Gay-friendly schools?

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm currently a college freshman and will be transferring to a new school in the fall. I want to be sure where I end up is gay-friendly (in that people are accepting and open-minded, but also in that there are actually gays there!). </p>

<p>So far I've been accepted at William and Mary and UVA. I'm waiting to hear from Tufts, Brown, Yale, and Wesleyan (all of which are really huge reaches for me). I've already taken Wesleyan off the table because I realized it is not a good fit for me (unfortunately this one I know is quite queer friendly!). </p>

<p>If anyone has anything to say about lgbt stuff at any of these schools (especially the Virginia ones) please share! :-)</p>

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<p>Wellesley/Wesleyan!</p>

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<p>Wesleyan is the most gay friendly, why is it off your list?</p>

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<p>I think it's a little too small for me and I'm not sure about the social scene in general. I guess it's worth keeping all of my options open though (until rejections start rolling in! :-P).</p>

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<p>small should be irreverent considering that theres probably more gay people you'll get to know than the amount that would be at a larger school that maybe isn't as gay friendly?</p>

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<p>It's quite a reach too, so I need to figure out what the gay-ness is like at W&M and UVA, etc. It's looking like I'll end up at W&M, but nothing's 100% until I've received all of my decisions.</p>

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<p>Isn't Yale considered the 'gay Ivy'?</p>

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<p>WashU for sure.</p>

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<p>It's funny that you say WashU because I withdrew my app from there months ago :-P</p>

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<p>UVA and W&M are not gay friendly. They are conservative schools in my opinion. </p>

<p>Not on your list yet-
NYU-1/3 of all guys are gay
Pomona
Stanford
New College of Florida</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, by the way, I'm a girl. </p>

<p>So I guess that would make me a lesbian. Except that is an ugly word. So I'll stick with gay.</p>

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<p>Just my opinion as a W & M student: I think that W & M is very gay-friendly and definitely open to the gay community. I don't think you would feel like an outsider in the W & M community. Good luck in your choices!</p>

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<p>Have you mentioned your sex orientation in your essays?</p>

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<p>Three of the schools will find out, through my essay, that I am not straight. :-P</p>

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<p>Brown is very gay friendly as well.</p>

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<p>YALE!</p>

<p>Gaylies</a> Gone Wild: Victor and Akash Edition - IvyGate: The Ivy League blog. News, gossip, sex, sports and more at Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale</p>

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<p>BAHAHAHAHAHA, I love that story. It's hilarious. Almost as hilarious as the Dartmouth Professor who is trying to sue the school because the students who were more intelligent than she was "harassed" her.</p>

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<p>Brown! they have gay deans and everything</p>

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<p>GW is like 25% gay</p>

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<p>May be of interest:</p>

<p>One</a> boy, one girl -- one dorm room - CNN.com</p>

<p>Typically, urban or liberal schools are going to be the most gay-friendly. The schools mentioned in that CNN article are gender-blind and open to accommodating their students.</p>