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No Questions Asked: University of Kansas Designates 'Gender-Inclusive' Dorms for 2017-2018
Lawrence Jounal World ^ | June 12 , 2017 | By Sara Shepherd

Posted on 06/12/2017 1:45:09 PM PDT by drewh

The University of Kansas has designated a full residence hall wing as “gender inclusive housing” for the upcoming school year, and there’s already a waiting list to live there.

“It tells me we’re hitting a need,” KU Student Housing director Diana Robertson said of the allocated rooms being filled.

The goal is supporting LGBTQ students and ensuring they feel comfortable and connected at KU, Robertson said.

The wing, titled the Gender Inclusive Housing Community, welcomes students who are “in the process of discovering their gender identity” or who might not want to identify themselves by any gender, according to KU Student Housing. Students will be assigned roommates regardless of sex, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

After informal suggestions by students and a work-group process, KU Student Housing piloted gender-inclusive housing during the 2016-17 school year, though only a few students signed up, Robertson said.

For the 2017-18 school year, the department designated a full wing of Lewis Hall for gender inclusive housing, and all available spaces have been reserved, Robertson said. She said more than 20 students have signed up and that there is a small waiting list.

The rest of KU’s on-campus student housing options are divided by gender. Some entire buildings are all male or all female, while others have separate men’s and women’s wings, suites or apartments.

KU’s gender inclusive wing is open to any student.

“There’s no questions asked,” Robertson said.

Students who want to live there simply indicate the gender-inclusive community preference on their housing applications, and it’s granted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Residents are asked to sign an agreement that includes the following regarding behavior and privacy:

• If I exhibit behavior that is contrary to the spirit of this agreement, I may be relocated to a different housing assignment on campus.

• It is my choice whether or not to communicate about the decision to live in a gender-inclusive housing option. KU Student Housing will not share this information with anyone other than the student contracted.

• I understand that my roommates and others in this community may not wish for others to know about their participation in gender-inclusive housing, and that I am expected to maintain the privacy of those in this community.

In the past, Robertson said, KU Student Housing worked on a case-by-case basis to place students who did not fit the traditional gender profiles.

Even with the new gender-inclusive wing, KU Student Housing leaves open the door for students to live in a residence or scholarship hall that is “congruent” with their gender identities instead of their legal sex.

“Our commitment is to helping students find the living environment that best meets their needs while affirming their gender identity,” the housing department website says, and directs students to work one on one with a housing manager.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: dorms; education; homosexualagenda; kansas; leftismoncampus
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1 posted on 06/12/2017 1:45:09 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh
Another SO CALLED University indirectly advertising to people
2 posted on 06/12/2017 1:47:55 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: drewh

KU - Other than basketball, serves no purpose for Kansas. Liberal jackwagons.


3 posted on 06/12/2017 1:49:28 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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Are we getting any closer to the time when gay stops being edgy and trendy?


4 posted on 06/12/2017 1:49:37 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: drewh
It'll be a hoot to see all the lawsuits filed against the school by creatures of various genders who couldn't convince someone that he/she/it wasn't interested.
5 posted on 06/12/2017 1:49:41 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Yosemitest

so if I am into 18 year old trannies, can I reserve a spot in Lewis Hall?


6 posted on 06/12/2017 1:50:06 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh
The University of Kansas has designated a full residence hall wing as “gender inclusive housing” for the upcoming school year, and there’s already a waiting list to live there.

UK's Administration sees a lot of synergies with the University's recently unveiled "Prison to Campus" program.

7 posted on 06/12/2017 1:51:02 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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Yes, these types of perverts have such a hard time these days being included. It seems no one ever considers them!

/sarc


8 posted on 06/12/2017 1:52:27 PM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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To: drewh

Reminds me of a story about the DNC convention. They converted one of the restrooms to ‘any gender’...and hardly anybody used it.


9 posted on 06/12/2017 1:52:50 PM PDT by lacrew
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KU, not UK


10 posted on 06/12/2017 1:53:30 PM PDT by lacrew
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To: drewh

Just wait until these people graduate and get their teaching certificates !!!


11 posted on 06/12/2017 1:53:30 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Best Long Term Prepper Tactic: Beat The Muslim Demographic Tsnami - Have Big Families)
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To: drewh

Do these stupid administrators realize they will be subject to untold lawsuits every time one of these so-called women rapes a real woman in a locker room or shower. No problem. We will just pass the cost onto our supporters.


12 posted on 06/12/2017 1:55:34 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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how are they going to police the showers on this ‘wing?’ Sounds like Animal House to me..


13 posted on 06/12/2017 1:58:22 PM PDT by drewh
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Bending over backwards for the less than 1 tenth of 1 percent of the population that should be in therapy for mental health issues


14 posted on 06/12/2017 1:59:07 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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“It tells me we’re hitting a need”

There sure is. The need for college students to shack up with their girlfriends.

15 posted on 06/12/2017 2:02:09 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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16 posted on 06/12/2017 2:03:05 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
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To: drewh

“There’s no questions asked,”...first-come, first-served...


17 posted on 06/12/2017 2:10:16 PM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: Only kidding.)
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To: drewh

Oh boy -- an entire dorm of kids that are more prone to violence, more prone to drug addiction, more prone sexually transmitted diseases, more prone to depression, more prone suicidal tendencies, etc, etc, etc. What could possibly go wrong?


18 posted on 06/12/2017 2:19:06 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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that's a lot of trannies on a 10 story dorm wing!


19 posted on 06/12/2017 2:21:20 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh
Diversity, 2017:

One nite it identifies as an Outie.

The next nite it identifies as an Inny.


20 posted on 06/12/2017 2:38:51 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Best Long Term Prepper Tactic: Beat The Muslim Demographic Tsnami - Have Big Families)
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