<p>Anyone have any thoughts on colleges that are tolerant of/receptive to lgbtq (sjdkdiemsnd...I can never remember all the flipping acronyms) students?</p>
<p>PENN is fine, NYU is fine........what other interests do you have other than a hassle free life? Clubs etc? Help us out here are you the Brokeback Mountain kinda gay?</p>
<p>Yale has a huge (and extremely well-funded) gay studies program, and a very large number of gay male students. Other schools would include NYU, Bard, Evergreen, Smith, Oberlin, Earlham, Brown, Sarah Lawrence, Vassar, Wellesley.</p>
<p>Tolerance/Receptivity is probably pretty high at a couple of hundred schools.</p>
<p>Oberlin, Wesleyan- most big state universities</p>
<p>IMHO you should demand more than tolerance. That is such a low threshold.</p>
<p>You have a bunch of schools that are "gay-friendly":</p>
<p>Boston University
Brandeis University
Brown University
California Institute of Technology
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Grinnell College
Harvard University
Haverford College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York University
Oberlin College
Reed College
Rice University
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-San Diego
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas-Austin
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wesleyan University
Vassar College
Yale University</p>
<p>Those are just some of the schools that have tolerant student bodies. I am sure there are others, but that's a pretty diverse and broad range of schools.</p>
<p>"Help us out here are you the Brokeback Mountain kinda gay?"</p>
<p>Huh?</p>
<p>The currently popular movie? Are you in the US?</p>
<p>Yeah, I know the movie. I meant, what do you mean by "the Brokeback Mountain kinda gay"?</p>
<p>willing to be left alone and don't demand much gay community for socialization.</p>
<p>Ahhh. I understand now. Yeah, I'm totally good with that.</p>
<p>Thanks, by the way, for the help everyone.</p>
<p>Life is too short for you to settle on accepting of gay........you should demand a robust community for yourself. Many exist and flourish with all that society has to offer. What good is an intellectual experience if you are just accepted rather than embraced and nourished???</p>
<p>Based on what I know on Alexandre's list, and his track record of reliability, I would say that the schools on Alexandre's list would go beyond the mere threshold of "tolerance".</p>
<p>The schools I know on Alexandre's list would be notably supportive and comfortable places for gay students in ways that go beyond just the student body. For example, having an undergraduate dean who is specifically tasked with dealing with gay/lesbian issues. Or being places where sexual orientation is simply not a big deal.</p>
<p>I'm sure there are many more schools, as well. But, Alexandre's list would be a good starting point.</p>
<p>Acceptance of gay students is a pretty good barometer for other kinds of tolerance. IMO a live-and-let-live attitude on campus fosters a better climate for anyone who departs from the norm-- artists, non partiers, minorities, super-nerds, whatever-- and creates a livelier scene for all.</p>
<p>i believe Pomona and definitely Skidmore College are more than just tolerant. Definitely take a look at those. Good luck with everything :)</p>
<p>With the exception of schools like Vanderbilt or Wake, which are known for being fairly conservative, most top tier colleges aren't going to have homophobic student populations. You shouldn't run into any real problems. I'm at Rice, and we have like 4 gay/bi people on my floor. Nobody cares.</p>
<p>NYU, Yale = gay friendly</p>
<p>To the poster above, Vandy is not homophobic but very few gays decide to attend.</p>
<p>yale= mostly gay</p>
<p>Definitely gay friendly, vocal, radical, in-your-face activism.</p>
<p>It would be far easier to come up with a list of gay intolerant schools, than gay-tolerant campuses. I would go so far as to say that I would not make this particular issue a big part of your criteria (beyond excluding BYU and Texas A&M, etc). I'd focus on the other aspects of what you prefer, where their will be a very wide range of differences.</p>