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How to find an LGBTQ-Friendly College or Workplace

Joe Hinton

February 28, 2014

Transfer-Mation Leadership Conference

Ground Rules

• There are no “stupid” questions

• If anyone shares information about him or herself, please leave it in

• You don’t have to identify as LGBTQI or anything else to participate in this session.

• Speak up and learn as much as possible!

Schedule• Introductions

– What brought you here?

• Guiding Questions– What do we already know?

• Anti-Discrimination States

• Most-LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges

• Investigating Colleges

• Equality in the Workplace

Guiding Questions• What are some unique

concerns LGBTQI students might have about college choice?

• How could you best guarantee a friendly educational or workplace environment if you identify as LGBTQI?

• Are all colleges, universities and their locations created equal?

Oh no! My dream college is in a state that doesn’t prohibit

discrimination!

• Some cities may have anti-discrimination laws

• Most colleges have anti-discrimination policies

• Do your research!

LGBTQ Friendly Colleges and Universities

• Ranked by Campus Pride• Criteria

– LGBT Policy Inclusion– LGBT Support & Institutional

Commitment– LGBT Academic Life– LGBT Student Life– LGBT Housing– LGBT Campus Safety– LGBT Counseling & Health– LGBT Recruitment and Retention

Efforts.

• 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

Other Local Schools

LGBTQ College Resources

NEIU

Loyola

$$$$$$$$$$$$$• Point Foundation• Acorn Equality Fund Scholarships• Jean Paul Ohadi Scholarship

• Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of LGBT Concerns Scholarship @ UIC

• Enrichment Scholarship @ Elmhurst College

• Joseph Harry Endowed Scholarship @ NIU

Employment

• Review the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index

• Notable local employers with perfect scores

While you’re still at HWC…

Joe Hinton

Social Sciences

Room 1022

jhinton9@ccc.edu