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Title: Transsexual Professor at Stern College: Student Perspectives
Post by: Shana A on October 04, 2008, 11:02:57 AM
Post by: Shana A on October 04, 2008, 11:02:57 AM
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 (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.
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 (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.