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Students to protest Smith College policy to exclude transgender females from enrolling
masslive.com ^ | 04/25/2014 | Robert Rizzuto

Posted on 04/25/2014 6:27:14 PM PDT by massmike

Students are planning a protest at Smith College in Northampton over the prestigious women's school policy to exclude transgender females from enrolling.

The policy, which drew national press and heated criticism upon its announcement in 2013, will again be under fire by demonstrators on April 24. All participants in the scheduled demonstration will be required by student organizers to undergo a briefing on the policy ahead of time in order to present "a united front," according to a notice announcing the protest.

The controversy began in March 2013 when Calliope Wong, a male-to-female transgender girl, reported that her her application and admittance fee were returned by Smith College because she is not legally recognized as female in her home state of Connecticut. The rejection letter from Smith, which she posted online, outlined the college's position on the issue of transgender students.

The letter read in part:

"Our expectation is that it is consistently reflected throughout the application that the student is a woman. Upon reviewing your file, this is not the case. Your FAFSA indicates your gender as male. Therefore, Smith cannot process your application."

The situation persuaded students supporting Wong and all potential transgender students to collect signatures on a petition asking Smith college to change its policy. And although approximately 4,000 signatures were passed on to the administration, the policy to exclude transgender students at the all-female school is still in place.

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Students to protest Smith College in Northampton over school maintaining policy to exclude transgender females from enrolling

1 posted on 04/25/2014 6:27:14 PM PDT by massmike
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Calliope Wong


2 posted on 04/25/2014 6:32:25 PM PDT by massmike ("You only live once, but it does help if you get to be young twice.")
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Yet they’ll be the first ones to complain when rape statistics go through the roof.


3 posted on 04/25/2014 6:32:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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That’s just WONG!


4 posted on 04/25/2014 6:33:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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What’s wong with this picture?

I’m a male to male transgender, can I enroll?


5 posted on 04/25/2014 6:33:13 PM PDT by damncat
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6 posted on 04/25/2014 6:34:57 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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It seems to me that Smith College can set the admission requirements they wish, and that if the students object, they can go elsewhere.


7 posted on 04/25/2014 6:35:09 PM PDT by VietVet (I am old enough to know who I am and what I believe, and I 'm not inclined to apologize for any of)
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Women Waging War on Woman Wannabe Wong


8 posted on 04/25/2014 6:35:38 PM PDT by digger48
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If these spoiled little brats want perverts to have the run of the school, go for it. It is, after all, a private school and Mommy and Daddy are paying for it (tuition and fees are $43,114).


9 posted on 04/25/2014 6:36:36 PM PDT by doc1019
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Let 'em protest.
Let 'em drop out if they want.
If this school doesn't stand firm, they will regret it.
10 posted on 04/25/2014 6:37:04 PM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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I have a name for these protests, a “Fruit Stand.”


11 posted on 04/25/2014 6:37:21 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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Mr. Wong?
It's Ms. Wong, Ms. Calliope Wong.
What? Don't you still have a wong?
Uh...yeah.
Application denied. Goodbye.
12 posted on 04/25/2014 6:37:31 PM PDT by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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Allowing the lunatics to run the asylum. This is why America is so screwed up these days. The lunatics are everywhere but they’re easier to find on our college campuses.


13 posted on 04/25/2014 6:38:10 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
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Wong Long Gone


14 posted on 04/25/2014 6:39:06 PM PDT by massmike ("You only live once, but it does help if you get to be young twice.")
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I would at least respect them more if they protested against the entire restriction by gender.

But by just protesting for entrance by men who are still men but who “identify” as women, they acknowledge that they love to discriminate, they just want a different type of discrimination.

Would they want the school to deny admission to a woman who identifies as a man, I wonder?


15 posted on 04/25/2014 6:41:34 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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so much for girl power.


16 posted on 04/25/2014 6:42:52 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Someone tell the protesters that two Wongs don’t make a right and one Wong makes a male.


17 posted on 04/25/2014 6:43:19 PM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The End)
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Transgender female? Not if my life, and the fate of the world depended on it. Laz?


18 posted on 04/25/2014 6:44:18 PM PDT by Mich Patriot (Pitch black is the new "tranparent.")
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Those are not females


19 posted on 04/25/2014 6:51:01 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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Ping.


20 posted on 04/25/2014 6:51:23 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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