The Bt Gay-Friendly Schools

Contents:

• THE BT GAY-FRIENDLY SCHOOLS
• THE TOP 10 COLLEG FOR GAY STUNTS
• GAY MEN OUTPERFORM STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS NEARLY EVERY AMIC MEASURE, STUDY FDS

THE BT GAY-FRIENDLY SCHOOLS

The Office of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Life's ma objective is to create a mp climate of acceptance and affirmatn for the LGBTQ+ muny. The universy was among the first Northern New England to pneer an LGBTQ+ stunt anizatn, and s Print was one of the first openly gay llege prints the regn.

Vanrbilt Universy's Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Life Office offers several mp, lol and natnal rourc to serve s LGBTQ+ muny. Prceton’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Center was created 2005 and aims to provi an affirmg, supportive place for stunts to discs topics on genr inty, attend events, and get support, advice and referrals on LGBTQ issu. Y, there are obvly some circl that tend to be more homophobic, but that exists anywhere, and I don't thk is reflective of the universy as a whole.

THE TOP 10 COLLEG FOR GAY STUNTS

There are a ton of LGBT anizatns and programs on mp for whoever wants to participate, and I thk that overall the universy is very embracg of 's gay muny. The fact that I hardly ever even thk about my sexualy as somethg worth notg is a ttament to how ordary and accepted is to be gay at USC. However, the Center for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Edutn, Outreach, and Servic provis var legal and mental health-related rourc to help stunts pe wh discrimatn om others, as well as to pe wh personal inty velopment.

This program exists to build muny and engage lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, qutng, and queer stunts social, support, and tnal experienc. Fierce Feature: Universy of Mnota has an LGBT AA support group that meets every Friday; a stunt n requt to live wh someone who is gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, or an ally; and the center will get a stunt acquated wh the center before arrivg.

Fierce Feature: Universy of Oregon's Standg Commtee for LGBT Concerns was officially anized 1990 as the Print's Commtee on Lbian and Gay Issu. As part of the 1991 Camp Climate Asssment, several remendatns were ma to the UO admistratn to improve the mp climate for lbian and gay people.

GAY MEN OUTPERFORM STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS NEARLY EVERY AMIC MEASURE, STUDY FDS

In orr to be nsired for this rankg, a school had to appear on eher The Advote's list of the 100 bt schools for LGBT stunts or 's list of gay-iendly mp. And the rult is a list of schools wh great amic standards and a mp atmosphere that is iendly to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Our RankgsContributg edor Peter Bernste and rearcher Courtney Kennedy drew on dozens of sourc to pile the rankgs cludg rmatn om the Natnal Center for Edutn Statistics, The Washgton Monthly, and College Prowler.

The Universy of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League llege Philalphia is on seven of Newsweek's "bt of" lists, rankg 13th on our list of most sirable lleg; eighth on the list of most sirable urban lleg; send for most sirable large mp; sixth schools bt for future power brokers; first for gay-iendls and diversy; and fally, 18th among the 25 bt lleg for the super-smart. "Berkeley is home to a proud LGBTIQQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex, Queer and Qutng) muny, which has a large prence on mp and mak the environment feel more tolerant, " wr one stunt on public school has an unrgraduate enrollment of jt over 25, 500, 53 percent of who were women the fall of 2009.

Wh praise for s gay-iendly culture om both The Advote and, PSU - specifilly, their ma mp at Universy Park - tak seventh place on Newsweek's list of gay-iendly schools.