EDGE New England

Despite its reputation as a bastion for strong women, Smith College officials have rejected applications from transwomen -- a policy that many students and alumni protest.

Members of a frat from Emerson College have launched an online campaign in order to raise money for a transgender pledging member’s surgery.

A judge ruled that officials from a Georgia college had the right to expel a counseling student because she expressed anti-gay views and wanted to practice conversion therapy on her clients.

New Haven, the coastal Connecticut city made famous by being the home of Yale University, is emerging as a culinary and artistic destination.

Oregon State University has been given top marks as one of the best campuses in the country for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students. OSU is among 33 American colleges and universities to receive the highest ranking.

Student leaders from colleges around the country will be camping it up at Vanderbilt University in July as Campus Pride offers a program of fun and training sessions.

The series begins on Monday, February 28th from 4-6:30PM with a panel discussion titled "Working Toward Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Equality." Speakers include: Dr. Norman P. Spack, Grace Sterling Stowell, Gunner Scott, and Emmy Howe.

A new group for LGBT academics has been announced by a meeting of out college presidents that convened in Chicago recently, sparking fresh rhetoric from anti-gay groups.