Finding Transgender-Friendly Schools?

whenhen
Fri, 13 Feb 2015 02:19:13 +0000

In 2012 The Advocate, a national LGBT news organization, [ranked](http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2012/08/15/top-10-trans-friendly-colleges-and-universities) the top colleges for transgender acceptance. However, all of the colleges ranked were national or regional universities, not liberal arts colleges.

Look into some of the remaining seven sister colleges if you’re MtF. These have some of the strongest support for trans women of any schools in the country. Oberlin should also be considered as it has worked very hard to make itself as welcoming an environment for trans students as possible.

Other schools you may want to look into include Macalaster College, Lewis & Clark (don’t know how good they are to first year trans students), Hampshire College, [Pitzer College](http://www.pomona.edu/administration/qrc/transition/pitzer/), Colorado College (Colorado Springs is not the most welcoming community), [Reed College](http://www.reed.edu/res_life/on_campus/gender-neutral-housing.html), Bard College, and Skidmore College.

I’m sure there are other LACs I’m not listing. One consideration I’ve heard from one of the transitioning transwoman at my own school is that you should choose a place close to where you can obtain regular hormonal therapy. This means that some otherwise excellent rural schools may not be a possibility although you should email the LGBT club/ resource center for more information.