Dec 07, 2007Quickie Link: Transgender Students Search for Campus Niche
By vanrozenheim
(USA) - “The second I got to Barnard I was like, ‘This is not going to be okay because it’s just so girly,’” Grosz said, a transgender student who identifies as a man. He quickly transferred to the School of General Studies at the beginning of the semester. “I guess I was expecting more of a queer community.” Grosz is one of a small number of students who are challenging gender norms at a younger age than ever before and finding that colleges are not quite ready for them, neither structurally nor socially. While Grosz felt restricted by Barnard’s female environment, the all-female environment felt equally uneasy with him. Orientation had not finished before Grosz was informed by residential life that his roommate was no longer comfortable with the living situation.
