What doea tol mean in the gay community

If given the chance to attend to an all-LGBT college, I would have used any means necessary to get there—even if I had to switch majors.

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As an year-old, fresh-out-of-the-closet lesbian, the idea of a quad full of lesbians was quite enticing. But when it comes to the educational part of the experience, is segregating the LGBT population the right way to go? And are LGBT high schools any different than traditionally non-coed private schools?

Q-High is a fledgling program that is limited to online-only coursework, and enrollment is low, but climbing. But if a non-victimized student enrolls in an all-LGBT school, or stays in an all-LGBT dorm, is the education and experience they receive as good as—or better—than a traditional inclusive environment?

Or, even more perplexing, would a room full of gay and lesbian students—attracted to each other, of course can you imagine? The dating odds would feel more like heterosexual odds, at least. But how important is it to be attracted to the people in your classroom?

Or your dorm? And from a civil rights standpoint, is segregation based on difference ever really the answer? The idea of an all-gay dorm or graduation seems a little segregation-y. According to at least one senior, an all-LGBT ceremony was discriminatory, at most, and a little peculiar, at best.

After all, is someone really your equal because they are gay, bi or trans, or do you have more in common with students in your individual program? I am still in touch with my best friends—both straight and gay—from high school and college, and I would not have missed meeting them for the world.

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