Women's colleges examine transgender policies

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Women's colleges examine transgender policies

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2011-08-01-womens-college-transgender_n.htm
8/2/11
By Allie Grasgreen

It's not unheard of to re-issue a degree after an alumna becomes an alumnus - this is at least the third time Mount Holyoke alone has done it - but that's a pretty straightforward and uncontroversial thing to do; for instance, it's not uncommon at any given college for graduates to be granted replacement diplomas that reflect their married names.

But for Mount Holyoke, a prestigious college that prides itself on having been educating women since nearly 100 years before they were permitted to vote, the story raises an interesting question: what place do gender roles have at a decidedly feminist institution? Or at any women's college, for that matter?