Men, women, others welcome
Rachael Shockey
Issue date: 2/25/10
http://www.maristcircle.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=7e9f215c-1cf3-4da6-bba8-9272626b6bcfImagine having to take into account the kinds of bathrooms offered by a college campus in making your final decision on a school. On a day-to-day basis, most of us take for granted subtle conveniences like public restrooms, college housing, language and gender checkboxes on paperwork that properly suit our identities. Still, in a nation where much of the population has access to lavish, frivolous conveniences like TiVo and LaundryView, there is a substantial portion of the population that continues to fight for its universal right to a suitable restroom. The process of adopting policies that assure accommodations for transgendered people is a slow one in our country. Of the thousands of institutions of higher education in the United States today, only 282 have included all gender identities and expressions under the protection of their non-discrimination policies. There's not even a transgender-accessible campus in every state yet. Talk about limiting your number of potentials.
