Introducing: Genspect American College Survey
Volume 1 of 5
Introducing the Genspect American College SurveyÂ
For parents of gender-distressed high school students, the college application process is undeniably overwhelming as ensuring an excellent education without pressure toward medical intervention has become increasingly challenging. We are excited to introduce the Genspect American College Survey (Pilot Project), designed to address these concerns, providing crucial information to help parents make informed decisions.
Why Now?
The Genspect American College Survey is the first of its kind to offer a comprehensive overview of U.S. colleges, ranked specifically on their stance and actions regarding transgender issues. This survey is tailored to inform parents who want their children to thrive in college without being encouraged to undergo medical interventions or become entrenched in activist cultures.Â
In a world where universities are fostering ideology over education, many parents feel lost when attempting to find a balance between supporting their child’s independence and avoiding environments that encourage needless and harmful medicalization. The need for clear, accessible data on this issue has never been more important.Â
Our goal is to assess the extent to which colleges promote, endorse, and/or facilitate gender identity activism and medical transition services. We hope to empower parents with the information they need to choose a school that best fits their interests and priorities for their child.Â
Your Voice Matters
We are launching this pilot project in stages, releasing detailed reports for 10 U.S. states each week. This will culminate in five volumes, covering all states by the end of the pilot project. As part of this process, we value input from our community. We encourage parents, students, and alumni to share their experiences of the colleges we survey. If you see anything missing or feel a school has been misrepresented, please leave a comment with your feedback. Your contributions will help improve the survey and ensure it remains accurate and relevant.
Looking ahead, we are also considering expanding this project to cover universities in Canada and other countries where the demand for similar resources is growing so please do not hesitate to contact amanda@genspect.org with information about colleges in other regions.
Survey Ranking Criteria
The Genspect American College Survey evaluates colleges in all 50 U.S. states based on their level of engagement with transgender activism. Institutions are ranked as None, Moderate, or Strong depending on various factors related to policies, health services, and student organizations.
Strong: These colleges actively promote gender identity activism and offer extensive support for transgender-related policies and services. These institutions typically have gender-affirming health services, gender resource guides, transgender organizations, and gender-neutral housing options integrated into campus life. Students are encouraged to explore and possibly pursue medical transition.Â
Moderate: Colleges with moderate engagement provide some resources and policies concerning transgender identities. While these institutions might offer LGB student clubs or resources, they do not promote or integrate transgender issues into the campus culture. Students can expect a more balanced approach that respects students without making activism a focal point of campus life.
None: These schools have little to no visible support for transgender-specific issues. While they comply with federal non-discrimination policies, they do not advocate for or encourage gender identity activism on campus.
We believe that every parent deserves to make informed choices about their child’s future, and the Genspect American College Survey is here to support you with clarity and information. We are confident that, with your help, this project will provide a valuable resource for families navigating these complex decisions.Â
We invite you to download and review Volume 1 below, which includes the following states: Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, and Wyoming.Â
Looking forward to hearing from you!
As someone who attended classes at Portland State University (PSU) as a post-bac student from 2013-2019, I would like to supplement Genspect's assessment of PSU's stance and actions regarding transgender issues.
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In an era when progressives demand that we celebrate diversity, progressive queerdom is rapidly going about erasing gay men, lesbians and bisexuals. In progressive circles, it's queer this and queer that all the time. To show they're with-it, the squares in mainstream media are queering everything that was formerly lavender. And at Portland State University's Queer Resource Center, gay, lesbian and bisexual students do not exist.
I hold a particular animus towards the woke variety of queer that prevails at my university's version of what is known on other campuses as the LGBTQ center. (I am a gay senior citizen taking break from a post-bac degree program at Portland State University "PSU".)
You see, Portland State University's Queer Resource Center (QRC) recognizes only two populations and constituencies: Queer and Trans. The words "gay" and "lesbian" are not to be found in the Queer Resource Center's mission statement. In fact, unless my repeated searches missed it, the word "gay" appears on the QRC's site only when citing unaffiliated outside organizations' use of the word.
As if that weren't bad enough, the QRC's politics are stridently woke:
"OUR PURPOSE The Queer Resource Center supports queer and trans students at Portland State University to achieve their educational goals through advocacy, community, and celebration. The Queer Resource Center prioritizes a racial justice framework to improve campus climate through education, policy change, and campus-wide organizing. "
"OUR VISION The Queer Resource Center strives to provide students with the support they need to persist to graduation through increasing equity and access for queer and trans students at Portland State University." https://www.pdx.edu/queer-resource-center/
It is expected that a good Portland State University queer will model the values of diversity, inclusion, equity and anti-racism. Its activities calendar is a festival of intersectional racial, ethnic and gender identity group culture.
If you're BIPOC and trans - or, better yet, both - well, the QRC is your home away from home. You’ll look in vain for a gay men’s board game night.
When I complained to the QRC about its erasure of gay men, lesbians and bisexuals, the reply as good as admitted that the queer hegemony was intentional. In any case, they added, everyone there was fine with it. If I didn't like it, why, they even provided a helpful link to the complaint form.
It is deplorable that PSU’s only official organization for what used to be known as sexual minorities does not recognize or accommodate the university's mainstream gay, lesbian and bisexual students. That the QRC has so thoroughly embraced the leftist ideology of wokeness is unconscionable. It's as if PSU's French club expected students to support the ideology of Marine Le Pen and organized its programming around it.
Thank you so much. I'm grateful.