'Everybody assumes that it's like the rest of California and it's not': Rural LGBTQ students and administrators describe campus strife.

In rural and conservative-leaning towns and cities across California, LGBTQ+ student groups are small in number and face homophobic and transphobic incidents on and off campus. Some help is on the way.

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