Gender and Sexual Preference Poll

[wildfocus]

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hehe that sounds terrible when read the wrong way

😳 totally embarrased (and, no, i wasn't an english major or anything)...

 

[RockStarKDub]

Hey everyone, new to the board here! 🙂

Just wondering if any of the other lesbian pre-vets also voted 'single' in that other thread? 😉

 

[Chulito]

Hey everyone, new to the board here! 🙂

Just wondering if any of the other lesbian pre-vets also voted 'single' in that other thread? 😉

Playa! 😀

 

[RockStarKDub]

lol, you know it!

 

[PdxYOSHI]

Maybe someone should start another thread for "speed dating" so all the singles out there can hook up with other crazy vet folks.

 

[Chulito]

Maybe someone should start another thread for "speed dating" so all the singles out there can hook up with other crazy vet folks.

This forum has been an eye-opener. Now that I know that so many gay men are going into veterinary school, I'm gonna start hanging out at vet bars.

 

[Capella]

There are vet bars? I wonder what a vet bar would be like. Unless you can count the bars where Ag students hang out. For those you have to have manure on your boots to get in the door. 😀

 

[AuburnPreVet]

Maybe someone should start another thread for "speed dating" so all the singles out there can hook up with other crazy vet folks.

I call "Chulito!"

 

[Chulito]

Maybe someone should start another thread for "speed dating" so all the singles out there can hook up with other crazy vet folks.

I call "Chulito!"

Wait, you wanna hook up with me or you want me to start the speed-dating thread?

 

[hoodle]

(another plug for seattle being the coolest place to live!)

hoooray for that!

and yes, I agree with the openings available for gay/lesbians in medicine. If you're not straight in whatever way - even if you do like the opposite sex but you deviate from the norm, whatever - it seems the best thing to do is live in a liberal city and associate with well-educated/progressive people. of course, but it bears saying again: it's not your career path per se that will dictate the acceptance of people around you, but with whom you choose to associate. sounds obvious but it's true....

 

[pressmom]

hoooray for that!

and yes, I agree with the openings available for gay/lesbians in medicine. If you're not straight in whatever way - even if you do like the opposite sex but you deviate from the norm, whatever - it seems the best thing to do is live in a liberal city and associate with well-educated/progressive people. of course, but it bears saying again: it's not your career path per se that will dictate the acceptance of people around you, but with whom you choose to associate. sounds obvious but it's true....

I've pretty much always lived in the South and always (even in high school in a medium-sized town) had friends who were accepting of (or at the very least tolerant of) gay, lesbians, bi-sexuals, etc. It has more to do with who you associate with and less to do with where you live. I hate it when people count out the South without knowing much about the people who live here. Gays exist here and they have friends who accept them. I guess it helps that I hang out with liberal/progressive people, but we do exist! (Heck, I'm in a feminist book club even!)

 

[Chulito]

I almost went to UNC-Chapel Hill until my first-choice school came through for me. I would have been happy to move to the south, was actually quite excited about it. I may still go there for EM residency. I know that Chapel Hill is pretty atypical in many ways, but it is still the south. There are places that I wouldn't want to go, but not just because they're in conservative parts of the country.

 

[runnerDC]

It has more to do with who you associate with and less to do with where you live. I hate it when people count out the South without knowing much about the people who live here.

For your day-to-day living and personal interactions, I would largely agree.

But, when you start having to think about other things, like having/adopting children, second parent adoptions, legal protections for each other (wills, health care directives, etc), where you live (and that laws of that land) become very important. There are some states that are far better than others on these records, and unfortunately, I think the friendlier places tend not to be in the south.

 

[cyrille104]

This one too 😆

 

[rexosaurus]

That's so funny that you mentioned that about the equestrian issue because Friday night I was dancing at a club with my gay friend and his gay friend told me he used to ride rodeo. I didn't know it was that common until I read this thread!

This reminds me of a married couple I work with. The "husband" is a cowboy, whom we all believe has gay tendencies (this theory was developed before he was married). And now that the two are married, we all wonder if there will ever be babies? I didn't know this was common either, and now I find it extremely funny!

 

[ri23]

Wow Cyrille, you're really on top of bringing back some old threads.

As for the speed dating comment, an OSU organization just threw a speed dating thing for people in the graduate and professional schools. A bunch of the vet students went, it was quite amusing.

 

[yayforpuppies]

so first of all, i am totally looking for some gay cowboys, so feel free to send them my way... so i have found this site recently and i just found this thread really interesting. so because i have never met another gay guy interested in vet medicine, i am interested in learning more about us veterinary gays. for all those gay vets to be out there, would you rather live with a Bear or take care of one in a zoo? i choose the former.

 

[thesonofdarwin]

i am interested in learning more about us veterinary gays. for all those gay vets to be out there, would you rather live with a Bear or take care of one in a zoo? i choose the former.

I must say that the most fun I've probably ever had working with a vet was when the gay tech was there. Nothing makes surgeries and playing with poo more interesting than a ~55yo gay guy making quips But in general, I've worked with very few straight guys in the animal field - mostly women or community service workers. And the straight guys, aside from the vets, were very disinterested with the whole animal thing.. 😕

I loved the bear question

 

[lailanni]

I must say that the most fun I've probably ever had working with a vet was when the gay tech was there. Nothing makes surgeries and playing with poo more interesting than a ~55yo gay guy making quips But in general, I've worked with very few straight guys in the animal field - mostly women or community service workers. And the straight guys, aside from the vets, were very disinterested with the whole animal thing.. 😕

I loved the bear question

Argh, I've met no guys in the vet field! Unless you count the married docs, or the docs who could be my dad. And when I do finally meet a guy in the field, there's a good chance he's gay?! 🙄 Well, at least I'm not going to vet school to get my MRS degree.

 

[thesonofdarwin]

Argh, I've met no guys in the vet field! Unless you count the married docs, or the docs who could be my dad. And when I do finally meet a guy in the field, there's a good chance he's gay?! 🙄 Well, at least I'm not going to vet school to get my MRS degree.

Haha

That is just my experience. The "straight" guys I've worked with at the animal shelter were high school students. No male H.S. student is anything but straight in my area, at least that's how it was when I was there - a bunch of people came out after graduation. I've ran across a number of "straits?" if that counts.

 

[cyrille104]

for all those gay vets to be out there, would you rather live with a Bear or take care of one in a zoo? i choose the former.

ummm...definitely the latter...