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University Of Pittsburgh Imposes A Transphobic Gendered Facilities Policy

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Source Summary

When the 2012-13 school year rolls around, I’ll be joining much of the Big East Conference in hatin’ on the University of Pittsburgh for a different reason other than their upcoming 2013 departure from the Big East for the ACC. In a step that would make transphobic rad fems and the Exterminationalist Twins proud, the University of Pittsburgh took a transphobic step backwards in regards to campus gendered facility policy for trans students. Last month the Pitt Anti-Discrimination Policies committee, one of the standing advisory committees of the University Senate, unanimously passed a resolution that would allow students to use bathrooms allocated to the gender they identify with, not their birth one. .The ADP committee includes Pitt faculty, staff and two Pitt students who do not have voting power: Board member Julie Halinan and Rainbow Alliance President Tricia Dougherty. . On Tuesday an unidentified Pitt spokesperson stated that students must

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Community significance

“University Of Pittsburgh Imposes A Transphobic Gendered Facilities Policy” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to public policy and governance, while also engaging law and civil rights. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

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As a publication record from 2012 at Transadvocate.com, “University Of Pittsburgh Imposes A Transphobic Gendered Facilities Policy” provides dated evidence of how public policy and governance was being argued in relation to law and civil rights. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

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Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
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Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
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monica_roberts

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