<p>It’s ok. We all remember going through that phrase.</p>
<p>quaere, your perspective on women’s colleges make sense to me, but not every trans student who goes to women’s colleges might agree. I had a class with a trans guy from Smith who said he specifically did look for women’s colleges. He’s now a rising senior, is almost completely transitioned and says he couldn’t imagine himself anywhere else. that said, obviously the experience would be different for MTF.</p>
<p>Pre-op transmen are acting in bad faith applying to women’s colleges. I’m perfectly sympathetic to someone who says he’s a man trapped in a woman’s body, but if he’s a man, he doesn’t belong at a women’s college. People like that give all transsexuals a bad name. How can I believe someone who says he’s a man, when he’s writing applications to places that only accept women? It seems like he wants to be a man, except when he wants something that only women can have.</p>
<p>Why do people assume that it’s like tropical in the South? The majority of the time that your daughter would be in school would be late summer through early spring. It’s not sweltering hot there during that time; I lived in Atlanta for 10 years and the winters are still winters, they’re just mild and it doesn’t snow much. She wouldn’t be around so much during the really hot months in the summer. And really, ruling out schools solely based on weather…</p>
<p>In any case, I second the recommendations of Grinnell, Vassar, and Smith (although I do not know if Smith takes male-bodied transgendered persons. Many women’s colleges do not, which is unfair.) Sarah Lawrence and Skidmore are also good places to look, and perhaps Bard (I studied abroad in an LGBT program and many of my classmates went to Vassar, Smith, SLC, and Skidmore).</p>
<p>I agree with quaere that women’s colleges are not always the best place for transgender students. I went to a women’s college that was not very LGBT friendly at all. Very homophobic environment. Like he said, the alumnae at my school would go nuts.</p>
<p>Cardinal Fang said:
Pre-op transmen are acting in bad faith applying to women’s colleges. I’m perfectly sympathetic to someone who says he’s a man trapped in a woman’s body, but if he’s a man, he doesn’t belong at a women’s college. People like that give all transsexuals a bad name. How can I believe someone who says he’s a man, when he’s writing applications to places that only accept women? It seems like he wants to be a man, except when he wants something that only women can have.</p>
<p>Convenience Transgendered? I can’t figure out if your comments reflect ill on werewolves or Stanford students :-)</p>
<p>interesteddad said, in relation to LGBT centers, that “I don’t think that means a darn thing.”</p>
<p>I agree; by itself, one criterion does not. </p>
<p>What I’m trying to do for my child is to help build a set of schools based on various data elements that would be the most supporting place for my S/D. </p>
<p>Then that gets mixed into other criteria: academic rigor, anecdotal information about how supporting the schools are to transgendered students, meteorology (sorry, juillet, anything over 75 degrees is too darn hot), geographic considerations, size of school, financial “value” and impressions from campus visits to come up with a list of 6-8 schools to apply to.</p>
<p>None of those criteria by themselves are controlling; but taken together, and holistically, I’m a lot more sure that we’ll get a good fit than I was before I started this thread.</p>
<p>And for that, thank you CC community!!!</p>
<p>how’s connecticut college concerning the lgbt students?</p>
<p>Kei-o-lei, the list of schools I listed in post #35 are the ones I know to have liberal administrations and generally outgoing and tolerant student bodies. There are many others that would qualify mind you,I just listed the ones that came to mind. Your child will be welcome at all those universities.</p>
<p>NYU.
Most colleges are very liberal.
Columbia is full of flaming ones. Also, I’m not mocking at all, but would he/ she be eligible for a womens college like Barnard which is attached to Columbia? They have all sorts of LBTQ or whatever clubs?</p>
<p>my kid has not expressed any interest in applying to a women’s school</p>
<p>am failry sure that woudl nto work well if there were interest</p>
<p>enjoying the burden of bumping up against people’s preconceptions on a day-to-day basis is not a part of S/D’s basic character . . . there’s enough going on in life already</p>
<p>I agree, Kei. I think a co-ed environment would help, not hinder, the transition.</p>
<p>William and Mary?</p>
<p>luluzg: Conn has a history of being very welcoming towards the LGBT community. There is a long tradition of coed bathrooms, a strong gender and womens studies department, and an overall liberal student body. The college has made great efforts in emphasizing all different types of diversity, and there are several organizations for LGBT students, as well as a new resource center. Plus, they recently announced the addition of gender-neutral housing
[Connecticut</a> College : LGBTQ Home](<a href=“http://www.conncoll.edu/offices/lgbtq/index.htm]Connecticut”>http://www.conncoll.edu/offices/lgbtq/index.htm)</p>
<p>@huskem55
thank you on your respond. do u know anything about mount holyoke college and st lawrence university in the terms of lgbtq community?</p>
<p>from several friends comments, i know its strong at mt holyoke. cant comment on st lawrence.</p>
<p>Kei-o-lei, as people have mentioned, it seems like most college students are transmen… but, Sarah Lawrence is a very trans-friendly place and I’m sure she would love it there! It might offer some merit aid too? (I’m not sure.) Also, I know several transmen (again, sorry! It just seems like they’re more common) who went to Bates, and although I’m fairly certain they weren’t out during their undergrad years, Bates has a good WGS program which probably means its fine. Also, have you looks at NYU?</p>
<p>Reed College. I know TG students, and they allow students to room based on preference not strictly sex if that makes sense. </p>
<p>PS: Thank you for posting to ask and for being such a supportive parent. I have a number of adult TG/genderqueer friends who would love to have had parents like you! I’m currently involved in issues about TG and inclusive liturgical language (I’m a theologian and student), and I’m particularly aware of these issues lately.</p>
<p>Definitely NYU or Vassar.</p>