Originally Posted by
M60_to_LGA
Yes, I've taken several classes at FIAF. All the guys in the classes - except for perhaps two older married men whose kids were out of the house and were looking to travel to/retire in France with their wives - were gay.
This was at the highest, expert (C1/C2) level, so things could be somewhat different at the lower levels. But certainly at the top of the pyramid there are very, very few hetero male students. And that's a pattern I've seen pretty much everywhere I've taken a French class in the US.
The first class I took was Intensive French, all eight semesters of seven weeks each, five hours a week. And those 56 weeks were just the first of several programs I took. My experience is completely different from yours.