TABLE 1—

School- and Department-Level Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Climate Indicators: US Schools of Public Health, 2002–2003

Climate Indicator	No. (%)
School-level indicator (n = 35)
School has nondiscrimination policy that covers sexual orientation in employment and education
Yes	25 (71.4)
No	10 (28.6)
School offers same-sex domestic partner health insurance benefits to
Faculty
Yes	17 (48.6)
No	18 (51.4)
Staff
Yes	17 (48.6)
No	18 (51.4)
Students
Yes	4 (11.4)
No	31 (88.6)
School has a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender public health student group
Yes	11 (31.4)
No	24 (68.6)
Department-level indicator (n = 102)
Department has a faculty member who is known to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (“out”)
Yes	32 (31.4)
No	70 (68.6)