The Harvard Crimson – Rachel L. Pollack – Crimson Staff Writer
Harvard announced yesterday that it would amend its University-wide non-discrimination policy to protect ?gender identity,? following growing pressure to safeguard the rights of transgender students and staff.
?Amending the non-discrimination policy to include gender identity is intended to reaffirm that all members of the Harvard community, including those who are transgendered, should be judged on their own merits, not their status,? said University spokesman Joe Wrinn.
Harvard joins 52 other universities, including Brown and Cornell, in amending its policy.
The decision was announced this afternoon to members of the Transgender Task Force (TTF)????a group of students, staff, faculty, and alumni who has advocated for the inclusion of gender identity since 1997??in a meeting with Robert W. Iuliano ?83, University vice president and general counsel.