Students debate third-gender option on housing applications
By ANISHA HEGDE on August 21, 2011
http://redandblack.com/2011/08/21/students-debate-third-gender-option-on-housing-applications/Male, female or transitioning — this fall, students at the University of South Florida will be able to identify themselves on housing applications as one of these three gender options.
This year, USF will allow transitioning individuals to live alone, with a friend or with a randomly assigned roommate based on sex at birth — an option University students don't have.
The controversy surrounding the new policy stems from USF's decision to not notify students beforehand that their roommates might be transgendered.
