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University of South Florida Transgender Dorms?
Interesting, the one guy makes it sound like all women should be candidates for his possible interest.
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Does making it an issue
improve things or simply make those who raise them easier targets?
Angharad
Angharad
A lot depends...
...on whether it is a specific dorm set aside for TG students, or if it's just preferential room allocation.
Given that the three options presented to TG students are single room, room with friend, room with randomly assigned student; the latter sounds more likely.
It's probably that last option (which is presumably the same as the general student population) that has raised concerns. I suppose they can't ask the regular students on their application form "Would you be happy to room with a TG?" - for starters, I'd imagine not all TGs would identify themselves as such on the application form, so it would create the false assumption that the uni knew exactly who every TG was on campus.
As for the attitudes of potential room-mates, I suppose there'd be three broad categories: "Not on your life!", "No problem!", and "Depends on how passable they are." Of course, the latter category contains considerable variation - not least of which is whether the TG student is identified as such before or after they're introduced to their potential room-mate (and, crucially, had a chance to chat). If before, the potential room-mate would probably set a far higher standard for acceptance than if they'd had a chance to meet and chat before the revelation.
There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't...
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
Makes you think
One might suppose that someone educated enough to qualify for college would not be ignorant and prejudiced. Alas, it is not so.
{{{;>
Wanda
Now why
Would you think that? After all, this fall's freshmen were last year's HS seniors.
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"Girls are like pianos, when they're not upright they're grand!" Benny Hill
Karen J.
"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
George Carlin
Some of the best educated
Some of the best educated are the most prejudiced.
I can see it now
Fresh from his success in THE STUPID TWINS MOVIE, Adam Sandler (nevermind that he's 47) plays a scheming college student who pretends to be transgender to get a single room and all the other groovy gender-minority perks, only to learn that the life he's faking is no bed of roses. He saves the LGBT meeting from the crazed religious-zealot bomber, gets the girl (when she realizes she's not REALLY a lesbian), and even gains a surprising degree of maturity, diversity awareness and so forth (that moving apology speech he gives at the end!) ..... or at least until his next wretched film.
~sigh, Veronica
"Government will only recognize 2 genders, male + female,
as assigned at birth-" (In his own words:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1lugbpMKDU
E=Mail him Now.
Given the respect they'd normally give the transgendered subject this is right up their comfort zone. Give Sandler...You'll make millions.
Bailey Summers
Just remember
People laugh at Adam Sandler and that's what he gets paid for. Thirty years from now people will be studying him in film school and will wisely say, "He was big in Finland." :)
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Don't denegrate . . .
The people of Finland, they're really very nice! ;)
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"Girls are like pianos, when they're not upright they're grand!" Benny Hill
Karen J.
"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
George Carlin
Before my RBT (Real Building Test) I was a Boy dormitory...
...but since I've had my annex-ectomy and undergone a radical tunneloplasty, I'm all girl.
Dio vi benedica tutti
Con grande amore e di affetto
Andrea Lena
Love, Andrea Lena
Rather than a step forward
Rather than a step forward as some have claimed, this is a step back into segregation. What else can one expect from a southern state with such a long experience in segregation and ghetto building?
CaroL
CaroL
Not really
Segregation would require transgender folk to take separate rooms, and if none were available, keep them out. In this case, the policy is to allow the transgender person to choose whether to be in the general population or not. Also, allowing those who aren't transgender to choose ahead of time to exclude having a TG roommate would amount to de facto segregation, just as providing vouchers for private whites-only schools would be a return to segregation. These guys appear to be trying to do the right thing, rather than trying to warp the rules to get what they want.
And, Florida isn't really a Southern state, it's an Eastern state that is way down south. :) The northern part is like Georgia, the middle part is like California and the southern part is like New Jersey. It's kind of unique. You ever heard a Cape Canaveral accent? It sounds like someone from Trenton or Newark. :)
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Confusing
I was not sure what to think of it. If you passed, were a young post-op you would not want or need this and if you had your records straight you may not even tell the school admin.
If in transition would it help or hinder? Being special sort of puts you in a display case and thats not good either. If you were trying to integrate with the rest of the student body and they put you in with another tranny then the Two's a Crowd rule would apply and your chances of fading in would be obliterated.
The only part that seems beneficial is that they could put you in with someone who did not mind. Having a roomie that was cool with it could let you relax and focus on getting an education rather than keeping your guard up.