Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Spelman College Becomes Second Women’s Only HBCU to Admit Transgender Students


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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