Last night, I was sent an article about gender-inclusive dormitories at Western Washington University. (see http://westernfrontonline.net/news/12503-gender-inclusive-housing-a-go).
Surprisingly I'm kind of torn. While it may be a great thing for many , especially those that don't consider themselves male or female but somewhere in between, I feel like if I had transitioned at college or even if I went back to college and lived in the dorms, that I'd have wanted to stay in the women's dorms. For binary transsexuals like myself, we want to be accepted as a woman in every way. Yes we understand we are transgender women, but still women.
I wonder if transgender women applying to western (pre-op or post-op) would still be allowed to stay in the women's dorms or if they will now only be allowed to stay at this gender-inclusive dorm. I would hope for the former unless they would prefer to stay in the special dorm.
Either way, Western definitely deserves some positive recognition for this new dormitory.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
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I understand why a lot of people want to de-emphasize the sexual binary, and I think it's great that WWU has an option for mixed-sex housing. I feel kind of regressive to be so binary myself. :) But I can't help it. It's important to me. Like you, I value women-only spaces, and I wouldn't want to lose them.
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