<p>Sorry to gravedig, but I just wsnted to make a point (more aimed at riprorin).</p>
<p>I think that college essays should be about something that GENUINELY changed and affected you. Being gay alone does not warrant that, as the simple fact of being gay is equal to that of being straight. HOWEVER, we cannot ignore the fact that gays ARE treated much differently than straight people in American society. To ignore this fact is to be completely and utterly ignorant. I can’t kiss my boyfriend in public without looking around and literally see everyone looking over, whispering. So, if OP decides that his homosexuality has changed him in the sense that he has lost friends, lost family, had to come to terms with himself, got kicked out of the house, etc, and it genuinely changed him, then I think its fair to write about. Because lets be honest, no one gets kicked out of their house, or ridiculed, or loses friends/family for being straight. No one.</p>