<p>How is it? Is it existent? I’m gay, and I want to go to a school that is open to that. Is Bates a sexually diverse school, and how big is the gay population? Can you compare it to some other schools like Vassar or Wesleyan?</p>
<p>I do not attend bates, I applied RD there (current HS senior.) My friend is gay and goes to Bates. There is definitely a gay community there. There is an LGBTQ group that hosts parties and such (one of their parties came up in my news feed on facebook). There is definitely not as much gay life as there is at Vassar and Wesleyan, but I know my friend has lots of gay friends. His roommate is gay too, by coincidence. One thing about Bates is that the community is really accepting of pretty much anybody, so even though the gay community isn’t big, it is welcomed freely into the rest of the school’s culture.</p>