The Queer Price of College: Mapping the Financial Landscape for Queer Students

Queer people continue to feel the effects of queer oppression in higher education and beyond (Garvey & Dolan, 2021; Lange et al., 2019), including unique financial challenges. The price of being queer is troubling in a world ordered around capitalism and heteronorma-tive privilege. The purpose of our paper is to examine the financial landscape for queer stu-dents and call for a robust research agenda that explores financial issues experienced by queer students. Drawing from the U.S. Department of Education's High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), we asked, Are there dif-ferences in loans, scholarships/grants, parental support, and financial worries between queer and heterosexual college students?