UW survey: LGBT, disabled and minority students feel less welcome at UW-Madison

Minority, disabled and gay students say they’re having a tougher time surviving on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus than most students, according to a survey.

The survey found about 80 percent of student respondents said they often felt welcome and respected at UW-Madison. However, only 65 percent of students of color, 67 percent of disabled students, 69 percent of LGBT students and 50 percent of transgender and nonbinary students — those who don’t identify as either sex — said they felt welcome.

About 11 percent of students reported experiencing incidents of hostile, harassing or intimidating behavior directed at them. Female students, students of color, LGBT students, students with a disability and students who identify as transgender or nonbinary were more likely to report being involved in such incidents.

UW-Madison’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement and the UW Survey Center conducted the survey in fall 2016, with about 21 percent of the university’s 42,000 students completing the survey online.

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