Smith College admins prohibit trans student from hosting prospective students
Smith College admin are refusing to let a trans student host prospective students, even when the student proposed informing the prospectives and leaving the choice to prospective student (i.e., if a prospie isn't comfortable with this, they don't have to stay there). Trans issues & rights have always been problematic at Smith - how do you reconcile a 'women's college' with trans & genderqueer students - but this is a here and now issue.
His account of the situation: here and here. Also, there is a piece by him in The Sophian.
It seems (though this may be an inaccurate perception), that many of the alums who are outraged at this are young alums who are not donating money to the college for whatever reasons (financial or other). But those who are able to give money shouldn't have the only say. Just because I don't have the money to give to Smith doesn't mean that I don't value my Smith education and that I don't deserve to have a say in what goes on at Smith.
Smith alums - If you feel strongly about this, then I urge you to do one of the following:
Sign the Petition
Email the administration: Pres. Christ, Dean Mahoney, etc.
And most of all, pass this info on. The administration should not be afraid of an accurate portrayal of the diversity of its student body.
(A hearty thanks to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rhivolution for alerting me to this)
His account of the situation: here and here. Also, there is a piece by him in The Sophian.
It seems (though this may be an inaccurate perception), that many of the alums who are outraged at this are young alums who are not donating money to the college for whatever reasons (financial or other). But those who are able to give money shouldn't have the only say. Just because I don't have the money to give to Smith doesn't mean that I don't value my Smith education and that I don't deserve to have a say in what goes on at Smith.
Smith alums - If you feel strongly about this, then I urge you to do one of the following:
Sign the Petition
Email the administration: Pres. Christ, Dean Mahoney, etc.
And most of all, pass this info on. The administration should not be afraid of an accurate portrayal of the diversity of its student body.
(A hearty thanks to
rhivolution for alerting me to this)