Why I now support transgender students at women's colleges...and how my mind changed
by Jordan Namerow
contributing writer
Thursday Nov 18, 2010
http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=opinion&sc=guest_opinions&sc2=news&sc3=&id=113052 (http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=opinion&sc=guest_opinions&sc2=news&sc3=&id=113052)
On Nov. 17, the Senate of Wellesley College -- one of the few remaining women's colleges in the country -- publicly announced that it had changed its constitution. It replaced every female pronoun with gender-neutral language.
Some believe this change undermines Wellesley's single-sex heritage and violates its institutional identity. But it is a necessary step to accommodate the diversity of Wellesley's student body today.
When I enrolled at Wellesley College in the fall of 2001, it never crossed my mind that gender-neutral anything would be up for debate.