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Ok. Im a straight A student, 4.6 GPA for the year, high school, blabla, etc. etc. etc.
One thing ive noticed is that there are no gay people in any of my advanced classes, what-so-ever.
Because all my classes are AP and everything, i commonly see about 40-50 people recycled consistently throughout my classes(half of whom were in all my middle school classes, etc etc.)
Now since only about 1/50 people will actually be self-identifyingly homosexual, and i share that furthermore with lesbians, its makes perfect statistical sense that I would be the only homosexual in my classes, but its still incredibly unfortonate. Ive never had any classes with anyone gay, nor anyone who is good friends with anyone gay, and it makes it difficult to become friends with other gay people. I know this is a problem that will only last throughout high school, but its still annoying.
Only way i meet gay people is through friending them on facebook, or through loose association by being an aquantince of an aquantince. Doesnt help that every gay guy takes acting, and i dont have room on my schedule.
Any advice? I know theres nothing you can really suggest, but maybe youve noticed something similar in a different scenario.
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- abcdefLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
I taught high school for a while and university. I know that very few people were out in those days, but I also know that some, if not many were gay. One or two over the years were actually out. I don't think your statistics are all that accurate given that for the most part younger gay men and lesbians are still not open about their orientation in high school
Does your school have a gay straight alliance? If not, start one. If that's not possible, join some non-school extra curricular activities where you are bound to meet more people, especially if they are activities that are sponsored at the local gay community centre.
I think it is a stereotype that the boys in drama classes are largely gay. Certainly some are, but there are also straight guys in drama. Perhaps you're just not aware of who is gay and who isn't.
Good luck.