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<p>I'm about to beg my hman year llege. The school self notified stunts of their roommate assignments jt about a week ago. When I ntacted him, he told me that he was gay. Admtedly, was unexpected and didn't jt whizz right past my head; I had to stop and thk for a send bee I'm relig, and when I nsired the prospect of such a suatn, I realized that would rult a severe clash of opns (on several grounds, by assumptn).</p> <p>However, I don...

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GAY ON CAMP: THE STRAIGHT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY CHRISTOPHER ROSASEPTEMBER 11, 2013/2:08 PMBY CHRISTOPHER ROSASEPTEMBER 11, 2013 / 2:08 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY ON CAMP: THE STRAIGHT ROOMMATE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-09-11T18:08:07.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-09-11T18:08:07.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER ROSA","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}*NAM HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF MY IENDS…AND ME. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE MOST IGHTENG PARTS OF LLEGE—FOR ANYONE—IS THE RANDOM ROOMMATE EXPERIENCE. AND FOR GAYS, THE ENTIRE ORAL N BE EVEN MORE AWKWARD SCE IF WE’RE ASSIGNED TO LIVE WH A CLOSE-MD, HOMOPHOBIC STRAIGHT BOY. IT HAPPENS MORE THAN YOU MIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE GENR-NTRAL HOG IS THE NEW ONTIER—SOME LLEG ALREADY HAVE RINCE HALLS WHERE BOTH A MALE AND FEMALE N OCCUPY ONE ROOM—MOST STUTNS ABI BY THE “SAME-SEX DORM ROOM” STAPLE. THIS LEAV NERVO GAY HMEN, WHO MAYBE JT PED A HIGH SCHOOL RIDN WH MISOGYNISTIC BULLI, QUE THE MENTAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAKE MY IEND JOHN.* JOHN ME TO THE UNIVERSY OF SOUTH CAROLA HLY OUT OF THE CLOSET AND READY TO EMBRACE HIS SEXUALY. HE OPTED TO NOT ROOM WH ME (STILL BTER ABOUT THAT, JOHN!) FAVOR OF THE “CLASSIC” RANDOM LLEGE ROOMMATE EXPERIENCE. THE RULT? JOHN WAS PLACED AN UPPERCLASSMEN APARTMENT-STYLE RINCE HALL WH TWO (SEEMGLY!) HOMOPHOBIC HMEN ATERNY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DIDN’T KNOW HIS ROOMMAT VERY WELL, BUT THEY FELY WEREN’T HELPG THE SUATN EHER. THE FEW TIM I HUNG OUT AT JOHN’S APARTMENT, HIS ROOMMAT WERE ROUTELY DROPPG THE F-(NOT F**K) BOMB, SAYG “THAT’S SO GAY,” AND BRO-G OUT TO THEIR HEART’S NTENT WHILE JOHN SAT AAID TO LET HIS EAK RABOW FLAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT BROKE MY HEART. IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE HIMSELF OM THE BULLYG HE’D EXPERIENCED HIGH SCHOOL AND “MAKE SURE HIS ROOMMAT DIDN’T FEEL UNFORTABLE” (HIS WORDS, NOT ME), JOHN MA HIS FIRST SEMTER OF LLEGE MISERABLE. HE DIDN’T DATE. HE DIDN’T JO THE BISEXUAL, GAY, LBIAN AND STRAIGHT (BGLSA) ON MP. JOHN WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT GETTG JUDGED THAT HE PHED HIMSELF FURTHER TO THE CLOSET THAN HE ‘D EVER BEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WASN’T UNTIL APRIL OF HMAN YEAR THAT JOHN, ANKLY, STOPPED GIVG A F**K. HE NEVER DISCLOSED HIS SEXUALY WH HIS ROOMMAT, BUT STARTED TO BREAK OUT OF HIS SHELL. HE WENT OUT. HE LISTENED TO BRNEY HIS APARTMENT. HE WAS MAKG PROGRS AND SLOWLY STOPPED RG WHAT HIS ROOMMAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THE ROOMMAT WEREN’T SO BAD EHER. JOHN TOLD ME THAT THE SEND HE STARTED BREAKG OUT, HE VELOPED A BETTER RELATNSHIP WH HIS ROOMMAT. THEY EVEN WOULD GO TO HIM ROUTELY FOR EMOTNAL PROBLEMS AND FASHN ADVICE. GO FIGURE. NOW, TWO YEARS LATER AND TO HIS JUNR YEAR, JOHN STILL GRABS DNER WH ONE OF THOSE HMAN ROOMMAT. HE’S VERY OUT ON MP, BUT STILL N’T SEEM TO TELL THE GUYS HE IS GAY. THOUGH, I DID LEARN OM A MUTUAL IEND THAT THE ROOMMAT THOUGHT JOHN WAS ASEXUAL WHEN HE LIVED WH THEM—GUSED HE WAS THAT GOOD AT HIDG HIS SEXUALY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT I’M CUR TO GET EVERYONE’S THOUGHTS ON THIS. WAS JOHN’S FEAR OF BEG JUDGED THAT ED HIM TO HI HIS PERSONALY OR HIS ROOMMAT’ HOMOPHOBIA? SCE JOHN SEEMS TO GET ALONG WELL WH THE GUYS NOW, I’M GOG WH THE FORMER. IF ONLY WE ULD TURN BACK TIME, RIGHT? I’D TELL JOHN TO JT BE HIMSELF OM THE SEND HE MOVED TO THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT ABOUT YOU GUYS? WHO HAS ALT WH A STRAIGHT ROOMMATE LLEGE? HOW DID END? SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE GAY ON CAMP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

My roommate is straight and I'm gay. He keeps teasg me to do thgs and I don't know what to do. Should I sleep wh my straight llege roommate? * gay roommate college *

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I also happen to be gay. I uldn’t tell you if your roomie is [closeted] gay, bi or simply cur. The reason is that sometim, gay men end up fallg for guys who are emotnally unavailable.

Email Jack, the Gay Datg Coach at: [email protected]. I’m gay and am ncerned about beg randomly selected wh a roommate who I will make unfortable.

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<p>Hi</p> <p>I am gay and am startg llege this fall. I don't want to miss out on havg a roommate but I'm nervo about roomg wh a straight guy who might feel unfortable roomg wh a gay guy. Im not really flamboyant or anythg and I do have a lot of straight iends. Havg a roommate uld eher go really great or be really bad. What should I do?</p> * gay roommate college *

I’m not flamboyant, feme and nothg about me stands out, stereotypilly, as gay.

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If anyone who’s homophobic or would feel unfortable wh a gay roommate is lurkg, how would you want this to be handled? Oftentim stori of my queer activism got to the nversatn (and a quick “bee I’m gay” f neatly to any of my explanatn paragraphs…I was shocked how un-awkward was. (It volved stickg to the nversatn that I was watchg Queer Eye and that was important to me bee I was gay.

And for gays, the entire oral n be even more awkward sce if we’re assigned to live wh a close-md, homophobic straight boy. This leav nervo gay hmen, who maybe jt ped a high school ridn wh misogynistic bulli, que the mental my iend John. ) homophobic hmen aterny hopefuls.

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The few tim I hung out at John’s apartment, his roommat were routely droppg the f-(not f**k) bomb, sayg “that’s so gay, ” and bro-g out to their heart’s ntent while John sat aaid to let his eak rabow flag broke my heart. He didn’t jo the Bisexual, Gay, Lbian and Straight (BGLSA) on mp.

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He’s very out on mp, but still n’t seem to tell the guys he is gay. Was John’s fear of beg judged that ed him to hi his personaly or his roommat’ homophobia?

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