“These aren’t just bad campuses or the worst campuses — these campuses fundamentally are unsafe for LGBTQ students, and, as a result, they’re fundamentally unsafe for all students to go to,” Shane Windmeyer, founder and executive director of Campus Pride, said. “They promote an environment of hostility, of discrimination, harassment, toward a group of people, and who wants — when you’re trying to be educated — to have that type of negative learning environment?”
I am glad there is a list. However, the fact that a school is discriminatory, bigoted and/or just plain unsupportive does not, in my mind, mean it is unsafe.
Some people think “unsafe” only means literally getting assaulted.
“Unsafe” means a lot more than that, including being harassed or threatened, feeling not welcome, feeling like they can’t publicly be themselves for fear of unfair treatment or even dismissal, or generally being treated less than other students.
Many of the bigoted schools on the list aren’t in the south.
And is it really “intolerance” to let people know which schools are exempt from a federal law prohibiting discrimination in education? Does “tolerance” require that a LGBTQ student (or any student) attend such colleges?
The Bible doesn’t just say that homosexuality is wrong. The Bible makes it absolutely clear that gay people must be slaughtered. I’m not being hyperbolic. This is what it says.
Now, there are many ‘bad’ Christians out there who aren’t slaughtering homosexuals. Why they are disobeying their God is up to them. However, it is intellectually dishonest, and impossible, to refer to any school using a Biblical justification for its opposition to homosexuality as “safe.”
The objection I have with an expanded view of the word “unsafe” is twofold.
One is that it is used to justify violence. “He said - or even thinks - this, I felt unsafe, so I beat the living snot out of him. Entirely in self defense, you understand.”
The other is that there is an issue of physical safety. There are places in major cities where certain members of the LGBT community in fact are at greater risk of physical violence. There are probably colleges located near some of them. Even if the colleges themselves are progressive, that doesn’t make them safe.
That would have been valuable information. It does however require, you know, actual reporting.
Why yes, yes I can. Jordan Hunt, Toronto. September 30, 2018. Roundhouse kicked a pro-life activist and later defended his actions as necessary for his psychological safety.
There was a guy a few years older than me back in high school. He was tagged as gay by his fellow classmates. This was the early 80s, he wasn’t publicly “out,” but that didn’t matter. On a daily basis, he was harassed, threatened, had his books slapped out of his hands, was bumped into lockers by other students walking by, etc… Teachers and administrators knew about it, but they just told him to ignore them, stop acting or dressing so weird, boys will be boys, they’re really not bad kids, they’re not actually beating you up or anything, right, so what’s the big deal?
One day, he had enough and smacked one of the other boys in the face with a lunch tray. He was suspended for starting a fight and attacking another kid.
You are arguing against yourself. You admit this was a confrontation at an anti-abortion rally. Please post an example of someone who felt unsafe about being gay on a college campus and who proactively attacked someone for this reason.
It is not a good example. Early 80s high school kids challenging each others’ manhood by accusing each other of being gay, true or not, is not the discussion.
MITPhysicsAlum is living in fear of roving bands of “out” homosexuals who will proactively attack innocent Christians. I would like one of those stories.
With due respect, you will just get this thread shut down. If you aren’t interested in the information in the list, feel free not to comment on the thread. Although some may think it is not useful, I think it is, as information like this about the smaller less discussed schools is hard to come by and plenty of religious colleges are great for lgbtq kids. For those of us with lgbtq kids this kind of info is crucial - staying away from colleges with hostile situations is huge on my list of requirements.