[boby123]

Well I'm not sure if I'm gay but i'm curious and willing to experiment and I'm just wondering is southampton uni good for this and is the town good also?

[SuperKurd]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/.../students.news

This article gives the top 10, and Southampton isn't on there.

I'd go Brighton if I were you.

In all seriousness, I think most cities are "gay friendly" and just google Southampton as a town' and see what comes up, I'm already deleting my history, not that I'm a homophobe, but my brothers are ruthless when it comes to banter, they find my google searches and no doubt they will rip me.

[Ich Dien]

(Original post by SuperKurd)
I'd go Brighton if I were you lol

[Arekkusu]

Most people I've met at the uni seem too middle-class and normal to experiment sexually at all. There is one gay club called the Edge, and I've met a few homos in the alterna-crowd. At the Edge everyone has had sex with each other apparently, as it's the only gay venue.

[lisalalisa92]

It's not great...

I thoroughly recommend joining the LGB Soc. I've just completed my first year and i didn't join the society and it was my biggest regret .... i haven't been to The Edge yet, and have only met a handful of gay people on my course. When i go back in September I am PLUNGING myself into that socieity.

With my experiences, the comment, 'Most people I've met at the uni seem too middle-class and normal to experiment sexually at all', is WAY off the mark. There are plenty of gay/curious people in Southampton's straight clubs, you've just got to send off the right signals and get your gaydar in tune.

[adamscybot]

(Original post by lisalalisa92)
It's not great...

I thoroughly recommend joining the LGB Soc. I've just completed my first year and i didn't join the society and it was my biggest regret .... i haven't been to The Edge yet, and have only met a handful of gay people on my course. When i go back in September I am PLUNGING myself into that socieity.

With my experiences, the comment, 'Most people I've met at the uni seem too middle-class and normal to experiment sexually at all', is WAY off the mark. There are plenty of gay/curious people in Southampton's straight clubs, you've just got to send off the right signals and get your gaydar in tune.

Im a highly active member in the LGB soc. Do I know you...? Haha.

I dont see whats bad about it. There are a couple of gay bars and the gay club (the edge) is very student friendly (rammed on wednesdays) and cheap (£1.50 doubles on wednesdays). I've spent many a drunken times there. So basically the gay group is small, but it is there, loud and it is definitely enjoyable. There's more to it than the LGB society also - I know (either just acquaintances or know them well) somewhere between 50-100 gay people, but that doesn't mean they all fancy taking part. Plenty get a boyfriend and then **** off, haha. Despite that, I have a core group of say...15-20 of us who I see all the time, some very close friends.

Ditto to your second paragraph.

[lisalalisa92]

This thread randomly popped into my head all these months along and i thought i would do a little update in case others were wondering for the upcoming academic year.

Join the LGBT Society .. i did plunge myself into it and it is amazing. By all accounts this year the society has expanded again, the core group is a lot larger than 15-20 now; and for the first time there are actually females (!), though still outnumbered by men. Next year i am living in an all-gay house which apparently hasn't happened in years either. The Edge is amazing and is now my favourite club in Soton. The society also does a lot of non-clubbing events, 2 weekly lunches, film nights, and random events such as meals, talks and trips to playzone.

It is possible to meet gay/curious people outside of the society, but as i said above, it will require giving off the right signals ... join the society .. it rocks.