When they encounter a student who has unexpectedly dropped out of class, or who is showing the strain of working multiple jobs, professors and administrators sometimes hear a distressing explanation: My parents cut me off, and I’m not sure what I’m going to do.
Often a thread connects their stories: The students are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, and their parents have stopped supporting them financially because of their sexuality or gender identity.
Rad more in The Chronicle of Higher Education.