Transgender at Wellesley College

[Luddly Neddite]

When Women Become Men At Wellesley
It was the first day of orientation, and along the picturesque paths there were cheerful upper-class student leaders providing directions and encouragement. They wore pink T-shirts stamped with this year’s orientation theme: “Free to Explore” — an enticement that could be interpreted myriad ways, perhaps far more than the college intended. One of those T-shirted helpers was a junior named Timothy Boatwright. Like every other matriculating student at Wellesley, which is just west of Boston, Timothy was raised a girl and checked “female” when he applied. Though he had told his high-school friends that he was transgender, he did not reveal that on his application, in part because his mother helped him with it, and he didn’t want her to know. Besides, he told me, “it seemed awkward to write an application essay for a women’s college on why you were not a woman.” Like many trans students, he chose a women’s college because it seemed safer physically and psychologically.

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The 1968 Wellesley hoop-rolling contest. This year, the contest was won by a trans man. Credit William Ryerson/The Boston Globe, via Getty Images

 

[Delta4Embassy]

When Women Become Men At Wellesley
It was the first day of orientation, and along the picturesque paths there were cheerful upper-class student leaders providing directions and encouragement. They wore pink T-shirts stamped with this year’s orientation theme: “Free to Explore” — an enticement that could be interpreted myriad ways, perhaps far more than the college intended. One of those T-shirted helpers was a junior named Timothy Boatwright. Like every other matriculating student at Wellesley, which is just west of Boston, Timothy was raised a girl and checked “female” when he applied. Though he had told his high-school friends that he was transgender, he did not reveal that on his application, in part because his mother helped him with it, and he didn’t want her to know. Besides, he told me, “it seemed awkward to write an application essay for a women’s college on why you were not a woman.” Like many trans students, he chose a women’s college because it seemed safer physically and psychologically.

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The 1968 Wellesley hoop-rolling contest. This year, the contest was won by a trans man. Credit William Ryerson/The Boston Globe, via Getty Images

And? Was she kicked out for being trans? What was the point of this? Or was it the reverse that GRS doesn't change your sex thus she wasn't kicked out?

 

[Moonglow]

Jesus, an all female college, I'm getting a headache just imagining it...