrain from posting negative comments. They will not, as most homophobes hope, anger me (or any other gay people on the forum), they merely serve as a source of entertainment. Don't make a fool of yourself.</p>
<p>There’s a decent gay population here. My roommate is gay and has a pretty big group of gay/bi friends, both guys and girls, but they don’t seem “segregated” at all to me. My roommate’s good friends are pretty equally mixed between straight and gay… she has a lot of good groups of friends who are straight, but she also will go out with a group of her gay friends to lesbian bars or gay events. So while the gay population definitely gets to know each other, they don’t only associate with each other or really feel like they have to segregate from the straight population. </p>
<p>I’d say people are pretty open with their sexuality, but it obviously just varies among individuals. It seems people are also pretty accepting here… when I make statements like “I’m going out with my roommate and her girlfriend” I usually get some kind of response like “oh, her girlfriend?” just because it’s not the norm, but I’ve never run into any rude comments or anything. I’m sure there are people here who are “against” it or whatever, but they’re going to be a small minority and easy to avoid.</p>
<p>I don’t have anything to add, but I will be watching this thread closely. I’m definitely coming to NEU next year and I’ve only just started coming out of the closet as a lesbian. I’m planning on telling all of my friends and family by this August, so I will be coming to NEU as a fully out gay student, but I’m a little scared of how college life is going to be.</p>
<p>Specifically, my roommate. Emily, you mentioned that you would go out with your roommate and your girlfriend. You’re totally fine with having a lesbian/bisexual roommate? I’m not trying to pass unnecessary judgment on others (because I’d hate for others to do the same to me) but, because I don’t have any experience in the matter, I’m worried about the potential for my roommate to take issue with the fact that I am a lesbian.</p>
<p>That would depend entirely on who you happen to get for a future roommate. I’d hazard a guess that the majority of students here have similar reactions to what Emily said (curious, possibly a little confused, but not offended or upset) but there are of course going to be a few close-minded people everywhere. I don’t think you should worry about it unless you move in and find out your roommate is a prick, but if you are very worried anyway we have a new housing situation called “gender neutral” where you have a single and share a bathroom is someone who may or may not be the same gender as you. I’m not sure if it is upperclassmen only, but I’m sure if you contacted housing they’d be able to explain it more fully.</p>