Yesterday, students at Wellesley College, the elite, all-women’s college in Massachusetts, voted yes on a referendum allowing trans men and nonbinary applicants to apply to the school. But the affirmative vote is not binding, and it doesn’t seem that it will alter the school’s current stance of only “accepting applications from all those who live as women and consistently identify as women.”
Following the vote, which also recommended updating the school’s communications to reflect gender-inclusive language, President Paula Johnson released a statement saying that the college would not reconsider its opposition to considering applications from trans men.
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im the only one who's said this, i'm willing to learn how i'm in error
the school's policy already accepts people who transition while enrolled. the change proposed openly trans men & nonbinary people be accepted for application. i really struggle to justify admittance for non-binary people while still upholding some kind of gendered standard for the institution---and fuck a school that'd deny non binary applicants, or judge whether someone is 'butch' or 'femme' enough to attend. schools shouldn't be gendered, simple as. a school that'd crumble into a cis-man-dominated space as soon as men are admitted is not a school that had any steadfast ideology or mission in the first place.
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