Selected Study Group Resources
The study group consulted a range of resources in its deliberations. They included writing and research on gender identity and gender expression; feedback from faculty, students, staff and alumnae; and consultation with experts on gender identity, gender expression, women's colleges, and law. The following links are a sample of the range of resources the group reviewed.
Smith College
Selected background material on gender identity and expression
- Answers to Your Questions About Transgender People, Gender Identity and Gender Expression (American Psychological Association)
- Dean Spade on Trans Students at Women’s Colleges (Barnard Center for Research On Women)
- Trans Activism Is Threatening Women's Colleges' Mission
- Why Women’s Colleges Need to Embrace Trans Activists-and So Does Feminism
- Single-Sex Institutions in a Multi-Gender World: What's a Girl (To Do)?
- Mills College Report on Inclusion of Transgender and Gender Fluid Students
- NCAA Transgender Handbook (2011)
- NCAA Policy on Transgender Student-Athlete Participation
- Readings Suggested by faculty in Smith's Program for the Study of Women and Gender
- Readings suggested by Q&A - Smith Student Advocacy Group
- “Better Dead than Co-ed”? Transgender Students at an All-Women's College
(Laura MinSun Brymer, William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law)
Policies at other women's colleges
