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Virginia Tech enacts ban on transgender discrimination
Virginia Tech enacts ban on transgender discriminationUniversity {of Virginia} has no recorded policy on gender identity discrimination
by Caitlyn Seed | Oct 08 2014
Virginia Tech announced a policy change last week which will protect transgender individuals as part of the school’s comprehensive anti-discriminatory statement.
Five state universities in Virginia have policies banning discrimination against transgender students, faculty and staff. According to an online survey administered by the Roanoke Times, nondiscriminatory policies at the College of William & Mary, James Madison University, Norfolk State University and Old Dominion University specifically include protection for gender identity and expression.
Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao sent an email this week to students, staff and faculty announcing the school’s intention to broaden its non-discrimination statute to include gender identity, which would expand protection to transgender people. The new language must be approved by the university's Board of Visitors before it is officially adopted.
There is no policy currently in place at the University {of Virginia} prohibiting discrimination against transgender and gender identity.