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Title: Barnard looks to address transgender, gender non-conforming students
Post by: Shana A on April 07, 2011, 08:59:19 AM
Post by: Shana A on April 07, 2011, 08:59:19 AM
Barnard looks to address transgender, gender non-conforming students
"I think that Barnard is still struggling to grasp what it means to be a women's college when gender is more complicated than just men and women," Avi Edelman, CC '11 and president of EAAH, said.
By Katie Bentivoglio
Published April 7, 2011
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/04/07/barnard-looks-address-transgender-gender-non-conforming-students (http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/04/07/barnard-looks-address-transgender-gender-non-conforming-students)
When Rey Grosz, GS, entered Barnard College as a first-year in 2007, he was already taking male pronouns and planning to begin transitioning from female to male.
Although he had decided to attend a women's college, Grosz knew several transmen who had graduated from Barnard and assumed everything would be fine.
But midway through orientation week, there were already problems.
"I think that Barnard is still struggling to grasp what it means to be a women's college when gender is more complicated than just men and women," Avi Edelman, CC '11 and president of EAAH, said.
By Katie Bentivoglio
Published April 7, 2011
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/04/07/barnard-looks-address-transgender-gender-non-conforming-students (http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/04/07/barnard-looks-address-transgender-gender-non-conforming-students)
When Rey Grosz, GS, entered Barnard College as a first-year in 2007, he was already taking male pronouns and planning to begin transitioning from female to male.
Although he had decided to attend a women's college, Grosz knew several transmen who had graduated from Barnard and assumed everything would be fine.
But midway through orientation week, there were already problems.