A little veer from my OP, or maybe not:
I worked a our state's LE Academy. We were a residential Academy, any student/recruit who lived more than 25 miles from the Academy had to reside in the dorm. During my career our basic classes ranged from a high of 78 per basic, to 60 max per basic with a new basic starting every seven weeks, resulting in 100+ students in the dorm at times.
With such numbers it wasn't surprising that we had gay students in almost every class.
Being the thoughtful guy I am, one day I approached admin and asked what our response would be if a student came to us and said 'My room mate told me that he/she thought I ought to know they are gay. I don't feel comfortable with sharing a room with someone who might see me as a sex object.'
That turned into an interesting discussion, ending with me suggesting that by their logic we could just as well assign rooms randomly, with no regard for gender.
At the time I didn't know they were Canadian Officials.
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