# Would you be comfortable sharing a dressing room with a gay person?? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 27, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005 "2013-06-27T01:58:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/401 "2013-07-07T01:00:50Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > Oh, and last time I saw 2 guys making out in the street I almost puked. I don’t know how frequently you make people want to puke, but I expect that quite a few have a bad taste in their mouth after interacting with you. ---
**Author:** ![rock\_party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@rock\_party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rock_party)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/402 "2013-07-07T01:01:18Z")
[Oh, and last time I saw 2 guys making out in the street I almost puked. Does that answer your question??/ If it made you puke the last time you saw two guys making out in the street, what was it like the time before that? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/403 "2013-07-07T03:18:02Z")
> [@wheresmymind](#): > > Like at a clothing store? I wouldn’t be comfortable sharing a dressing room at Lord and Taylor with _anyone_, gay or straight, man or woman. That’s the first thing that came into my mind when I saw the phrase ‘dressing room.’ The only other thing I’ve seen that phrase apply to is when someone keeps their clothes in some other room besides their bedroom, and usually changes clothes there, rather than in their bedroom. Either way, it’s space you only share with someone you’re on fairly intimate terms with. Locker rooms, OTOH…no big deal. I’m sure I’ve been in locker rooms with gay people before, but just didn’t know they were gay. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/404 "2013-07-07T04:39:35Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > Yes, I’m not a preacher nor do I have anything against the gay lifestyle. > Everyone should be free to have sex with whom they want, as long as its consensual. > > Oh, and last time I saw 2 guys making out in the street I almost puked. Does that answer your question??. Honey, I’m sure seeing you make out with anyone would cause the same reaction in others. ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/405 "2013-07-07T20:36:14Z")
Here’s some more of that Liberal “tolerance”: http://www.komonews.com/news/crime/Video-shows-crowd-attacking-religious-protesters-at-Pridefest-214151861.html > [@](#): > > **Video shows men attacking religious protesters at Pridefest** > > A protester holding a sign reading “Repent or Else” was attacked by a group of people following a loud argument during Pridefest Sunday, according to the Seattle Police Department. > > Bicycle officers heard a loud debate between two groups of people near Fourth Avenue North and Broad Street but continued on their way. > > According to video shot by a witness, after officers leave the crowd continues to yell at and shove two religious protesters, one of whom is holding a sign that reads “Repent or Else” and “Jesus Saves from Sin.” > > At one point, the video shows a 36-year-old Marysville man taking off his shirt and threatening the sign-holding protester. The man eventually starts leaving, saying, “Cops are coming; let’s roll.” > > After a group of women try unsuccessfully to steal the protester’s sign, a group of men grab onto it and pull him to the ground while the crowd applauds. That’s when the video shows the 36-year-old run back toward the fight and punch the sign-holder in the back of the head multiple times. > > ## Officers returned to the scene after the fight was broken up and arrested the 36-year-old, who was booked into King County Jail. A 22-year-old, also from Marysville, who the video shows grabbing the protester’s sign and kicking him while on the ground was arrested and later released. Both men are facing possible misdemeanor assault charges. > > **UPDATE:** Jason Queree, the man suspected of punching the protester multiple times, has been arrested 29 times since 1995. He has been convicted or otherwise found against for nine felonies, including forgery, stolen property, unlawful firearm possession and theft, and 12 misdemeanors, including driving with a suspended license, vehicle prowl, domestic violence, assault, DUI and criminal trespass ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/406 "2013-07-07T20:44:14Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > Here’s some more of that Liberal “tolerance”: > > http://www.komonews.com/news/crime/Video-shows-crowd-attacking-religious-protesters-at-Pridefest-214151861.html Oh noes! The Official Gay Ambassador has been caught attacking people! On behalf of gay and bi people around the world, I apologize, and we will hereby quit trying to gain an equality we so _obviously_ do not deserve. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/407 "2013-07-07T20:54:42Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > I’m a heterosexual male, and I will admit I’m a bit homophobic. Care to revise or add to this? What exactly do you mean by just “a bit”? ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/408 "2013-07-07T21:02:04Z")
