Educational bodies (USA)

This list, in alphabetical order, lists educational bodies in the USA whose status on genderqueer and nonbinary identity acceptance is known. Edits should, where possible, link to evidence.
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Note that for gender nonconforming children and teens, homeschooling or unschooling is an option. This still involves a lot of paperwork, but it's a life-saving option for youth who have difficulty fitting in or feeling safe around peers and faculty at school. Homeschooled or drop-out teens can work to pass the General Education Development (GED) test instead of getting a high school diploma. A GED certificate will satisfy all employers and colleges that ask for a high school diploma.
===Colleges and universities===
In the USA, many colleges use paperwork that makes problems for transgender people, especially nonbinary people. The Common Application and Universal College Application, used by many USA colleges, used to restrict answers to only the binary sex assigned at the birth of the applicant. However, starting in the 2016-2017 academic year, these applications updated the "sex" field to "sex assigned at birth" and added an optional free text field for gender. The Coalition Application uses a similar two-question technique.
The Applying to College as a Non Binary Trans Person article is highly recommended because it goes into more detail about many aspects of college life for a nonbinary person in the USA, and some common problems in paperwork.
Organization 	Gender 	Notes
American University 	 	Allows gender-neutral housing, "limited to the 'social justice' house for first years"Applying to College as a Non Binary Trans Person. October 21, 2013 Archived on 17 July 2023
Austin Community College 	 	Students can submit their chosen name to be displayed in class rosters and online systems instead of their deadname. However, most official documents such as transcripts and diploma will use the student's legal name.https://www.austincc.edu/admissions/update-student-information/chosen-name Archived on 17 July 2023
Bard College 	 	Allows gender-neutral housing
Bowling Green State University 	 	Allows gender neutral housing, but is limited to Founders Hall and one floor of MacDonald Hall for 2016-17 academic yearhttps://www.bgsu.edu/residence-life/housing-options/gender-neutral-housing.html Archived on 17 July 2023http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2016/05/01/BGSU-to-offer-less-expensive-all-gender-dorm.html Archived on 17 July 2023 Also has some gender neutral bathrooms accross campus https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/multicultural-affairs/documents/gender-neutral-bathrooms.pdf Archived on 17 July 2023https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/multicultural-affairs/documents/Gender%20Neutral%20Bathrooms_List+Campus%20Map.pdf Archived on 17 July 2023
Burlington College 	Can choose "I do not wish to identify" 	
College of Wooster 	 	Allows gender-neutral housing
Colorado State University 	Internal CSU computer system "RAMweb" allows X gender marker 	"Nearly 300 all-gender restrooms on campus" Informed consent transition services available at CSU Health Network in the Women's and Gender Care Clinic
Connecticut College 	Uses the Common App, which asks for sex assigned at birth, and has free text field for gender identity 	
Dickinson College 	 	Allows gender-neutral housing, new to first years
Evergreen State College, the 	Can choose "unspecified" 	
Gutenberg College 	Paper application doesn't ask 	
Goucher College 	Application requires you to say whether your "sex" is M or F only, then asks a separate question in which you can write in your "gender." 	
Grinnell College 	 	Allows gender-neutral housing
Hampshire College 	 	Allows gender-neutral housing. Has gender-neutral bathrooms in all dorms and all over campus. Campus-wide student culture treats asking about preferred pronouns as a matter of basic etiquette.
Haverford 	 	Doesn't say it has gender-neutral housing, but "regularly offers singles even to first years, and some floors have gender-neutral bathrooms".
Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY) 	 	Has a gender-inclusive housing option that is friendly to genderqueer students. Has a speech pathology clinic to help transgender students with voice training for free.Dr. Genny Beemyn and Shane Windmeyer. The Advocate. August 15, 2012. http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2012/08/15/top-10-trans-friendly-colleges-and-universities?page=0,0 Mirror: http://www.campuspride.org/resources/top-10-trans/
Juniata College 	 	Allows gender-neutral housing, new to first years
Macalester College 	Uses the Common App, which asks for sex assigned at birth, and has free text field for gender identity 	Allows gender-neutral housing.
New College of Florida 	 	Doesn't say it has gender-neutral housing, but "has a campus community known for accepting gender-variant students—it works for some trans students because of the college’s informal acceptance, even if the school doesn’t have stated policies."
New York University (New York, NY) 	 	Has a trans student group and several popular transgender focused events.
