October 11, 2009

Changing Genders, Changing Policies

By Greta W. Schnetzler and GayLynn Kirn Conant

A significant number of students and faculty and staff members who openly identify themselves as transgender are appearing on college and university campuses.

In fact, nearly 300 colleges and universities have policies that recognize the rights of transgender people to be free from discrimination and harassment. Case law under federal nondiscrimination statutes has also recognized some degree of protection for expression of gender identity, as have some states, counties, and

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