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Yale University is launching a pilot program that would give seniors a co-ed housing option. Members of the Yale Corporation unanimously approved the proposal Friday after reviewing a report regarding the issue from the Yale College Council. Students selecting the option would be provided with a mixed-gender suite. Members of the opposite sex would be prohibited from residing within the same bedroom.

Attempts by the College of William and Mary Student Assembly to allow gender-neutral housing have been met by resistance from the administration. As a result, the SA is taking smaller steps such as streamlining the application process for students with special needs. The SA’s initial proposal was an effort to initiate gender-neutral housing at the College.

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On Wednesday, Oct. 6, the Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies Program organized a screening of the documentary “My Name Is Pauli Murray” in Tucker...

Assisted by the College of William and Mary’s Office of the Compliance and Equity, the Office of the University Registrar has proposed a new,...

The Commonwealth Auditorium erupted into snaps and exclamations of agreement this past Wednesday as Jacob Tobia strode around on the stage in tall heels,...

Members of the William and Mary community gathered on the Sunken Garden Thursday, Nov. 20 for International Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day reserved to commemorate the hundreds of lives lost each year to anti-transgender violence.

We cannot imagine the difficulties for someone who doesn’t identify as a traditional gender of living in a society that expects gender rigidity and consistency. Our traditional notions of gender are deeply engrained and will be tough to shake. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to make the College a more inclusive place, laying the groundwork for campus wide acceptance of multiple genders.

When Emerson Ives ’14 transferred to the College of William and Mary as a junior, Ives identified as transgender and failed to find a comfortable housing option. Ives decided to request a single. Later in the summer, Ives received the housing assignment: a quad with three girls in a Ludwell apartment.

Few policy changes at the College of William and Mary have been met with such tentativeness on the part of the administration as the proposed creation of gender-neutral housing. First advocated by the Student Assembly last fall, the four-step proposal has received both positive feedback and criticism from College administrators over the past few semesters.