Morehouse College to Accept Trans Students in 2020

In the 21st Century we still have schools which are single gender. Be they high schools or universities. Plenty of students attend single gendxer schools and have certain expectations while attending these schools. By the time a student is old enough to attend college, he or she knows which gender they identify as and should plan their college attendance accordingly. There are a multitude of factors that enter into the picture when one is deciding which college or university to attend. Perhaps now gender identity needs to be part of that factoring.

Morehouse College, a historically black men’s college, recently announced it would start admitting transgender men in 2020.

Terrance Dixon, Morehouse vice president for enrollment management, said in the announcement, “In a rapidly changing world that includes a better understanding of gender identity, we’re proud to expand our admissions policy to consider trans men who want to be part of an institution that has produced some of the greatest leaders in social justice, politics, business, and the arts for more than 150 years.”

Although it was a historic win for transgender men who want to attend Morehouse, trans women will not be admitted and students who are admitted to Morehouse identifying as men and transition during their time at Morehouse as trans women, would no longer be eligible to stay at the school.

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