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.
good point, having a gender inclusive wing means that the all girls dorms go out the window, men can stay as long as they want! (and use all the facilities as well)
Makes it so that normal students have less chance of ending up with an odious gay room mate. I mean a gay roomie bringing guys back for fun and sex. Blech!
So have gay orgies in your gay only LGBT frat house in Kansas.
Tells me I wont be attending higher education anytime soon.
I study what i want to learn, anyway.
the ‘gay orgy’ wing of Lewis Hall...what a joke!
Rock, Chalk, Gay Hawk.
students who want gay orgies are now a protected class.
When I was in college, many lonely kids were attracted to the Moonies to get attention - a cult out of Korea led by an egomaniac. Today many lonely kids play queer to get attention. Both are sad pathetic individuals whose behavior should not be promoted by the university system.
“welcomes students who are “in the process of discovering their gender identity” “
Can’t the students just look down their pants?
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What if I identify as an 18 year old black female? My ACT/SAT score from 1988 is still pretty good. Can I get free tuition/room & board even though I am a white male? If so, count me in! /s
Don’t know. Can’t decide!
Here’s a List of 58 Gender Options:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/02/heres-a-list-of-58-gender-options-for-facebook-users/
Damn you, Kehoe. That was a perfectly good single-malt I just blew through my nose.
“There’s no questions asked,” Robertson said.
Maybe not now, but I’m sure a few parents’ lawyers will be asking some before the end of the school year.
It tells me they’re stuck on stupid.
8^)
Glen Fiddich?
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Next up, a special dorm for students who believe they are unicorns or Teddy Roosevelt or the Pope. All such claims must be accepted no matter how out of touch with reality they are.
Will normal kids be forced to live with queers?
It's going to be a secret where people live? I guess no one gets mail anymore.
And, the parents are good with this?
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