Open AccessDiscrimination on Gender Binary Campuses
Author(s) -
Xu Wei
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
elements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2380-6087
pISSN - 2378-0185
DOI - 10.6017/eurj.v16i1.14063
Subject(s) - transgender , gender identity , variety (cybernetics) , visibility , subject matter , transgender women , phenomenon , transgender people , identity (music) , subject (documents) , gender diversity , political science , affect (linguistics) , gender studies , sociology , public relations , medicine , law , business , library science , geography , computer science , family medicine , acoustics , corporate governance , communication , syphilis , men who have sex with men , quantum mechanics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , curriculum , artificial intelligence , physics , finance , meteorology
In recent years, transgender people have both grown in numbers and visibility in the united states. However, the issue of discrimination against transgender people has been a serious and widespread phenomenon in today's society. This paper discusses the transgender issues at large and how the issues negatively affect transgender students' college experiences in a variety of ways, including but not limited to institutions' failure to include "gender identity" in their nondiscrimination policies. The evidence from scholarly sources also suggests that religiously affiliated, single-sex and two-year colleges typically offer few protections for transgender students. Finally, the paper will examine institutions' past initiatives on the subject matter and provide recommendations for institutions to create a more gender-friendly environmnent.