Many of you probably know that a few colleges like Dartmouth and Penn, where I'm a grad student, are adding an optional sexual orientation question to their undergraduate applications. A recent Gawker editorial points out,

Most schools already have an optional question about race and ethnicity. Why not one that asks whether or not a student is gay?

I recently voiced my opinion on the subject to a friend, who apparently repeated it in the comments section. But I didn't discover this article via the friend who posted the comment; rather, a totally unrelated friend happened to read it and recognize me in the description.