Now, now, that’s not just the Gay Ambassador - he’s the Ambassador for Liberal Tolerance! > [@Esco](#): > > Here’s some more of that Liberal “tolerance”: > > http://www.komonews.com/news/crime/Video-shows-crowd-attacking-religious-protesters-at-Pridefest-214151861.html So…do you propose the prison guards give them separate changing rooms so they don’t make homophobic inmates uncomfortable? ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/409 "2013-07-07T22:28:43Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > We have separate change rooms for men and women, and its for that exact same reason. Women arent comfortable changing in front of drooling guys checking out their bodies Well, nowadays, it’s highly unlikely that an homosexual would drool checking me out, so it doesn’t matter. And back then I was worth checking out, I would have been flattered, had I been aware of it. I know that women by and large don’t consider it flattering, but well, I’m a dude, so I’m unconcerned by their silly womanish ways of thinking. (There are some exceptions, though. There has been people I actively disliked and I didn’t find them checking me out or hitting on me the slightest bit flattering. But generally speaking, at worst, I wouldn’t have cared, at best I would have secretely rejoiced) ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/410 "2013-07-07T22:31:53Z")
Hmmm… I hadn’t realized it was the 9th page of this thread. Sorry for quoting/answering such an old post. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/411 "2013-07-08T17:01:57Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > I’m not comfortable with some homo checking out my pecker in the shower. But…most gay people I know don’t carry around a magnifying glass and tweezers. Especially not in a shower. How could they check your pecker? Wouldn’t the magnifying glass fog up long before they found it? To teh gheys: do you, in fact, in your “straight-to-ghey indoctrination kit” carry around fog-proof magnifying glasses and tweezers to check out Esco’s pecker? Also, having read all 12 billion pages of this thread, it seems to me that Esco sounds like a teetotaler who’s trying to have alcohol banned because he doesn’t think he can conquer his urge for demon rum. It’s ok Esco. Embrace the rainbow. ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/412 "2013-07-16T14:14:28Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > But…most gay people I know don’t carry around a magnifying glass and tweezers. Especially not in a shower. How could they check your pecker? Wouldn’t the magnifying glass fog up long before they found it? OMG, thats hysterical. When do you graduate from high school?? Just FTR, its about split 50/50, some players are comfortable showering with gays, and the other 50% is not (at least on my team). Here’s some quotes from NFL: Uncomfortable: [http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/nfls-mvp-adrian-peterson-would-be-uncomfortable-showering-gay-player040613](http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/nfls-mvp-adrian-peterson-would-be-uncomfortable-showering-gay-player040613) Uncomfortable: [http://www.outsports.com/2013/3/28/4155956/gay-nfl-player-would-make-some-very-uncomfortable](http://www.outsports.com/2013/3/28/4155956/gay-nfl-player-would-make-some-very-uncomfortable) Excellent CNN article: [http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/02/opinion/cain-kluwe-gay-player-nfl](http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/02/opinion/cain-kluwe-gay-player-nfl) Comfortable with gays: [http://sdgln.com/health/2013/06/03/andrew-luck-openly-gay-teammate-ok-indianapolis-colts-nfl](http://sdgln.com/health/2013/06/03/andrew-luck-openly-gay-teammate-ok-indianapolis-colts-nfl) Uncomfortable: [NBA Basketball - News, Scores, Stats, Standings, and Rumors - National Basketball Association - CBSSports.com](http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/eye-on-basketball/22171242/larry-johnson-says-he-would-be-uncomfortable-with-a-gay-teammate) > [@](#): > > **Larry Johnson @TheRealLJ2** > > I don’t Jason Collins personally but he seems like a great guy. Me personally gay men in the locked room would make me uncomfortable So you see, I’m not the only one. And since we live in a democracy, and therefore 50% of any given sports teams has rights too, we should be given separate showering stalls and dressing rooms. Its as simple as that. And who cares if a bunch of pinko lefties are offended or not. You guys get offended at pretty much everything that doesnt suit your ultra left-wing political views ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/413 "2013-07-16T14:23:25Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > And who cares if a bunch of **pinko lefties** are offended or not. **squeel** I haven’t heard that phrase since, like, the 70s! Almost makes me happy. I looong to be a pinko leftie. Communism is so much more _dramatic_ than liberal, no? (yeah, I know you meant pinko = gay, yawn). And\*\* Esco\*\*, if you really think it’s ‘ultra left wing’ to think homophobia isn’t ok anymore, then back to the 70s you must go! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/414 "2013-07-16T14:31:30Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > So you see, I’m not the only one. And since we live in a democracy, and therefore 50% of any given sports teams has rights too, we should be given separate showering stalls and dressing rooms. I had no idea that democracy meant getting anything you feel you deserve. So what part of it’s up to the discretion of the various gym and arena owners whether they want to accede to your request are you not getting? ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/415 "2013-07-16T14:43:05Z")
