These are the 20 most LGBTI-friendly and unfriendly colleges in the US

[+ Avalon]

https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/20-lgbti-friendly-colleges/

 

I would have thought that UC Berkeley would be listed there among the friendly ones.

[marylander1940]

https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/20-lgbti-friendly-colleges/

 

I would have thought that UC Berkeley would be listed there among the friendly ones.

 

I would be more concerned about the rape culture in out colleges.

 

Thank you for posting this !

[+ Pensant]

Hamden-Sydney surprised me. I’ll bet a lot of those cute Southern preppies are at least bi.

[+ Kman]

I would question Univ of North Dakota making the “unfriendly” list. Is it just because it’s in ND? Because the school has supported a gay pride parade at least since the early 2000’s and a lgbt student group that has slowly grown each year even when I was there.

[+ Charlie]

Only one of the schools on either list surprises me. The anti-LGBT schools are all either private schools with conservative religious affiliations, or public schools in extremely conservative areas. Eighteen of the 20 LGBT-friendly colleges are private liberal arts colleges, and one is a famously liberal state university. The one surprise is William and Mary, a large public college in the South that was a fairly conservative, segregated school when I was looking at colleges in my youth.

[Kevin Slater]

Only one of the schools on either list surprises me. The anti-LGBT schools are all either private schools with conservative religious affiliations, or public schools in extremely conservative areas. Eighteen of the 20 LGBT-friendly colleges are private liberal arts colleges, and one is a famously liberal state university. The one surprise is William and Mary, a large public college in the South that was a fairly conservative, segregated school when I was looking at colleges in my youth.

 

I wouldn't categorize Stanford or Yale as a liberal arts colleges. Both are major research universities which also have strong fuzzy departments.

 

Kevin Slater

[+ Gar1eth]

How did Bob Jones U and Liberty U not make the worst list? I don’t actually know what it’s like on their campuses. I’m just guessing from general knowledge that I doubt they’d be too welcoming.

 

Gman

[Deadlift1]

I wonder if Chip Gaines from HGTV knows his school made the unfriendly list.

[+ Avalon]

How did Bob Jones U and Liberty U not make the worst list? I don’t actually know what it’s like on their campuses. I’m just guessing from general knowledge that I doubt they’d be too welcoming.

 

Gman

 

Maybe they're not considered real schools? Just Bible schools. Are they even accredited?

[+ Gar1eth]

How did Bob Jones U and Liberty U not make the worst list? I don’t actually know what it’s like on their campuses. I’m just guessing from general knowledge that I doubt they’d be too welcoming.

 

Gman

 

Maybe they're not considered real schools? Just Bible schools. Are they even accredited?

They are real. I used to know a woman who was a physician who had previously gone to Bob Jones. And medical school wouldn’t have taken her if the undergrad wasn’t a real college/university. And I think Liberty has a large accredited correspondence catalog which wouldn’t be accredited if the parent university weren’t.

 

Gman

[+ Avalon]

They are real. I used to know a woman who was a physician who had previously gone to Bob Jones. And medical school wouldn’t have taken her if the undergrad wasn’t a real college/university. And I think Liberty has a large accredited correspondence catalog which wouldn’t be accredited if the parent university weren’t.

 

Gman

 

Thanks! Those are scary places!

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Jones_University

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_University

 

Both teach young earth creationism

[+ FrankR]

Thanks! Those are scary places!

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Jones_University

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_University

 

Both teach young earth creationism

Reminds me of this segment by Bill Maher:

[+ Avalon]

Reminds me of this segment by Bill Maher:

 

Excellent! Thank-you!

[bostonman]

I don't know if this matters or not, but the article dates back to 9/1/16.

[+ Avalon]

I don't know if this matters or not, but the article dates back to 9/1/16.

 

Good point. I didn't realize that.

[+ WhamIAm]

Only one of the schools on either list surprises me. The anti-LGBT schools are all either private schools with conservative religious affiliations, or public schools in extremely conservative areas. Eighteen of the 20 LGBT-friendly colleges are private liberal arts colleges, and one is a famously liberal state university. The one surprise is William and Mary, a large public college in the South that was a fairly conservative, segregated school when I was looking at colleges in my youth.

 

I went to W&M Law 30 years ago. Even then, Wmsburg was a very open, tolerant place that for the most part was very accepting of LGBT folks. Of course, drive 5 miles in any direction from the outskirts of Billyburg and it was a whole 'nother world.

[OCClient]

I keep seeing positive things about Ashville, NC.

[+ Avalon]

I keep seeing positive things about Ashville, NC.

 

Not the school but the house. I visited there many years ago. I have a pen & ink drawing of the house above the fireplace

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biltmore_Estate

[+ Charlie]

I went to W&M Law 30 years ago. Even then, Wmsburg was a very open, tolerant place that for the most part was very accepting of LGBT folks. Of course, drive 5 miles in any direction from the outskirts of Billyburg and it was a whole 'nother world.

Of course, I was looking at W&M a quarter century before you went there; by the time I arrived at the campus, I had passed too many "Whites Only" drinking fountains to seriously consider applying for admission to any public college in the South. In 1971, a close friend of mine was offered a professorship there, but halfway through the interview she realized there was no way she could feel comfortable there. I'm glad to hear that things got better at W&M in later years.