Spelman College’s announcement that they will open admissions and
enrollment to transgender students is being considered a big step for
transgender awareness and equality.
The institution will become the second
exclusively for women Historically Black College and University (HBCU)
to implement the policy change when they begin admitting transgender
students in the fall 2019. Bennett College was the first to revise the policy in January.
“Like same-sex colleges all over the country,
Spelman is taking into account evolving definitions of gender identity
in a changing world and taking steps to ensure that our policies and
plans reflect those changes in a manner that is consistent with our
mission and the law,” Mary S. Campbell, the school’s president, stated
in a letter on September 5.
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