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[quote=Anonymous]this is probably too nuanced a conversation for a message board, but my son goes to public school in Brooklyn, progressive views, lots of gay and trans friends.  Would roll his eyes at this "normal" talk.

BUT .. colleges that are small to begin with who enroll a ton of athletes (like 30% or more) AND a have a newfound commitment to diversity in gender identity are creating barbell classes that do not represent the population at all.

Part of it is admissions committees that are kinda old. They have their heads turned by the "oh! exciting! this is a trans student! involved in trans rights and trans theater and trans low powered local radio". Which, great, but do that 20 times and you end up with a lot of lax bros on one side and the trans rights crowd on the other and if you're a kid who is perfectly supportive of both crowds ... but also you have no real passion for either lacrosse or trans rights, then you might feel out of place.

pull out the specialty program kids, the black student union kids, the international kids .. you have to be a special college that can make that all work.  walk into a college cafeteria at these schools and you see a black table, the Chinese kids, a soccer table, a trans group, etc.

I'm not sure any small college with lots of athletes has cracked this issue.

IMO, the issue is with athletics (at 30%), not the 7% Chinese or 6% trans, etc..[/quote]

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