A recent Viewpoint (“Why I won't be your unicorn,” July 18) focused on how the gay community of colleges needs its own student organization on campus and how they need it to “decompress and just simply be.”
They can't do that around the straight students?
It seems to me that the author - and the gay community itself - spends more time pointing out what makes them different instead of focusing on what college students have in common.
Nowhere in the professional world is it necessary to say who you're having sex with. For that matter, heterosexuals (such as Kim Kardashian) need to learn to keep their sexual activity private. You won't get a medal for telling everyone what you do in your bedroom. Sexuality is a private matter, nobody's business but yours.
Anti-discrimination statements don't need to specify sexual identity any more than they need to single out Mexicans, African Americans, or any other group. “No discrimination” includes everyone.
There is nothing to be gained from telling anyone your sexual preference. Whether gay or straight, students are united in their pursuit of education for a better life, and they should all be focused on what it takes to get there.