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I truly wonder how often a random het finds themselves completely altering their looks or mannerisms or fabricating stories of the hardships they've faced as LGBT (while being 100% cis/straight) to such a widespread extent that makes adcoms so worried as to feel the need to vet this particular URM group with respective URM-service. Not to say anything's impossible, but I am curious how serious of an issue this is so as to put LGBT applicants in this unique boat of having to prove their identities over those in other groups. (As far as I'm aware, other racial or socioeconomic URM groups just have to click boxes with their identities and aren't actually expected to serve in related groups... AAMC grids and FAP don't show one's volunteer records though..)

It's kinda funny how ironic things have shaped out for LGBT (in pre-med world, that is). You know, first this group was persecuted, harassed, forced into the closet, "don't ask, don't tell", etc. and now here we are comfortable in our skin to say "this is my identity" and it's met with "well prove it". A "do tell, but do show" if you will.

Funny, really.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

I was mentioning the OP as counter-evidence to your assertion that you can't tell someone is gay just by looking at them.

And I know that adcoms will have differing opinions, but I thought you were saying that Goro's opinion was more valuable than those who disagree with him because he is an adcom. It seems as though two adcoms have weighed in and the vote is split, making neither opinion more valuable.

You missed the point. The point was that you can’t hide being black. If you don’t want anyone to know you’re gay, you can hide it. And anyone can say they are gay. There are plenty of people who I’ve thought might be gay based on mannerisms or looks who were not.

My point about goro’s opinion mattering more than that other poster’s was wrt to admissions because the applicant’s opinion isn’t what gets you into med school. That’s all.

 

[Goro]

I truly wonder how often a random het finds themselves completely altering their looks or mannerisms or fabricating stories of the hardships they've faced as LGBT (while being 100% cis/straight) to such a widespread extent that makes adcoms so worried as to feel the need to vet this particular URM group with respective URM-service. Not to say anything's impossible, but I am curious how serious of an issue this is so as to put LGBT applicants in this unique boat of having to prove their identities over those in other groups. (As far as I'm aware, other racial or socioeconomic URM groups just have to click boxes with their identities and aren't actually expected to serve in related groups... AAMC grids and FAP don't show one's volunteer records though..)

It's kinda funny how ironic things have shaped out for LGBT (in pre-med world, that is). You know, first this group was persecuted, harassed, forced into the closet, "don't ask, don't tell", etc. and now here we are comfortable in our skin to say "this is my identity" and it's met with "well prove it". A "do tell, but do show" if you will.

Funny, really.

Oh, they're not going to go that far. They're going to check a box and think that this is the magic ticket. Just like the same pot of unethicals check to the NA or Hispanic or even AA ("I'm from Egypt. Egypt is in Africa!) boxes.

But, sadly, they're the ones ruining it for you. How many times do I have to repeat this?

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Okay now that I’ve had a chance to catch up on the thread, I’m closing. It is becoming not much more than unprofessional bickering. OP, you got your answer I think.