Comments on: Morehouse Crossdressing Policy

By: DDog

DDog — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:32:44 +0000

Apparently, a male-bodied person wearing a dress is unprofessional, period. It’s an argument I’ve encountered many times in business/networking workshops and seminars, and no one can give me a better answer than “It’s just not professional.”

By: helenboyd

helenboyd — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:27:54 +0000

we don’t know anything about the people who are crossdressing. the school seemed to assume they were gay & this was a “lifestyle” issue.

By: Véronique

Véronique — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:21:48 +0000

Are we sure they’re trans? Might they be femme gay men? Even if I were early in transition, I would not want to attend an all-male college.

By: cldrewski

cldrewski — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:14:59 +0000

If only 3 of the Safe Space-rs voted against it, chances are it will not be anyone from that group who speaks up for the above mentioned peeps (straight CDs, pre-transition MTF, etc.)

By: helenboyd

helenboyd — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:14:50 +0000

yep. “the” gay organization, & only three people in it objected.

which has given plenty of people the old “um, guys, could you not throw the trans people under the bus?” complaint.

though of course whether or not trans women should be at an all male college is another issue entirely.

By: DDog

DDog — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:11:33 +0000

Wait, an administrator met with “the” gay organization, and only three people out of twenty-seven (including, I’m sure, the administrator) said this was a bad idea? That bothers me.

The wording also implies that if the organization had voted against it, they wouldn’t have released the policy. Which, somehow, I doubt.