Colleges that are lesbian friendly

[Anonymous]

Road trip!!

[Anonymous]

Amherst. Its a small liberal arts school with dedicated LGBTQ dorm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I google this, the broader queer umbrella comes up, which is great, but I would like to know more about the environment for lesbians in particular, as LGBTQ+ friendly could still be dominated by another group. My DD wants LGBTQ+ friendly, but that could look very different from one school to the next.

Anyone able to share some insights here? Also, my DD isn't overly political - so she's not looking for an activist bent, just a community.

Is she transphobic?

[Anonymous]

Anywhere except strongly religious colleges, and colleges in the South like Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma.

Tho I don't see any good reason to want to attend those regardless of sexual orientation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much any school would be fine these days. Most younger people really don't care.

+1 something like 25% of GenZ is LGBTQIA+. Save for very conservative, religious schools, nobody cares.

That’s a self report influenced heavily by social media. The population is not 25% LGBTQ. GenZ may claim to be such - For Now -but wait until they turn 30

These students are not choosing to be LGBTQ, therefore nothing will change at 30. Gen Z doesn’t hide it unlike older generations.

[Anonymous]

VCU.

[Anonymous]

Pitzer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I google this, the broader queer umbrella comes up, which is great, but I would like to know more about the environment for lesbians in particular, as LGBTQ+ friendly could still be dominated by another group. My DD wants LGBTQ+ friendly, but that could look very different from one school to the next.

Anyone able to share some insights here? Also, my DD isn't overly political - so she's not looking for an activist bent, just a community.

If she’s worried about gay or trans men taking over the LGBTQ scene, she should probably go to a women’s college where women lead all activities. Or a very large school where even if they’re a minority within the community, there will still be a large number of lesbians.

[Anonymous]

Michigan
Wellesley
Berkeley
Vassar

[Anonymous]

Mount Holyoke (women’s colleges in general).

I would think that most liberal schools would be welcoming to the range of sexual orientations, it is 2024

[Anonymous]

Smith
Mount Holyoke
Bryn Mawr
Oberlin
Carleton
Pitt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I google this, the broader queer umbrella comes up, which is great, but I would like to know more about the environment for lesbians in particular, as LGBTQ+ friendly could still be dominated by another group. My DD wants LGBTQ+ friendly, but that could look very different from one school to the next.

Anyone able to share some insights here? Also, my DD isn't overly political - so she's not looking for an activist bent, just a community.

If she’s worried about gay or trans men taking over the LGBTQ scene, she should probably go to a women’s college where women lead all activities. Or a very large school where even if they’re a minority within the community, there will still be a large number of lesbians.

+1 Although several people I know who graduated from women’s colleges are transmen/nonbinary ten years out so no promises that there will be no trans people.

[Anonymous]

For this generation of students, pretty much all colleges are lesbian friendly, except some obvious one like BYU, TCU, Pepperdine, and some others that are overtly Christian or really Catholic. But obviously the women's colleges would be the best - Mt. Holyoke, Bryan Mawr, Wellesley, Barnard and so on. Also the big urban schools like NYU, Columbia, BU. For the smaller liberal arts schools, I'd do a vibe check before applying. They are such small communities and can get so inflamed by LGBTQIA and categories and micro aggressions and being labeled discriminatory for not wanting to be with a trans woman and it can feel hyper political and stressful depending on the school.

[Anonymous]

Where’s the UVA booster? Finally found a list the booster won’t arbitrarily add UVA to, whether or not it fits!

[Anonymous]

Wesleyan
Northeastern
Colorado College