I noticed that the University of Wyoming isn't on the list. BANG DING OW
QuoteCampus Pride, a nationally-recognized organization dedicated to making colleges and universities safer, more inclusive spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, released its annual list of the "Top 25-LGBT Friendly Colleges And Universities" in the country today.
The organization determined the listing, which presents the 25 schools in alphabetical, rather than ranked, order, by utilizing the data gathered from the Campus Pride Index. "Campus Pride's Index is the only one of its kind," said Campus Pride Executive Director Shane Windmeyer. "Unlike other commercially-driven rankings, our ratings are done for and by LGBT people and set in a foundation of solid research practice."
Each campus included in the final listing achieved 5 stars overall in the index, plus 5 stars in sexual orientation and 5 stars in gender identity/expression for an LGBT-friendly campus. In addition, the campuses had to have 4.5 stars or above (or the highest percentages) in all eight LGBT-friendly factors.
Free of charge, any college or university is invited to participate in the index by self-assessing their campus climate through a set of 50+ questions, corresponding to eight different LGBT-Friendly factors:
1. LGBT Policy Inclusion
2. LGBT Support & Institutional Commitment
3. LGBT Academic Life
4. LGBT Student Life
5. LGBT Housing
6. LGBT Campus Safety
7. LGBT Counseling & Health
8. LGBT Recruitment and Retention Efforts.
As part of the branding process of "LGBT-friendly" undergone by the universities taking part in Campus Pride's Index, universities have the opportunity to "come out" and claim that label within the index itself. "By doing so [coming 'out'] these campuses are taking active responsibility for their LGBT campus community," said Windmeyer. "The Campus Pride Index grew for the seventh consecutive year, but there are still many, many other colleges and universities who have yet to 'come out' for their LGBT students and then take adequate steps to protect and ensure a safe, welcoming learning environment." Windmeyer also noted that in 2011, only 290 colleges were listed as "out" on the index, while as of Aug. 14, 2013, the group now includes almost 400.
The efforts of Campus Pride over the past several years have, in turn, encouraged and aided colleges and universities to make policy changes and take steps toward ensuring that their campuses cater to LGBT individuals and a diverse range of experiences. In a statement to The Huffington Post, Windmeyer stated that in the five years since Campus Pride began implementing their index as an assessment tool, the organization has learned and translated an immense amount of information to university officials in regards to LGBT campus life, specifically transgender issues, health and well-being, and recrutiment/retention efforts. Campus Pride intends for the the index questionnaire to be more than just a ranking system, but also a guide for universities and colleges that want to make institutional changes in order to make their campuses safer spaces for LGBT students.
Note: The list only features colleges and universities residing inside the United States.
Carleton College
Case Western Reserve University
Connecticut College
Ithaca College
Macalester College
Oberlin College
Portland State University
Princeton University
Rutgers University
Southern Oregon University
Stanford University
The Ohio State University
University of California, Riverside
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota – Duluth
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
University of Washington
Washington State University
Oberlin. I'M SHOCKED
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 21, 2013, 06:54:52 PM
Oberlin. I'M SHOCKED
OSU didn't surprise me--there's a reason Columbus is called the San Fransisco of the Midwest--but I was kinda surprised about Case Western; granted, it was on the progressive hipster side when my sister went there, but it seemed more...uptight.
Surprised they didn't just say "ALL OF THEM"
Quote from: derspiess on August 21, 2013, 07:01:21 PM
Surprised they didn't just say "ALL OF THEM"
I don't think Cederville likes the fags.
Quote from: derspiess on August 21, 2013, 07:01:21 PM
Surprised they didn't just say "ALL OF THEM"
Like Oral Roberts U and Liberty?
Okay, all of them but the religious schools. Sheez.
Anyway, I read this morning that all the "hate" incidents at Oberlin earlier this year were a big hoax. Whoops :lol:
Quote from: derspiess on August 23, 2013, 09:31:21 AM
Okay, all of them but the religious schools. Sheez.
Which t-shirt would you want more: Bluefield State College or Bluefield College?
Wyoming made the top 25 of bad for gay schools.
I think that is just brand recognition because the campus is in Laramie.
You'd think all that Village People cowboy decor would be attractive to teh gay.
Quote from: derspiess on August 23, 2013, 09:31:21 AM
Anyway, I read this morning that all the "hate" incidents at Oberlin earlier this year were a big hoax. Whoops :lol:
What's this?
Quote from: Malthus on August 23, 2013, 10:32:18 AM
Quote from: derspiess on August 23, 2013, 09:31:21 AM
Anyway, I read this morning that all the "hate" incidents at Oberlin earlier this year were a big hoax. Whoops :lol:
What's this?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/04/oberlin-cancels-classes_n_2805573.html
It was all over the news last winter/spring.
As long as you only have to be gay-friendly I'm fine with it.
Took me a while to find a non-conservative source about it being a hoax, but here:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/08/the-oberlin-college-hate-incidents-cruel-provocateurs-at-work/278979/
All isolated outlier incidents like that do is constantly bounce off the right-wing echo chamber, forever and ever.
So as an isolated outlier yourself, how does that make you feel?
I'm not the one that remembered it, Bubble Boy.
What is your point, d?
With mentioning the anecdote?
Quote from: garbon on August 24, 2013, 10:47:06 AM
With mentioning the anecdote?
Because it allows him to rationally reduce the legitimacy of the issue; they do the same with race, abortion and guns. It's how their tiny little minds work.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 24, 2013, 10:53:39 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 24, 2013, 10:47:06 AM
With mentioning the anecdote?
Because it allows him to rationally reduce the legitimacy of the issue; they do the same with race, abortion and guns. It's how their tiny little minds work.
Funny you should bring up abortion, considering how much mileage the handful of assassinations of abortionists gets.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 24, 2013, 11:43:43 AM
Funny you should bring up abortion, considering how much mileage the handful of assassinations of abortionists gets.
One psychotic doctor in Philly, and let the legislative initiatives begin!
That's more a sign of how fickle and easily sensationalized the middle is anyway. Social conservatives were in favor of those bills long before they had a chance of passing.
Well, you certainly had no problem trivializing murders and assassinations, now did you?
Come again?
All that "mileage" out of murdered doctors.
Those handful of murders are talked up incessantly, exactly the kind of argument by anecdote you were chiding Spiess for.
I think there's a substantive difference between a series of murders that warranted the creation of a DOJ Task Force to deal with the issue, and parroting a college prank.
But hey, we all have our sense of priorities.
I think a dozen episodes of tv shows featuring murders of clinic workers per actual murder is a bit overkill. Not to mention the oceans of virtual ink that's been spilled in forums like this on posts dismissing the pro-life movement as a whole as violent hypocrites. They're certainly less violent than, say, northern Irish separatists.
Northern Irish separatists don't have dick to do with women's reproductive rights in this country. But nice try, fetus lover.
And Eric Rudolph shooting up some abortion doctors doesn't have dick to do with whether abortion should be legal or not. But that doesn't stop you from referencing him in those threads, does it. :P
Eric Rudolph was a bomber, not a shooter.
Ok, fine. Either way, he was a murderer and a terrorist, but he hasn't inspired many people to follow his example.
Then why do you have his poster from Tiger Beat over your bed, next to McVeigh?
That's an extraordinary question.
:lol:
To me changing from an outie to an innie or vice versa seems more legit than a dude walking around in a dress.