DesMoines Register.com
Grinnell College dorms: Where gender doesn't matter
Written by MIKE KILEN | 10:02 PM, Oct. 22, 2011
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Freshman Austin McKenney, 18, lives on one of the gender- neutral floors. He found it refreshing that people at Grinnell were comfortably upfront and actually asked him what pronoun he preferred. / Mary Chind/Des Moines Register
Male, female, transgender, no gender, gay, lesbian, straight. Labels don't matter at Grinnell College. Students can share a dormitory room, bathroom, shower room or locker room with any of the above, if they choose.
This fall, the progressive private liberal arts college on the Iowa prairie added a gender-neutral locker room to its mix of gender-neutral dormitory options.
article includes a poll:
QuoteWhat do you think of Grinnell's gender-neutral dorm rooms?
The option makes sense for today's students.
I think it's OK but wouldn't allow my children to live there.
Dorm rooms should be single-gender. Period.
When I voted, the results for "The option makes sense for today's students" had a majority of 67.06% ;D