<p>As a gay alum of Williams I can’t speak much to the experience of those with alternate lifestyles (i.e., opposite-sex sexual preference), but I have heard some frustration among those types of people (i.e., straight people have trouble dating and finding long-term romance, which is somewhat frowned upon although tacitly acknowledged) at Williams. Therefore, being queer at Williams is arguably no more fraught than being straight. All of the arguments you may hear about isolation and dubious prospects finding your soul mate in the middle of the Berkshire mountains apply in considerable if not equal force to opposite-sex-oriented heterosexuals. In sum - if you are jonesing for art history, and you have a chance to go to Williams - apply, fool! Don’t let people steer you away for specious reasons filtered through their own lens of what Williams is. Once you’re a famous curator at Guggenheim you will be the epicenter of all same-sex desire and get all the romance you want for the next 80 years.</p>