This article really struck a chord with me. As a full time nerd for as long as I can remember, my more feminine attributes were never subject to ridicule by my more boorish classmates. Rather, they found cause to tease me endlessly because I spent recess reading People are still hopeless at noticing that I'm gay to this day. Instead, they immediately peg me for the average (straight) philosophy studying, equilibrium equation loving, obscure word knowing college student. Nerdiness does seem to trump gender and sexuality in the eyes of others, at least in my experience.