Word: genderism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
According to Alex S. Myers '00, who is openly transgender, this bill is needed because there is discrimination against people of non-traditional gender identities...
...others have received discrimination solely based on our gender identity," Myers said...
Despite this opposition, the Council voted to support adding gender identity to the University's non-discrimination policies...
...passed a fine resolution urging the University to expand its non-discrimination clause to include transgendered individuals. Without passing judgment on the ethics of individuals who identify themselves as a sex different from that which they were born, and without providing an intellectual discourse on the social construction of gender (to whatever degree that exists), we feel that it is proper for Harvard to recognize the equal rights of the transgendered within the context of University policy...
...University recognizes the value of diversity and does not discriminate in terms of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status or disability unrelated to job or course requirements, then adding the category of gender identity to this protective umbrella serves the ends of Harvard as presently conceived. It is not so much because members of the aforementioned categories of persons are discriminated against that the University seeks to protect them. Rather, it is the possibility of such discrimination that prompts Harvard to take the pro-active non-discrimination policy, which is designed...