<p>Look, this is off topic, but I really really am mad that gay couples are not allowed to have civil unions. </p>
<p>It doesn't matter if you think homoseuality is gross, wrong, perverse, and disgusting, it is still absolutely none of your business whether two males or females have the right to make hospital visits, inherit property, or refuse to testify against his/her partner during a trial.</p>
<p>Seriously, gay couples receiving basic civil rights does not affect you at all, and it really is none of your business.</p>
<p>So, what are colleges that are tolerant of gays. Because honestly, if someone at a college is not tolerant of gays' rights, I wouldn't want to go there, and people who are against gays
rights honestly have zero solid arguments.</p>
<p>They're isn't going to be a college on this planet where you won't find SOMEONE who is against it. At the same time, you're probably not going to find TOO many where it's a major thing and it get's violent or something. And those should be pretty readily apparent with a bit of research.</p>
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there are none. maybe some are tolerant, none very very tolerant though.
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<p>i don't mean to disagree (well actually...) but NYU is VERY tolerant of the gay community... i mean it is in the village, chelsea is right there. big GLBT scene.</p>
<p>Michigan, Stanford, and UNC Chapel Hill are very LGBT-friendly. Chicago is also pretty accepting. Duke is surprisingly LGBT-friendly, from what I've heard.</p>
<p>the</a> princeton review list is the obvious place to look. for me what set apart places like Wesleyan and Oberlin was that queer students aren't just "tolerated" by the community, they are an integral part of it.</p>
<p>Princeton Review Rankings:
Gay Community Accepted</p>
<ol>
<li>Emerson College</li>
<li>New College Of Florida</li>
<li>New York University</li>
<li>Stanford University</li>
<li>Prescott College</li>
<li>Macalester College</li>
<li>Simon's Rock College Of Bard</li>
<li>College Of The Atlantic</li>
<li>Wellesley College</li>
<li>Mount Holyoke College</li>
<li>Bennington College</li>
<li>Sarah Lawrence College</li>
<li>Bryn Mawr College</li>
<li>Marlboro College</li>
<li>Beloit College</li>
<li>Swarthmore College</li>
<li>St. Mary's College Of Maryland</li>
<li>Hampshire College</li>
<li>Grinnell College</li>
<li>Reed College</li>
</ol>
<p>In contrast here are some schools where people are not very tolerant of gays:</p>
<p>Alternative Lifestyles Not An Alternative</p>
<ol>
<li>University Of Notre Dame</li>
<li>Thomas Aquinas College</li>
<li>Hampden-Sydney College</li>
<li>Trinity College (CT)</li>
<li>Wheaton College (IL)</li>
<li>Grove City College</li>
<li>College Of The Ozarks</li>
<li>Baylor University</li>
<li>Seton Hall University</li>
<li>Brigham Young University (UT)</li>
<li>Miami University</li>
<li>Texas A&M University - College Station</li>
<li>Samford University</li>
<li>Southern Methodist University</li>
<li>Calvin College</li>
<li>University Of Tennessee - Knoxville</li>
<li>Duquesne University</li>
<li>Mercer University - Macon</li>
<li>University Of Mississippi</li>
<li>Hillsdale College</li>
</ol>
I always take such lists with a bucket of salt. It's important to check out how large the "gay communities" at such small schools are. Being accepted is all well and good, but one also needs a critical mass.</p>
<p>Macalester's brochures told me they were number one, but maybe that was just for LACs. As a straight, average, white guy, it's really important to me that nobody feels different or weird about who they are, who they love, what they do, etc. in any environment.</p>
<p>Forget lists and rankings. Use your other criteria to make the first cut, then try contacting LGBT offices and/or student groups to find out the real situation for queer students.</p>
<p>I thought this said "tolerant of guys" haha, and I was going to say that just about any college should fit your needs.</p>
<p>Well, I'm just going to throw this out there and say that UC Riverside is very tolerant of gays. There's a huge gay presence on campus, and I've never seen any real hatred or intolerance toward them. I also see a great deal of gay people hanging out with straight people. This might sound like a strange thing to say, but you don't see this everywhere..</p>
<p>But then again, UCR isn't nearly prestigious enough for anyone on this website to care about.</p>
<p>I’m gay and go to SMU, and I have had no problems. And I have a good group of gay friends that go to SMU too. It has a very conservative reputation, but I find it funny considering California makes up a huge chunk of the student body. I don’t find SMU harsh on the gay community. It might not be full of gay pride, but I think people are very accepting. </p>
<p>There are always those typical ultra conservative frat boys that talk trash (which was a problem at a state university i went to before i transferred), but it actually hasn’t happened to me at SMU.</p>