Transsexual Professor at Stern College: Student Perspectives

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Transsexual Professor at Stern College: Student Perspectives
Olivia Wiznitzer
Issue date: 10/3/08

http://media.www.yuobserver.com/media/storage/paper989/news/2008/10/03/Features/Transsexual.Professor.At.Stern.College.Student.Perspectives-3467990.shtml?reffeature=recentlycommentedstoriestab

*Associated Press standards have been followed in referring to people by their gender of choice.*

What does the student body of Yeshiva University make of the fact that one of their professors is a transsexual? What of the fact that she has chosen to transition and present as a woman? Would students feel comfortable in her class? Students to whom The Observer put this question responded differently, each of them adding their own unique voice to the mix.