<p>I’m a bisexual female, and finding women to date has been hard in high school due to small high school populations, more closeted people, etc. This and the fact that I’m libertarian have caused me to seek colleges in (at least somewhat) socially liberal towns. </p>
<p>I know some areas are more gay-male-oriented than gay female oriented, so if you know if the lesbian scene specifically is good, that’s great info to share!</p>
<p>I’m applying to (listed vaguely in order of interest, some are reach and some are safety):
Concordia (Montreal, Quebec)
U British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)
SUNY Purchase (Purchase, New York)
Hofstra University (Hempstead, New York)
University of Tampa (Tampa, Florida)
Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)
University of Colorado Denver (Denver, Colorado)
Western Washington (Bellingham, Washington)
University of Rhode Island (Kingston, Rhode Island)
University of Hartford (West Hartford, Connecticut)
Keene State College (Keene, New Hampshire)
William Paterson (Wayne, New Jersey)
Champlain (Burlington, Vermont)</p>
<p>Sorry no one seems to be able to answer your question. All I can speak to is SUNY Purchase. It’s in a suburban area. While the campus is extremely LBGT friendly, I don’t think the surrounding towns are–not anti either, just typical subutbia, without much to offer any college student. It’s not like there’s cute little college town nearby. But the campus is only a half hour or so from Manhattan, which of course is a different story. I’ll also add that while SUNY Purchase has a lot to offer in the fields of fine arts and performing arts, the other SUNY’s are better choices for other majors.</p>
<p>Sorry I’m not familiar with most of those towns/cities or colleges. For larger colleges and in larger cities I’m sure you can find what you are looking for. I’d think Vancouver, Denver and Western Washington are pretyy safe bets. I’d avoid small colleges in small towns, unless they are women’s colleges or in consortiums or well know LGBT friendly schools.</p>
<p>Thank you guys I was very excited about the gay scene at Purchase I’ve heard about, and the Manhattan gay scene/general urban adventures nearby. I didn’t think about the facts that most surrounding towns were suburban, though. And yep, all of these are big besides a few safeties and SUNY Purchase because it’s small but full of artists like me.</p>
<p>My son just got accepted to Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. If you like a bustling environment, then Richmond may not be the place to go … very small town, college is set in the middle of this VERY small town. But it is a Quaker school that is historically super supportive of LGBT issues, and from what I’ve read, an extremely accepting environment. I’m pretty sure that they have a strong arts program as well. The school is super liberal, but Richmond is not that different than most small midwestern cities … uber-conservative.</p>
<p>Are you applying to the women’s colleges? Considering the colleges you named, you’d probably have the stats for Agnes Scott, Mills, Simmons? Mills and Simmons are in very gay-friendly areas in addition to the campus (same thing for Agnes Scott with the students at all the nearby schools but I don’t know how gay friendly Atlanta is, although it’s very “hopping” and young so I doubt it’s super conservative socially speaking).</p>
<p>Thanks for the ideas, but women’s colleges aren’t my type of school, even though they have a reputation for being accepting environments and the girl-girl dating scenes are usually pretty good. I enjoy having a balance of accessible girl and guy friends. I’ve heard Atlanta is pretty socially liberal, one of the least racist/homophobic places in the south.</p>
<p>The lesbian scene anywhere is generally much smaller than the gay male scene even in NYC. That said, there is a thriving gay scene in Montreal, Vancouver, Denver, Tampa, Burlington (relative to its size),Seattle, Atlanta. Long Island has a couple of venues, Wayne has nothing, but you’d be close to NYC. Keene I doubt has much going on period.</p>
<p>Generalizing,I would say that if you are going to be in a state where same-sex marriage is legal, the majority of people will be accepting. I am not familiar with most of the colleges themselves, but if they have an LGBT group on-campus, I would say the school is accepting.</p>
<p>As times are evolving, it seems that many LGBT people are evolving as well. The is less of a need for LGBT people to have their own scene to feel safe/accepted in areas with gay venues. LGBT and their str8 friends hang together to enjoy the art scene, the music scene, whatever. A person’s sexuality is a part of who they are, but not the defining part IMO.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tips I didn’t know Atlanta had a good scene (never been south of Maryland on the East), cool.</p>
<p>Yeah, sexuality shouldn’t define people as a whole. Most people I’ve met who consider their sexuality a big part of their identity have families that don’t accept them, so they are very out when away from family. I think that even with acceptance, it’s nice to have spaces where I can meet cute girls with a high chance that they like girls, and have female friends to talk about girls with-- sometimes it gets weird with my straight male friends.</p>
I was very excited about the gay scene at Purchase I’ve heard about, and the Manhattan gay scene/general urban adventures nearby. I didn’t think about the facts that most surrounding towns were suburban, though. And yep, all of these are big besides a few safeties and SUNY Purchase because it’s small but full of artists like me.</p>