Estrangement from Parents

Coming to university provides LGBT students with many opportunities to define their own independent adult identity. However many students remain financially dependent on their parents, or receive financial assistance based on an assessment of their parents´ income.

Recent research by the Equality Challenge Unit has shown that 15% of LGB students and 34.8% of trans students questioned stated that they fear losing financial support if they come out to their parents about their sexual orientation or gender identity.