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Title: Women’s Colleges Struggle To Adjust To Transsexual Students
Post by: Natasha on March 18, 2008, 05:55:09 PM
Women's Colleges Struggle To Adjust To Transsexual Students

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N13/transwire.html
03/18/2008

"It was late on a rainy fall day, and a college freshman named Rey was showing me the new tattoo on his arm."
Title: Re: Women’s Colleges Struggle To Adjust To Transsexual Students
Post by: tekla on March 18, 2008, 06:42:40 PM
So, do the women, who want to go to school with other women, have to accept him?  If so, why?
Title: Re: Women’s Colleges Struggle To Adjust To Transsexual Students
Post by: mickiejr1815 on March 20, 2008, 12:13:26 PM
i'd like to know the answer to that as well tekla, of course we have to provide equal treatment when girls want to go to a boys college right? something to ponder till we get a real answer i guess ??? ??? ???



Mickie
Title: Re: Women’s Colleges Struggle To Adjust To Transsexual Students
Post by: Sarah on March 25, 2008, 05:04:06 PM
I think if somebody enrolls as a woman, they ought to be allowed to finish their degree.

Same for vice/versa with a mens college.

If they wish to re-enroll as a different gender, I think they should respect the school's rules on this.
If they are a gender segregated school, they are a gender segregated school.
But I don't think somebody should be asked to leave simply because they came out.

I think they should be allowed to finish their degree with special accommodation for those circumstances.

-Sara
Title: Re: Women’s Colleges Struggle To Adjust To Transsexual Students
Post by: tekla on March 25, 2008, 05:10:17 PM
Do people have a right to choose a gender specific school?  If so, I think their rights should also be considered.  And a tattoo is not just for boys anymore, not even at the Seven Sisters.