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Male, female or neither? Gender identity debated at same-sex colleges
CNN ^ | Nov 8th, 2010

Posted on 11/08/2010 9:28:21 AM PST by TaraP

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- When Kevin Murphy entered as a freshman at Mount Holyoke, a Massachusetts women's college, in 2003, he was female. By the time he received his diploma, he was male.

Phillip Hudson, who attended Morehouse, an all-male historically black college in Georgia, calls himself androgynous, meaning he doesn't identify with masculine or feminine identity norms.

The two men represent a debate that is brewing at some of the nation's same-sex colleges. For these colleges, which have historically defied boundaries and challenged the status quo, a new test of tolerance has surfaced: How are they handling gender identity?

Defining gender on same-sex campuses has become murky as some students say they fall outside the conventional male-female gender binary. More schools are encountering complicated cases where not all students at men's colleges identify as male and not all students at women's colleges identify as female

The diversity of gender expression comes in many forms, from individuals who consider themselves androgynous or nongender-conforming to students who are transgender or in the process of changing their sex. Transgender people are often defined as those who do not identify with the gender they were at birth.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 2freaky; 2manyfreaks; academicbias; freeakshow; gender; homosexualagenda; lavendermafia; mentalillness; odd; schools; sex; sexpositiveagenda; sexuality; smashmonogamy; weird
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1 posted on 11/08/2010 9:28:23 AM PST by TaraP
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Many people think they are born with Superior Intelligence, but are trapped in a Dumba** body...

GEEZ!


2 posted on 11/08/2010 9:30:56 AM PST by TaraP (An APPEASER is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last)
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To: TaraP

Gender identity

Look between your legs.. that should give you an obvious clue.


3 posted on 11/08/2010 9:34:27 AM PST by maddog55 (OBAMA, You can't fix stupid...)
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To: TaraP

Whut? I am therfore I be.


4 posted on 11/08/2010 9:36:50 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: maddog55

Political correctness turns confused people into freaks. All of this sophistry about changing men into women is just more idiocy.


5 posted on 11/08/2010 9:37:40 AM PST by Spok (Free Range Republican)
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To: TaraP
Mentally ill people seeking to restructure the entire society so that they will be somewhat less obviously mentally ill.

That's all it is.

6 posted on 11/08/2010 9:39:12 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: TaraP

It still amazes me that such a small population gets so much attention. No one can really change their gender, they can approximate the opposite sex through painful and dangerous procedures that will ultimately shorten their lives. I believe it is malpractice to butcher people in such ways and feed into their personal delusions and insecurities. It is unfortunate that in order to satsify radical gender nonconformity politics that people who could find peace through learning to merely think differently are set on a path that turns them into a permanent sexual sideshow freaks.

What is especially horrible is their own self mutilation is not enough they wish to mutilate the law to elevate their sideshow status to a honored position in society as if their phalic disorientation makes them not just different but even superior to the super majority of people who do not share their gender confusion.


7 posted on 11/08/2010 9:43:38 AM PST by Maelstorm (Better to keep your enemy in your sights than in your camp expecting him to guard your back.)
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To: TaraP

Is it really necessary to make a decision on this?

This affects virtually no one.


8 posted on 11/08/2010 9:50:26 AM PST by RexBeach
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To: Maelstorm

I never could get the transgender thing. I know a few folks who were dudes that became women. Not bad people, but I definitely don’t get it. One became a woman and is living as a lesbian...with a real lesbian. Another is a nurse...has a lot of funny stories though.


9 posted on 11/08/2010 9:51:50 AM PST by brooklyn dave (Support your local Tea Party)
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To: TaraP

Is there any medication effective against “Academentia Syndrome”?


10 posted on 11/08/2010 9:51:53 AM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: TaraP
From the DailyMail (UK) online:

A VERY peculiar engagement
Charles had a sex change - then hated being Samantha so became a man again. Now he's getting married. So is his fiancée barmy, brave... or just in love?

11 posted on 11/08/2010 9:55:10 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Government does nothing as economically as the private sector. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: TaraP
Phillip Hudson, who attended Morehouse, an all-male historically black college in Georgia, calls himself androgynous, meaning he doesn't identify with masculine or feminine identity norms.

I wonder how many students have applied to go there under a transracial diversity program. < /sarc >

12 posted on 11/08/2010 10:13:10 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: TaraP

Anyone who can say “conventional male-female gender binary” seriously, is insane.


13 posted on 11/08/2010 10:43:46 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Annoying liberals is my goal. I will not be silenced.)
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To: TaraP

How about us male lesbians?

;^)


14 posted on 11/08/2010 10:45:46 AM PST by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty too! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: JimRed

There might be a school for that too!


15 posted on 11/08/2010 11:41:39 AM PST by TaraP (An APPEASER is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last)
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To: Maelstorm; Chode

“When Kevin Murphy entered as a freshman at Mount Holyoke, a Massachusetts women’s college, in 2003, he was female. By the time he received his diploma, he was male.

Phillip Hudson, who attended Morehouse, an all-male historically black college in Georgia, calls himself androgynous, meaning he doesn’t identify with masculine or feminine identity norms. “

Okay....one of you two please explain this to the “Genius”!

Was He a She when it went to the all Women’s college? Or was She a He? I am so confused! If she was a He then why did a Woman’s college let in a man?

So what if a man is “androgynous” and goes to a Men’s college? androgynous? Just like “It’s Pat” from SNL? Correct?

I think my head is going to explode!


16 posted on 11/08/2010 5:34:53 PM PST by Wile E Coyote Genius (IQ 206....more than all Democrats combined)
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To: Wile E Coyote Genius


17 posted on 11/08/2010 6:24:36 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: wagglebee; little jeremiah; narses

Y’all see this one?


18 posted on 11/09/2010 1:58:51 AM PST by markomalley (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
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To: brooklyn dave

No, they don’t become women.


19 posted on 11/09/2010 5:55:11 AM PST by fwdude (Anita Bryant was right.)
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To: markomalley

Will be pingifying in a bit. Thanks!


20 posted on 11/09/2010 7:42:46 AM PST by little jeremiah
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