Feeling accepted at college can be a big issue — especially for minority students. Even on campuses with high minority populations, it’s easy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students to feel isolated. That’s why The Human Rights Campaign is urging inclusiveness of LGBTQ students at historically black colleges and universities.
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“Students on an HBCU campus pretty much all have a shared identity as far as being black, but when you talk about being L, G, B, T, or Q … that’s a whole other situation within itself,” said Leslie Hall, manager of the HRC’s HBCU project. “You’re looking at issues around the black church, issues around family values. They might be coming from families where that lifestyle isn’t quite acceptable.”
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