I’m not going to judge you **Esco** for being uncomfortable in the locker room, but I just don’t understand what you hope would come from it. Are you just declaring it? Did you want to see what other board members felt on the matter? I think both have been sufficiently accomplished. What more is there? ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@Tequila\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Party)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/416 "2013-07-16T15:26:43Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > OMG, thats hysterical. When do you graduate from high school?? > > Just FTR, its about split 50/50, some players are comfortable showering with gays, and the other 50% is not (at least on my team). > > Here’s some quotes from NFL: > > Uncomfortable: [http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/nfls-mvp-adrian-peterson-would-be-uncomfortable-showering-gay-player040613](http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/nfls-mvp-adrian-peterson-would-be-uncomfortable-showering-gay-player040613) > > Uncomfortable: [http://www.outsports.com/2013/3/28/4155956/gay-nfl-player-would-make-some-very-uncomfortable](http://www.outsports.com/2013/3/28/4155956/gay-nfl-player-would-make-some-very-uncomfortable) > > Excellent CNN article: [http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/02/opinion/cain-kluwe-gay-player-nfl](http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/02/opinion/cain-kluwe-gay-player-nfl) > > Comfortable with gays: [http://sdgln.com/health/2013/06/03/andrew-luck-openly-gay-teammate-ok-indianapolis-colts-nfl](http://sdgln.com/health/2013/06/03/andrew-luck-openly-gay-teammate-ok-indianapolis-colts-nfl) > > Uncomfortable: [NBA Basketball - News, Scores, Stats, Standings, and Rumors - National Basketball Association - CBSSports.com](http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/eye-on-basketball/22171242/larry-johnson-says-he-would-be-uncomfortable-with-a-gay-teammate) > > So you see, I’m not the only one. And since we live in a democracy, and therefore 50% of any given sports teams has rights too, we should be given separate showering stalls and dressing rooms. > > Its as simple as that. > > And who cares if a bunch of pinko lefties are offended or not. > You guys get offended at pretty much everything that doesnt suit your ultra left-wing political views You. You are still the dip shit dumb ass. Because, let’s see: From those articles, it specifically stated two athletes who were willing to say they were uncomfortable and _speculated_ there were more. No hard facts beyond those two. So, going with the pulling things out of my ass option, I speculate that you’re wildly wrong. Why? Because anyone with even half a brain (which you obviously lack) who can grasp the fact that they’ve undoubtedly been sharing locker room space with gay people since, well, there’s been locker rooms, understand that if they’ve done it in the past without incident, the future will probably be no different. Not to mention the repercussions if some poor, hapless gay fellow made the mistake of hitting on anybody. Ha. You’re more of an idiot than I first thought and it amuses me greatly that you keep replying to me and trying to convince me that there are literally hoards of other homophobes on your side. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/417 "2013-07-16T16:24:54Z")
**Would you be comfortable sharing a dressing room with a gay person??** Yes, of course. I’m more mature than a 12 year old though, so YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/418 "2013-07-16T16:38:23Z")
> [@Tequila\_Party](#): > > From those articles, it specifically stated two athletes who were willing to say they were uncomfortable and _speculated_ there were more. No hard facts beyond those two. So, going with the pulling things out of my ass option, I speculate that you’re wildly wrong Did you even read my posts properly, you fucking idiot??! I said on my team its split about 50/50 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/419 "2013-07-16T16:41:22Z")
And this is important because? ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@Tequila\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Party)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005/420 "2013-07-16T16:52:35Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > Did you even read my posts properly, you fucking idiot??! > > I said on my team its split about 50/50 And then you listed articles to support your case, you fucking bigot. The articles don’t do that and no one gives a flying shit about your fictional powder puff team. Good god, you’re hilarious. But keep responding. I like watching you jump through hoops for me. It’s real sweet that you care so much about my opinion. You got a crush honey? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-a-gay-person/662005.md?page=22)