<p>I heard that there have been issues with LGBT tolerance in the past at CMC. Is this still the case? Or do most LGBT generally feel safe and accepted?</p>
<p>Definitely the latter. The College is pushing for things such as gender neutral housing, and I myself know several LGBT people on campus who don’t have any issues. While CMC is known as a bit more conservative than the traditional liberal arts institution, this merely means that we are in the middle as opposed to leftist. Furthermore, I personally feel that this has more to do with economics, and that in terms of social views, most people are overwhelmingly liberal. This being Southern California, respect for LGBT is of paramount importance, and we even have prominent LGBT professors.</p>
<p>As an LGBT Pomona student who spent lots of time at CMC, I can tell you that you really don’t have much to worry about. Sure, you’ll run into an occasional person who is conservative/may make some ignorant remarks (I lived next to a guy my frosh year who had “Yes on Prop 8” signs up, but even he was actually a pretty chill guy), but all around the feeling at the Claremont Colleges are those of acceptance and respect. I was a little upset by the relatively small number of LGBT students on the campus (minus Scripps, of course), but I never ever felt in danger or anything.</p>
<p>Honestly,I think CMC has improved a lot in terms of their LGBT acceptance. Also, we have other schools such as Pitzer and Scripps literally right next door! As a gay man at CMC, I feel completely safe, no worries! Everyone is friendly! </p>
The Queer Resource Center at the Claremont Colleges has been embroiled in controversy in the time since people originally responded to this post. I’ve heard many students, especially those most historically marginalized in our society (e.g. queer women of color, trans folk, etc.), saying that their needs have not been well addressed.
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