Blurring the Gender Line

UCSDGuardian.org – By Serena Renner – Associate Focus Editor

UCSD takes initiative to create a friendlier climate for those on campus who break the boundaries between male and female.

The life of Marie Villalobos is not that different from any other UCSD student. She is studying biology and psychology, likes to cook, enjoys the outdoors and records folk music with a band when she finds the time. But life hasn’t always been easy. Villalobos’ identification cards, school records and trips home serve as testaments to her complicated past. Although she has always identified as Marie, she spent most of her life as Martin.