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Jason Porter, an Ohio University freshman, decided to live in a single this fall because he wanted to avoid the awkwardness of telling his roommate he was gay.

A few weeks into the quarter, his single in Armbruster House became a double when his boyfriend "unofficially" moved in — they spent "every minute of every day" together, except during classes.

Porter said the reactions to the new arrangement were not good.

"A lot of people who figured out that the random guy in my room and I were together eventually started avoiding us," he said.