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Campus culture and policy
Whether the school explicitly protects trans students, whether its leadership says so publicly, and how reports of discrimination are handled.
RESEARCH • TRANSPARENCY • SAFETY
Finding a safe school shouldn't be this hard.
We ask colleges direct questions about how they support transgender students, publish what they tell us, and show you exactly how to ask the same questions yourself.
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IS THIS REAL RESEARCH?
Yes — and we show our work.
Every rating comes from a structured methodology, not a vibe. We survey schools directly, using the same interview questions we publish for you to use yourself, and we're transparent about which schools have responded and which haven't answered yet.
A school missing from the rankings means we don't have an answer yet — not a bad rating.
Read the methodology
THE RESEARCH
The scale of the work behind every rating
Every school is asked the same questions, and every score comes from what somebody there actually told us. Nothing here is inferred from a school's reputation.
THE RUBRIC
What every rating measures
Ten categories, scored 0 to 5 and weighted by impact. Housing, healthcare, protections, and accountability count more because they affect safety and daily life more directly.
WHY THIS PROJECT EXISTS
I'm trans and I struggled finding safe schools.
When my cis friends and classmates wanted to know whether a school was safe, they could look around and get a straight answer. When I asked the same question, there was mostly nothing: no real detail on housing, on whether the health center would treat me, or on whether anyone was paying attention.
So I started asking schools directly. This site has those answers in one place, so you don't have to send hundreds of emails to find them.
FOR COLLEGES AND COUNSELORS
Are you at a college, or helping someone apply?
If our email reached you, here is everything you need to decide: who we'd like to speak with, how long it takes, and how your answers will be represented.
You work at a college
Take part, or pass this to the colleague who should be answering it.
What taking part involvesYou're a student, counselor or parent
Correct a rating, ask about coverage, or point me at a school I've missed.
Get in touchQUICK ANSWERS
A few common questions
Will my school know I submitted feedback?
No. Nothing you share is published with your name.
How many schools are rated so far?
Fewer than we'd like. Outreach is finished in Alaska, Alabama and Wyoming and well underway in Arkansas, Arizona and West Virginia, with the rest of the country in progress. The research status page is kept current, so check there before reading a gap as a result.
Where do the answers come from?
From staff at the school, by email or in a video call, answering the same questions as everyone else: the LGBTQ+ center, housing, the health center, counseling, DEI, Title IX and admissions. Where I can, I also ask current trans students. Nothing is scored from a school's reputation or its marketing pages.
Isn't this just what a school says about itself?
Partly, and that is a real limit. Most of what matters here is documented policy and provision, which a school can answer accurately, and where an answer can be checked against published policy I check it. Where it can't, the rating reports what the school told me and claims nothing more.
Can a school be re-rated after it makes changes?
Yes. If a policy changes or a resource is added, get in touch and the rating gets revisited.
What does it mean if my school isn't rated yet?
It means we don't have an answer yet — not that the school scored poorly. Schools are added as they respond to our survey.
Does the Quick Exit button clear my history?
No. It takes you to weather.com instantly, but your browser's back button and autocomplete may still show this site.