Chicago Sun-Times
Crowd turns out for LGBT college fair; 35 schools send reps
BY MITCH DUDEK Staff Reporter/mdudeck@suntimes.com September 24, 2011 5:50PM
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(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.suntimes.com%2Fcsp%2Fcms%2Fsites%2Fdt.common.streams.StreamServer.cls%3FSTREAMOID%3Dyq3iNfqPs2OkBPQO1ExepM%24daE2N3K4ZzOUsqbU5sYt3Oi0nqiVNa1aaIHklrdBsWCsjLu883Ygn4B49Lvm9bPe2QeMKQdVeZmXF%249l%244uCZ8QDXhaHEp3rvzXRJFdy0KqPHLoMevcTLo3h8xh70Y6N_U_CryOsw6FTOdKL_jpQ-%26amp%3BCONTENTTYPE%3Dimage%2Fjpeg&hash=c186859f14bb980ccab59ddaf9ed73405ceb8efc) Alex Sennello, 16, center, visits a table with her mom, Alison Holloway, and sister Sara Sennello, 15, Saturday, September 24, 2011, during a GLBT college fair at The Center on Halsted in Chicago. | Jean Lachat~Sun-Times
Alex Sennello is a transgender high school student undergoing a medical process to become a girl. Alex also is in the process of choosing a college. Neither is easy.
But a college fair in Lake View on Saturday — geared for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students — provided a unique and comfortable environment to ask questions to find out whether any of the schools would fit Alex's needs.