Northern Arizona University 	 	Has a university policy prohibiting discrimination/harassment on the basis of gender identity. Has Gender Inclusive Housing options since 2012. Has Gender-Neutral Restrooms across campus. Students can change Preferred Name displayed on student ID, rosters, etc. without a legal name change.https://in.nau.edu/inclusion/transgender-resources/ Archived on 17 July 2023
Oberlin College 	 	Allows gender-neutral housing. Campus-wide student culture treats asking about preferred pronouns as a matter of basic etiquette.
Pitzer College 	 	Allows gender-neutral housing. Lets you "indicate a gender preference for your roommate (but won't guarantee you'll get your preference)" [...] Pitzer also has the best housing application I've seen in terms of trans-friendliness".
Prescott College 	Paper application has only M and F boxes 	
Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) 	 	Gives a lot of transgender-focused programming and events, and works to be transgender-inclusive in its services.
Savannah Technical College 	Only "male" and "female" gender options available 	
Shimer College (in Chicago, Illinois) 	Online form lets you write in a gender as you wish 	
Skidmore College 	 	Allows gender-neutral housing
Smith College 	"In its mission and legal status, Smith is a women's college. [...] Nonbinary or gender nonconforming individuals who also identify as women are welcome to apply. Our community does include and value nonbinary and gender nonconforming students who do not identify as women, who came into their identities after their admission to Smith. [...] Once admitted, any student who completes the college's graduation requirements—regardless of gender identity—will be awarded a Smith degree."	Boasts "More than 200 all-gender restrooms" and "An all-gender locker room in the athletic facilities, with private showering and changing areas"
St. Johns College 	Paper application doesn't ask 	
University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA)	 	One of the first schools to cover transgender health care under its student health insurance, and makes it easy to access these benefits. The campus has gender-inclusive athletic facilities and more than 120 gender-inclusive bathrooms.
University of California - Riverside (UCR) 	 	Has trans and genderqueer focused events. Allows gender-neutral housing, as do all U of California schools, but this particular one is said to be "especially good" with "many options" of that kind.
University of California - Santa Cruz (UCSC) 	Online application form gives about six gender options.http://practicalandrogyny.com/2011/03/24/a-call-for-examples/ Archived on 17 July 2023 Has separate questions for gender and for sex assigned at birth. Students can also indicate a preferred name and pronouns. 	Allows gender-neutral housing
University of Colorado - Denver 	 	Students can designate a name to be used instead of their legal name for some instances, including on diploma. However, some records will still utilize the student's legal name.In the UCDAccess system, students may optionally select one of five pronoun sets: she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, ze/zir/zirs, or xe/xer/xers.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst 	 	Formerly had actively transphobic faculty, but now works to be trans inclusive.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 	 	Works to be trans inclusive. Lets students be listed and called by a preferred name, in all contexts, rather than their legal name. Student culture accepts openly transgender students.
University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) 	Can choose "unspecified" 	Works to be trans inclusive by introducing trans friendly policies before they're asked for. Rec centre has gender-inclusive locker rooms. Most buildings have gender-inclusive bathrooms. Allows gender-neutral housing.
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)	 	LGBT center has a two-story building. Student culture is accepting of openly transgender people. Student health service is knowledgeable about trans health issues.
University of Puget Sound 	 	Allows gender-neutral housing, new to first years
University of Vermont (UVM) (Burlington, VT) 	 	Nondiscrimination policy includes "gender identity/expression." Has trans focused events. Lets students become listed by their preferred name. Works to help other schools be transgender-inclusive.
University of Washington (UW) (Seattle, WA) 	 	Allows gender-neutral housing. Has had a Q Center since 2005, which "welcomes students, staff, and faculty who are transgender". The University plans that in 2016 it will "broaden gender-neutral options for housing to include all of the new residence halls on west campus as well as Haggett Hall, which has provided gender-neutral bathrooms and living quarters for several years. ... UW staff is working on giving students an easy option to change their gender on University forms."
Vassar 	 	Doesn't say it has gender-neutral housing, but "has gender-neutral bathrooms throughout campus and in all the dorms".
Warren Wilson college 	Application requires you to say whether your "sex" is M or F only, then asks a separate question in which you can write in your "gender." 	
Wesleyan University 	Uses Common Application or Coalition Application 	Allows gender-neutral housing
Western Washington University 	Can choose "unspecified" 	Allows gender-neutral housing
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