Word: transgenderism
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The council is in the process of voting on whether or not to include transgender people as a protected category under the non-discrimination clause of its constitution.
Gender identity is the gender with which an individual identifies him or herself. This category includes transgender students--biological males who consider themselves to be female and behave as women, as well as hermaphrodites and transsexuals.
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.
The current University policy does not account for the transgendered in its protection against sex and sexual-orientation discrimination. This is because the term transgender reflects a self which is a product of an individual's conception--not one based on chromosomal make-up (sex) or one forged against the...
The address was organized by the Harvard-Radcliffe Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance (BGLTSA), the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program, the Bromfield Street Educational Foundation and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission