Oxford University changes dress code to meet needs of transgender students

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jul/29/oxford-university-dress-code-transgender-students


New rules mean that male Oxford University students will be able to sit exams in skirts and stockings and women will have the option of wearing suits and ties. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Oxford University has rewritten the laws governing its strict academic dress code following concerns that they were unfair towards transgender students.

Under the new regulations, students taking exams or attending formal occasions will no longer have to wear ceremonial clothing that is specific to their gender.

It will mean men will be able to sit tests in skirts and stockings and women will have the option of wearing suits and bow ties.

The laws, which come into force next week, follow a motion put forward by the university's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer society (LGBTQ Soc) was passed by the student union.

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1. Oxford has preserved its reputation as an exemplary institution of higher learning.

Changing and adapting when it is logical to do so is exactly what smart, evolved people do.

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2. The fundies would say, "The plague is spreading!"

And so it is- thoughtfulness, acceptance and open-mindedness are contagious.