<p>Well, I've been freaking out about choosing the right college that is gay friendly and has a good gay social scene and then someone told me that really at any of the top universities, north or south, I'd be fine, since our generation (entering college in the past 15 years), was very liberal and gay friendly. Do you agree with this/ think it holds true for the majority of colleges? even the more conservative ones in the south?</p>
<p>It’s definitely more subtle, and so it’s hard to say that we’re really that much more friendly than before.</p>
<p>Hmm, i’d say so. There’s still hatred and everything of course, but as with racism its not as big as it once was. Still a huge issue, just not as big of one. I think every generation it tends to get a little better.</p>
<p>I feel like you can safely say that we’re more accepting of gays. I saw in a poll that 18-29 year olds were the biggest supporters of gay marriage.</p>
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<p>Yes, and there are statistics to back it up.</p>
<p>This doesn’t mean every college is going to be open and welcoming and have a vibrant gay scene if that’s what you’re after, though. Be sure to research the college itself as well as the surrounding town.</p>
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Let me just tell you, that is easier said than done. I think of myself as a proficient googler and am having a hard time doing that.</p>
<p>^Might try asking a few students that go there/went there.</p>
<p>Definitely, an easier way to compare would just be asking older members of your family for their views and comparing it with your own views.</p>
<p>What a dumb question. No, we still crucif gays.</p>
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<p>@Premed, try using citydata.com. If the school you’re considering has a GLBT club see if you can contact them and get some advice about the town and the local scene. It’s a little more legwork on your part, but if this is important to you it’ll be worth it.</p>
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I really appreciate your answer to this, especially considering your first post on CC was this. Hypocrite?
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<p>Hahaha that’s hilarious</p>
<p>If by top universities you mean, say, top 50 national universities, then yes, they are generally gay-friendly. Land mines that I know of would be Notre Dame and Wake Forest. And even then, your experience as a gay student is pretty good compared to those a lot of schools.</p>
<p>I think for the most part us millenials (ugh, I hate that term) are pretty accepting of people that are “different” from us, be it sexual orientation, skin color, religious beliefs, etc.</p>
<p>^millenials? Is that what were being called now? LOL, i’ve honestly never heard that term before. </p>
<p>@premed4 that’s insanely funny lol</p>
<p>Come to northern or southern California!!</p>
<p>Yes… but I also think it comes with a price. Definitely, more people are out today than in the past, but it also makes them a bigger target for homophobes. </p>
<p>I came out about 8 years ago, and I can tell you that there has been a fairly substantial change even in those 8 years. Under Bush, I never thought I’d see gay marriage in America. Now, I think my kids (or maybe just past my kids) will always assume gay marriage was the norm, just as we do with interracial marriage.</p>
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<p>Sometimes I forget how amazingly progressive California is until I leave the State.</p>
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I live in New England, which is supposedly the other progressive part of the country. We had a group of 45 people and were asked to debate a question, one that came up was gay marriage. Only 1 person out of all of those people said they were opposed to it, and that person was still accepted gays, just not marriage. Some who didn’t say anything might have not agreed with it, but sill, half definitely because they said something, and the other half were most likely all for it. Once our generation has the majority in voting, I can see gays having equal rights. I looked up the numbers too and since 2006, the average who are in support of it for most demographics went up by 10%… in 5 years. Now we’re almost the majority.</p>
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Other than those, probably most catholic universities, and possibly some schools in the south? Since there is such a big audience on this forum I just wanted to ask whether Vanderbilt and Emory were “landmines” or not. I’m sorry if you’ve heard me ask that 100 times but I am trying to get a lot of answers and a consensus, because I get conflicting answers.</p>
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Yea, right? I was actually <strong><em>ed off at that, not only because it was insanely rude, but because he asked an equivalent question and then has the nerve to be a </em></strong> about it to me, I mean come on. I hope he reads this so that he realizes what I jerk he is.</p>