What do parents think of their college kids living in co-ed dorm suites or apartments (single bedrooms for all in the suite - but a mix of boys and girls - so they share a bath, kitchen, and living area) if the students are not LGBT. I know gender neutral was originally designed to accommodate the needs of the LGBT community, but is being expanded for everybody (in my daughter’s school you just have to sign a contract.) The contract does say nobody should live with another student whom they have a relationship with (of either the same or different sex.)
Wouldn’t bother me.
Both my kids lived in family style housing.
Oldest lived in regular dorms for three years, coed bathrooms & floors, shared kitchen, mostly divided double rooms, some singles & triples, senior yr she moved to a college owned townhouse with a friend ( male).
Youngest lived in women’s floor freshman yr, then moved off campus to shared housing, generally all women, with some boyfriends, last house with male & female roommates.
Family style seemed to work well, as they both have friends of both sexes.
I personally couldn’t wait to move out of dorms so that I could live with guys. Never did get along with women well.
Never bothered my parents that their daughters had opposite genitalia roommates. Not that my sister or I would’ve changed anything had they objected (the thought of which is laughable considering my parents were cohabitating with opposite sex non romantic partners way back when).
I think whenever someone uses a blanket description like " don’t trust Hispanics", " don’t get along with Jews/women/blacks…", that says far more about the speaker, than it does the people they * couldn’t * get along with.
Women are at least half of the planet! I think we are pretty awesome!
At my daughters school with coed housing, it was not originally inspired to address GLBT concerns, but because it is a very small college, with interest housing, it was simply more practical to assign housing by interest, than by sex.
At a school with 1400 or so students, keeping nine theme dorms full, along with sub free & womens floors, along with six different language houses, is easier if they are unisex ( except for the women’s floor 
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I don’t like it and would have expressed my opinion if any of my kids wanted it, but so far none has.
I wouldn’t want to have to share any of my space with females. They are emotional about everything and mess up the bathroom with that long hair and all the products they need. I have to stop before I say anything else. But you just have to agree that guys are better. Actually it would be nice to have them cooking. Most guys can’t cook. But I would rather starve.
All of my Ds, at some point in college, lived with roommates of the opposite sex, in both suite and apartment scenarios. It was never an issue, for them or for us. This opportunity has been available for students at some schools for a long time.
When my D transferred, the housing she was placed in was a 10 person, single rooms, apartment. It wasn’t even a discussion about whether it was going to be mixed gender–after all, the rooms were single. It wouldn’t have occurred to me to think we or she would object, or need to be asked.
All the rooms at my kid’s school are gender neutral - except for designated Freshman rooms. My S -a senior - has a one bedroom campus owned apt (living room w/kitchen, one bathroom) that he shares with a girl. They share the bedroom.
Not only would I not object, but my kid knows me well enough that she wouldn’t bother to ask.
If that is the living situation either of my kids chose, I would have zero issue with it nor would I even have an opinion about it. If they are happy, comfortable and in a safe place – I’m happy 
When both of my kids moved off campus, they shared apartments or houses with both male and female roommates. It was not a problem.
I’m like @WasatchWriter. Woukdnt burger me at all. My college just had traditional dorms and most upperclassmen got singles. But I always preferred coed floors and wasn’t bothered by coed bathrooms. After college I mived in with 2 guys and one other girl, and I lived mostly with a mix of male/female roommates after that until I moved in with my now-husband.
Apparently my mom never mentioned to most people in my family that I had guy roommates after college. She figured they would be scandalized. It was years ago and my family is pretty conservative.
My son’s school has apartments but they can’t be mixed-gender. Still pretty traditional around here. He has talked about getting an apartment off csmpus with some girl and guy friends. I’d be fine with that.
D has spent the last few summers living and working at Boy Scout camp, so this really wouldn’t be an issue for her or for us as parents. She will study abroad in the fall and this type of mixed-gender suite setup is common at many overseas universities.
I’m not sure why this distinction needs to be made.
I don’t have a problem with it, if my kids don’t have a problem with it. They share a mixed gender bathroom at home. I think that everyone just has to be a “grown up” about it - wear a towel or robe or underwear at all times. Btw, my S is gay and he’s always had to room with straight guys and they all dealt with it fine.
However, if someone (male or female) has a problem with mixed gender living, then I think they should be given other accomodations. I wouldn’t force someone to do something that made them uncomfortable.
Is nobody going to take issue with post #6 or
My boyfriend’s school has coed bathrooms–not bedrooms yet–but they all seem fine with it. I wouldn’t mind rooming with a guy; I tend to make friends with them more easily anyway.
Re: post 6. That is the opposite of my experience. The women’s bathrooms are always tidier.
And the women never leave the seat up…or pee on the toilet rim.
What thumper said. D lives in a gradate students apartment building. The choices were a single apartment or a bedroom/bath in a 2 bedroom/2 bath apartment, and she could specify her preference for a male or female apartment mate. She said that based on what she saw at her guy friends’ frats vs her women’s college dorms, the choice was clear - a female roomie. Their shared kitchen is not spotless, but at least it is not littered with empty beer bottles and pizza boxes.