Allison West Source 1

Source Citation:

Baum, Benjamin S. "LGBT Applicants And Challenges For Admission: Five Cases." Journal Of College Admission 217 (2012): 25-29. Professional Development Collection. Web. 7 Oct. 2016.

Question: To what extent do higher education institutions provide resources for their LGBT students?

My initial thoughts on the topic: This article will be helpful in determining the challenges for admission as an LGBT student, and will also help to narrow my question. This is a 4 page spread of a larger journal about admission and college acceptance, so it will give me a more extensive view on college admission of LGBT student from a standpoint of not specifically LGBT studies. Furthermore, I will learn more about my topic from a broader angle of view rather than from a very narrow viewpoint.

The topics addressed in the article: prejudice towards sexual orientation, prejudice toward gender identity, and problems amongst students who are not "out" as LGBT. There are many instances of prejudice happen toward people who are LGBT. People often accuse gay men or women of rape of a son or daughter even when these people are completely innocent. A boy named Henry lost a scholarship to college because of a rape accusation. He was not convicted because there was more evidence leading to the sex being consensual, but he was still punished, although he was proven innocent of his crime. This considered, LGBT students may not get the recognition or the monetary help they deserve because of prejudice of other people. Henry had already been accepted into his school, but they considered putting his acceptance on hold to analyze the accusation, even after they realized he was innocent.

This source opened doors I never saw or even thought about. I never considered how being a part of the LGBT could make it more difficult to be accepted into college. While the prejudice on college campuses has always been apparent, I didn't consider the prejudice in high school and even earlier that may play a role in the admission of LGBT students.

This article was a good source that acknowledged, first hand, the problems LGBT students have during and after the admissions process. Even students who are not out have difficulties on campus after being accepted.