Campus Pride ranks Top 25 LGBT-Friendly Schools

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<p>I’m trans and not surprised that uconn isn’t on the list. Can’t say I’m discriminated against legally, but damn I sure do get stared at by EVERY SINGLE PERSON on campus. It feels quite alienating. Maybe they should take that into consideration of their rankings… actual feedback of experience from students at each area. It’s wonderful to hear that they’re covering hormones and surgery though. I should look up what type of surgery they’re really referring too, heh I’d definitely migrate to one of those top ten for grad school after this semester if it’s SRS. So, so, so expensive.</p>

<p>Edit: Well, looks like that list isn’t too useful to me. </p>

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<p>Although more students are coming out as transsexual and seeking to transition during their college years, campuses have been slow to address their health-care needs by covering hormones and gender confirmation surgeries in health insurance plans. Only a few institutions, including Emerson College, Harvard University, Ohio State University, Penn State University, and Suffolk University, explicitly include hormone coverage for transitioning undergraduates. At some campuses, supportive physicians will provide transsexual students with a different diagnosis, such as an “endocrine deficiency,” so that their insurance will pay for the cost. But students should not have to depend on finding a sympathetic doctor or have to hide their gender identities to receive appropriate, affordable health care. In 2004, the University of California system established an important precedent by changing its insurance plans to cover hormones, psychotherapy, and gender confirmation surgeries for its transsexual staff members and their spouses/domestic partners and children. </p>

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<p>Taken from <a href=“http://www.transgenderlaw.org/college/guidelines.htm[/url]”>http://www.transgenderlaw.org/college/guidelines.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;