Finding Support as a Trans and Queer Identifying Student in College

Not sure I have answers to all your questions (college/a new environment can be stressful for many non-lgbt related reasons) but as far as the lgbt environment goes, I think it depends on what kind of college you attend.

I have attended two different universities in the US (both on the east coast and both have a 15,000-20,000 student population) and I have never encountered open homophobia or transphobia. I feel like overall everyone is so busy with their own stuff and people really cannot care less about others' gender/sexuality/etc.

Both of my universities have lgbtq resource centers and they give students very useful info such as lgbtq related support groups, gatherings, legal/campus wide protections, medical insurance and many more. In my current university, there are also a good number of social gatherings. For example, we have a monthly lgbt social for grad students (I am a grad student) and many weekly socials for some of the lgbt subgroups such as the stem student group, the law school student group etc.

You can do a search on lgbtq related resources in your future college just to get a sense. It is likely to vary depending on the university but hopefully there will be something.

 

Yes the short answer is that a college campus is about the best place for you to be. There will be resources, people, events, all sorts of stuff. Take advantage of all of them while you can, so that when you sail off out of school, you will be stronger.