Voices
every institution of higher learning can readily cope with any
number of diverse aspects of potential students’ lives. Does a robust counseling department exist?
Are there faculty members who
are equipped both in their disciplines and in sensitivity training? Are there support organizations on campus? These questions
don’t even need to be limited to
the LGBT experience. These are
questions and qualifications that
should be put to every institution
that is committed to educating the
populace. We’re a diverse country.
Let›s try acting like it.
Wake Forest isn’t perfect. No
school is. Based on my personal
experience, I’d say that more
certainly can be done at Wake
Forest and elsewhere. But rankings in general should always be
taken with a grain of salt and
an immense amount of scrutiny.
Here’s what I believe to be true:
LGBT students should feel free
to go to college anywhere. LGBT
people are everywhere, so they
shouldn’t feel that any ranking
prohibits them from going where
they feel most comfortable.
We need to stop ranking
things and instead focus on making progress occur wherever it is
TRÉ
EASTON
HUFFINGTON
08.25.13
necessary. Lest we forget, Prop 8
passed in the progressive utopia
that is California. Where’s the
ranking that explains that?
The Princeton Review needs
some serious reviewing when it
comes to LGBT issues on campus.
Perhaps they should look to the
good people at Campus Pride for
some guidance. Or maybe they
should end this particular ranking altogether. Just a thought.
Assigning schools the
moniker of ‘LGBT-unfriendly,’
which only functions to
ensure that LGBT students
will never venture to these
places… is offensive.”
Whatever The Princeton Review does, they need to think
twice before perpetuating more
of this nonsense in the public
arena. I’d much rather be called
“faggot” every day for the rest of
my life than live with this misinformation being bandied about.
Do better, Princeton Review. Do so much better.
Tré Easton is a writer and political
activist living in Washington, D.C.