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For our archival project, we chose to examine Agnes Scott's Transgender Policy and trans visibility in hopes of better understanding steps Agnes has taken to make our campus trans-friendly and improvements that can still be made in order to truly create a safe space for trans students. However, after reading past and present Student Handbooks, we found Agnes Scott does not have a trans policy. Unsure of where to begin, we scheduled interviews with staff from the Wellness Center, Residence Life, the Office of the Registrar, Athletics, the Office of Intercultural Affairs; along with Kijua Sanders-McMurtry, Associate Dean of Students and Special Assistant to the President on Diversity.
Through this series of interviews, we uncovered the numerous factors preventing an official trans policy to be published and instated. To our surprise, we found that in many ways an unofficial trans policy exists among the handful of administrators, faculty, staff members and students who promote respect and understanding, show support and continuously strive to make a place for trans students at Agnes Scott.
While our project avoids excluding groups in our discussion of transgender individuals, we must keep in mind that in the context of Agnes Scott, trans men (individuals who identify as a men but were not born male) have the most visibility of trans folks on our campus. We speak only on behalf of our campus.
We compiled our findings into an exciting and accessible pamphlet, downloadable here!
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