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A petition supporting a controversial coverage at an elite all-girls college to permit anybody who identifies as feminine to use no matter gender identification has garnered tons of of signatures.
Final week, in an e-mail to oldsters, Harpeth Corridor in Nashville, Tennessee, introduced a brand new “Gender Range Philosophy” which might permit “any scholar who identifies as a woman” to use to the college.
On Thursday, the college paused the coverage after going through backlash from members of the neighborhood. A letter from mother and father, alumnae and donors was then despatched to the Board of Trustees calling for the resignation of all these concerned in implementing the coverage.
“We’re alumnae, mother and father, and neighborhood members of Harpeth Corridor, and we help the imaginative and prescient for a Harpeth Corridor that’s inclusive and nurturing of all women,” the petition in help of the coverage reads.
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“It’s our place that supporting trans and non-binary college students means guaranteeing they’ve entry to all that cis youngsters … do. That features selection of college,” the letter continued.
Harpeth Corridor in Nashville, Tennessee
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The letter additionally famous that no trans women have utilized to the college, and the preliminary philosophy “arose from current HH college students who’re utilizing or considering of utilizing they/them pronouns, and wished to grasp if or what ramifications observe that call.”
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An analogous petition, which garnered greater than 1,000 signatures, was despatched to the Harpeth Corridor Board of Trustees requesting a “stay, open-forum city corridor, with all college directors, committee members, and board members concerned within the creation and adoption of this coverage.”
As of time of publication, the petition supporting the “Gender Range Philosophy” had greater than 760 signatories.
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Harpeth Corridor didn’t reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
