ABSTRACT
Issues Affecting LGB Undergraduates Six major themes capture, at least in part, some challenges pertaining to LGB students in college (Cawthon & Guthrie, 2011; Rankin, 2003). Th ese issues are interlocking and refl ect the heterosexism and homophobia that limit and defi ne the lives of nonheterosexual people. We found the following themes to be particular manifestations of this in the college environment: claiming identity and language; navigating disclosure of one’s sexual orientation; negotiating heteronormative campus environments; reframing and redefi ning signifi cant relationships and life events; intersections with other aspects of identity; and fi nding and developing mentoring relationships with relevant campus role models.
