{"id":629,"date":"2011-08-25T10:43:51","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T16:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtforce\/?p=629"},"modified":"2011-08-25T11:56:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T17:56:06","slug":"lgbt-yes-or-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/?p=629","title":{"rendered":"LGBT &#8211; Yes or No?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping any sort of statistics on numbers on LGBT students, or the community as a whole, can prove to be a monumental task, given that it requires that individuals self-identify, in other words, come out. While we could potentially estimate the population here at Whitewater or anywhere else, you may never know.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn&#8217;t mean that you can&#8217;t try. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elmhurst.edu\">Elmhurst College<\/a> has become the first college in the country to explicitly include sexual orientation and gender identity on their admissions application. While others have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/7254428-417\/elmhurst-college-asks-prospective-students-about-sexual-orientation.html\">tried to get at the answer in more roundabout ways<\/a>, the Illinois college is just going to come right out and ask. Good for them!<\/p>\n<p>What do you say, UW-System? =)<\/p>\n<p>More information:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/7254428-417\/elmhurst-college-asks-prospective-students-about-sexual-orientation.html\">Elmhurst College asks prospective students about sexual orientation<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nChicago Sun-Times<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2011\/08\/24\/a_college_adds_question_on_sexual_orientation_identity_to_undergraduate_application\">They Ask. You Needn&#8217;t Tell<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nInside Higher Ed<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3opo9kq\">Statement from Campus Pride<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nMajor advocate for the LGBT community in higher education<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Jeff, Katka, and Dan for the heads-up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping any sort of statistics on numbers on LGBT students, or the community as a whole, can prove to be a monumental task, given that it requires that individuals self-identify, in other words, come out. While we could potentially estimate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/?p=629\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199,1104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lgbt-issues","category-us-wrap-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":634,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions\/634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtcommittee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}