Elmhurst College, a private liberal arts school suburban Chigo affiliated wh the Uned Church of Christ, has bee the first llege the untry to ask an optnal qutn about a stunt's sexual orientatn and genr inty on an unrgraduate admissn form, acrdg to the school and a gay rights advocy group.
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- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- ILLOIS LLEGE BE FIRST TO ASK UNRGRADS IF THEY'RE GAY
- THE GAY QUTN: CHECK ONE
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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Johnson Gutship, an annual fom on the issu and stori of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny. A qutn on the unrgraduate admissn applitn for the 2012-13 school year asks: "Would you nsir yourself a member of the LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr) muny?
I thk this is a great step ntextually, wh the natn, " said Vertigan, who noted that she "intifi wh the gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr muny.
ILLOIS LLEGE BE FIRST TO ASK UNRGRADS IF THEY'RE GAY
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"Rold said the llege began thkg about how to crease enrollment of LGBT stunts after they were approached by the school's chapter of Straights and Gays for Equaly, which wanted to have a llege recment Wdmeyer, of Camp Pri, a nonprof natnal anizatn for stunt lears and mp groups workg to create safer llege environments for LGBT stunts, said the llege's cisn "sends a msage of acceptance. "If 's optnal that's all right, " said Lren Grimm, a sophomore. Midway through the natn’s first applitn cycle which gay people n self-intify and qualify for a scholarship, prospective Elmhurst College stunts seem fortable addrsg their sexual orientatn.
But the new policy hasn’t spawned a wdfall of openly gay applints. About 5 percent of the 2, 204 applints so far this year have intified themselv as LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr), Elmhurst admissns an Gary Rold said. Few applints have skipped the optnal qutn askg whether they intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, Rold said, and don’t appear straight stunts are cheatg the system to receive the diversy “enrichment scholarship” that’s worth one-third of Elmhurst’s $29, 994 tun.
When Elmhurst announced s policy, skeptics predicted many stunts would be unfortable, or that straight applints would clare themselv gay to get the scholarship money.
THE GAY QUTN: CHECK ONE
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Upon learng he was gay, the boy's parents “basilly threw him out of the hoe” and left him lookg for a place to stay for the fal months of high school, Rold said. Other universi have qutns that ht at sexual orientatn, allowg prospective stunts to check a box ditg an tert gay rights activi on mp.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
But some gay stunts might not check that box, and straight applints terted gay rights might. Elmhurst’s plan, Rold said, is a way of fdg out exactly how many gay applints the llege is drawg and puttg a support system place for when those stunts arrive on mp. Shane Wdmeyer, executive director of the Camp Pri advocy group for gay stunts, said the ial rults are enuragg.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
He said experts vary timatg what percentage of the natn’s populatn is gay – rangg om 3 to 10 percent. The policy isn't jt about the scholarship, Rold said, 's about welg gay stunts.
Even at lleg where offerg gay applints a diversy scholarship isn’t feasible, Wdmeyer still se value askg about sexual inty.
Rold doubts Elmhurst draws more gay stunts bee of the new policy -- he's seen a 2. Elmhurst is affiliated wh the Uned Church of Christ, which 1968 beme Ameri’s first mastream Christian nomatn to orda an openly gay person.