Anonymous wrote:People are just posting anecdotal information. Campus pride actually analyzes policy and resources at the schools. That should overshadow random people on the internet. No matter how friendly someone says the students seem, if the school policies are not LGBT friendly that needs to be a concern.

Thanks for this info. What a helpful resource!

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Anonymous wrote:Any firsthand experience or advice would be appreciated.

Not first hand but my child is at Oberlin and it's a very accepting community. If you have a student who identifies with the LGBTQ community they will feel very comfortable on campus. Students are not at all judgmental about your sexuality. I'm sure there are many places these days where that is true but it's definitely true at Oberlin.

Except of white male athletes. They're the devil

The black male athletes are ten times worse.

At Oberlin? No pretty sure its the straight, white male students that are held accountable for all of society's ills.

Do you actually know any white or black male athletes at Oberlin because I do and they love it there.

Of course they love it.

The point here is how they behave towards LGBTQ+, especially trans.

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Anonymous wrote:Any firsthand experience or advice would be appreciated.

Not first hand but my child is at Oberlin and it's a very accepting community. If you have a student who identifies with the LGBTQ community they will feel very comfortable on campus. Students are not at all judgmental about your sexuality. I'm sure there are many places these days where that is true but it's definitely true at Oberlin.

Except of white male athletes. They're the devil

The black male athletes are ten times worse.

At Oberlin? No pretty sure its the straight, white male students that are held accountable for all of society's ills.

Do you actually know any white or black male athletes at Oberlin because I do and they love it there.

Same. Wonderful school.

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Anonymous wrote:Any firsthand experience or advice would be appreciated.

Not first hand but my child is at Oberlin and it's a very accepting community. If you have a student who identifies with the LGBTQ community they will feel very comfortable on campus. Students are not at all judgmental about your sexuality. I'm sure there are many places these days where that is true but it's definitely true at Oberlin.

Except of white male athletes. They're the devil

The black male athletes are ten times worse.

At Oberlin? No pretty sure its the straight, white male students that are held accountable for all of society's ills.

Do you actually know any white or black male athletes at Oberlin because I do and they love it there.

https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/umd-recognized-best-best-top-30-lgbtq-friendly-college-2018

“ COLLEGE PARK, Md.-- The University of Maryland has been named by Campus Pride as a “Best of the Best” Top 30 LGBTQ-friendly college for its LGBTQ-inclusive policies, programs, and practices. The university was selected based on its overall rating on the Campus Pride Index's LGBTQ-inclusive benchmark measures. UMD received 5 out of 5 stars for its efforts to create a safer, more inclusive campus learning environment.”

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Anonymous wrote:Any firsthand experience or advice would be appreciated.

Not first hand but my child is at Oberlin and it's a very accepting community. If you have a student who identifies with the LGBTQ community they will feel very comfortable on campus. Students are not at all judgmental about your sexuality. I'm sure there are many places these days where that is true but it's definitely true at Oberlin.

Except of white male athletes. They're the devil

The black male athletes are ten times worse.

At Oberlin? No pretty sure its the straight, white male students that are held accountable for all of society's ills.

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Anonymous wrote:Any firsthand experience or advice would be appreciated.

Not first hand but my child is at Oberlin and it's a very accepting community. If you have a student who identifies with the LGBTQ community they will feel very comfortable on campus. Students are not at all judgmental about your sexuality. I'm sure there are many places these days where that is true but it's definitely true at Oberlin.

Except of white male athletes. They're the devil

The black male athletes are ten times worse.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty much any school that anyone on this website would send their child to has been friendly for over a decade. You should be more specific.

You clearly have no idea what you’re talking about.

And you have demonstrated my supposed ignorance so very well!

Indeed

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Anonymous wrote:Any firsthand experience or advice would be appreciated.

Not first hand but my child is at Oberlin and it's a very accepting community. If you have a student who identifies with the LGBTQ community they will feel very comfortable on campus. Students are not at all judgmental about your sexuality. I'm sure there are many places these days where that is true but it's definitely true at Oberlin.

Except of white male athletes. They're the devil

UVA Lax player example, do you blame them? Oh and then there is Brock Turner, Stanford.

A few therefore all? Thats a tad hypocritical.

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Anonymous wrote:UMD, Tufts, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn, Purdue, Harvey Mudd, Macalester, Penn State, Princeton, and Lehigh

Seems like a completely random list of names. But I can say definitively that Lehigh is definitely NOT and LGBTQ mecca. I'd be leery of this list.

It’s not a random list. It’s schools that the Campus Pride Index gives 5/5 stars for LGBTQ friendliness, resources, policies, and inclusivity. (There were more five star schools, but I left off places that a DCUM child would be less likely to attend, like the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay or Southern Oregon.) The Campus Pride Index actually studies this stuff using analysis of policies and resources at the school, and was developed — and has been tested extensively — by leading researchers in LGBTQ+ studies. If you think anonymous anecdotes should overshadow that, have at it. Contact the Campus Pride Index.

Ithaca- the town and the college are very LGBTQ+ friendly.

DC has a very good trans friend at Wesleyan.....very open and accepting community.

*is interested in. Not sure why my phone wrote "send interested." Sorry.

Anonymous wrote:Op here. For those who gave positive, helpful advice, thank you. DC is trans and we worry about safety. We know how cruel people can be and although we can’t protect DC from that, we can at least try to provide an environment that is more welcoming. So anyhow, thanks.

Trans is its own concern, separate from gay-friendliness, OP. I'm in the same boat with my child, and -- as other posters have suggested -- I have found Campus Pride's website to contain good info. Look past just the star ranking and look at the specific checkboxes re: gender inclusivity, housing, etc. My child and I noticed that a lot of "LGBT-friendly" schools focused more on the L&G, less on the T.

Oh, and for any school that your child send interested in, a quick Google search of that school and "transgender" should provide helpful additional info, especially if it's from the school's own site. Good luck to your child!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty much any school that anyone on this website would send their child to has been friendly for over a decade. You should be more specific.

You clearly have no idea what you’re talking about.

And you have demonstrated my supposed ignorance so very well!