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A national "transgender" activist last night told a group of 12 undergraduates, graduate students and alumni that traditional gender categories are limiting and should be transgressed.
Some participants held hands during the meeting, which was the first gathering of the Transgender Task Force. The group was founded by Alex S. Myers '00, the transgender student who last year pushed the Undergraduate Council to add gender identity to its non-discrimination clause.
"The vast majority are queer," says Andre K. Sulmers '99, co-chair of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance (BGLTSA) and a student in English 197.
"As much as we, the left, would like to consider ourselves tolerant and open to opposing viewpoints, I don't think...the liberal community always engages in appropriate forms of discourse," said Marco B. Simons '97, an Undergraduate Council member and co-sponsor of the transgender amendment.
Beth A. Stewart '00, a self-described conservative council member who nonetheless voted for the transgender bill, says she sees tolerance of different political viewpoints on campus.