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Princeton Review Ranks The Most LGBT-Friendly Colleges In America

The report was organized based on student responses to a survey.

College and universities are increasingly working to foster campuses that are more LGBT-friendly, whether its funding LGBT student groups or offering courses in queer studies. But all the good intentions in the world don't mean anything if the students themselves don't embrace acceptance and inclusion.

The Princeton Review surveyed 137,000 students at 381 universities across the country, asking them "How much do you agree/disagree with the following? Students treat all persons equally, regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity/expression." (For contrast, Campus Pride's index of LGBT-inclusive schools is more objectively quantified based on policies, programs, campus safety and recruitment and retention rates.)

Twenty schools earned top marks in the report, many of which were smaller private liberal arts schools. Bryn Mawr topped the list, with one student reporting "You should come here prepared for an active and thriving LGBTQIA+ culture. Its a very special part of Bryn Mawr that I wouldn't trade for anything."

But the Pennsylvania school is a women's college, meaning cis gay men can't enroll.

Bryn Mawr's policy states that the college welcomes "all individuals who have identified and continue to identify as women (including cisgender and trans women), intersex individuals who do not identify as male, individuals assigned female at birth who have not taken medical or legal steps to identify as male, and individuals assigned female at birth who do not identify within the gender binary."

Critics have also raised concern about labeling a school based solely on the experiences of individual students. Chelsea Fullerton, the Director of the Pride Center at Lehigh University, called the Princeton Review list "deeply flawed."

See a ranking of all 20 schools on the Princeton Review website.

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