<p>Hey guys, I'm a new student for fall and got into the GLBT/people who don't want gender to factor into room assignment dorms, which is gender inclusive housing. My roommate is a boy, I'm a girl. I'm really excited to be living in the glbt housing, has anyone else ever done this? Do you know anyone who has?</p>
<p>Or what are your opinions on it if you haven't?</p>
<p>To be quite honest I have never heard of a school doing this! I think more need to have similar housing available. I think its a fantastic idea!</p>
<p>I agree with MissManda42!</p>
<p>It’s seem like a fine idea, so you might have an understanding of the opposite sex. It’s fine by me, but most colleges do not do this. Because, there are always a chance “something” might happen in those co-ed rooms. Many schools just don’t want to deal with that, whether forced or voluntary. But as long as you are okay with it, then i’d say go for it!</p>
<p>Kinda wish my school had a thing like that. But I suppose have single-sex floors are as close as they will get. Though we do have several co-ed floors dorm halls, but none that are co-ed in rooms…</p>
<p>Sonoma State does this. I think the biggest thing is don’t start dating the person. If you break up it can be awkward and I know my school won’t let you change dorms unless there was one available, and normally there isn’t.</p>
<p>i think it’s a terrible idea.</p>
<p>That could go south very quickly, but I guess for a LGBT setting it makes more sense. I’ve still never heard of that.</p>
<p>I think it’s a great idea. Not quite sure if I’d do it (I am queer) but I definitely would consider it. Regardless, there are a lot of people who would probably feel much more comfortable in this setting, and it’s nice to see that some schools are accommodating them.</p>
<p>Considering im queer dating won’t be an issue for me, and he may very well be queer as well. We do have a suitemate who is female. I think it just make everyone who is an lgbt youth feel better, to be on a floor with people who you know will be accepting. Even if I did get feelings for my girl roommate I wouldn’t pursue them, I think dating your roommate is a terrible idea, you’d never get space away from them.</p>
<p>Also not all of the suites are going to be coed, some have 4 of same gender, some are mixed like mine, you just might be with someone of a different gender if you’re on the GIH floor, you don’t know until you’re assigned your room.</p>
<p>I’m glad more and more schools are opening up to this… slowly but surely. I’m bi so really it didn’t matter if I roomed with a girl or a guy. I would much rather have roomed with a guy though.</p>
<p>UCONN actually has gender free housing: </p>
<p>Gender Free Housing
The University of Connecticut seeks to provide a living environment welcoming to all gender identities; one not limited to the traditional gender binary. Gender Free Housing allows for same-gender, opposite-gender or other-gender identities to live together regardless of biological sex. Students living in Gender Free Housing are assigned to six person suites with three people in each room.</p>
<p>Now, I’ve never heard of anyone who actually lives in one but seems cool.</p>
<p>What school, Bothell123? Just curious…</p>
<p>^western washington university, in bellingham, WA.</p>
<p>UConn have gender-free housing? Never heard of it, guides didn’t even tell us this during orientation. Although a guy in my first campus tour group asked about this. There seem to be a lot of straight guys and girls who live with an opposite sex, most of them are straight I’ve heard. But nothing apparently happened, very friendly and such.</p>
<p>huh never heard of colleges in the us doing this. there are some coed floors i heard about but not coed rooms</p>
<p>“Gender Free Housing
The University of Connecticut seeks to provide a living environment welcoming to all gender identities; one not limited to the traditional gender binary. Gender Free Housing allows for same-gender, opposite-gender or other-gender identities to live together regardless of biological sex. Students living in Gender Free Housing are assigned to six person suites with three people in each room.”</p>
<p>" UCONN actually has gender free housing:</p>
<p>Gender Free Housing
The University of Connecticut seeks to provide a living environment welcoming to all gender identities; one not limited to the traditional gender binary. Gender Free Housing allows for same-gender, opposite-gender or other-gender identities to live together regardless of biological sex. Students living in Gender Free Housing are assigned to six person suites with three people in each room.</p>
<p>Now, I’ve never heard of anyone who actually lives in one but seems cool. “”</p>
<p>I was actually in one of those rooms for the second semester of the year. It was a suite with three people in each room, and everyone moved out in mine before I got there so it became basically a giant single with a shared bathroom. I heard there were three girls in the one I was in prior to me arriving, who were all straight sorority girls. The other room had some frat boy(s?) that I never talked to; one moved out. It was pretty lonely. I’ve signed up for the Alumni (honors) dorms this year instead as their personalities fit a lot closer to mine than anyone else in the previous dorm.</p>
<p>I know MIT, Havard, the UCs, Princeton, and a few other public and private schools are doing this. Either already doing it or will be in a few years. These gender-free housing are normally open to both straight and LGBT people. So you can be straight and live in one of these room, as long as you want to be in it.</p>
<p>However, many people think having straight guys and girls in a co-ed room/suite are bad idea. Perhaps they believes there might be some “stuffs” that goes on. But most are overreacting. A poll taken in several schools with co-ed room/suite have shown that there are little to no rape/assault incident in these rooms.</p>
<p>Personally, I like the idea. It’s great for schools to finally allow for these types of rooms.</p>
<p>I’m kinda jealous you have this option, but then all I had to do was email my future roommate. If he had a problem with my sexuality he could (hopefully would) swap rooms then. </p>
<p>I don’t see why adults shouldn’t be free to choose which gender or person to live with.</p>
<p>I’m bi, but honestly, I could only room with a girl if she was like my best friend. Never heard of colleges have coed roomates. At my first college, I lived in a residence hall with coed floors (1st/2nd floor female, 3rd floor male). Still, the idea sounds interesting but I don’t think I’d participate. LOL</p>
<p>Yeah the way I see it we are adults, and people live in apartments with the opposite gender all the time so why must it be such a big deal.</p>