For those of you not hip to the jive of the GLBTQETC community, trans+ means “trans positive,” as in, accepting and welcoming to transgendered / transsexual people. I still think “trans+” was a bad tagline to grab for that submovement, because it does sound like some sort of disease, but regardless. I discovered yesterday that Harvard Business School has, in the words of site Christian Public Relations, “introduced a third gender” [to its application form].

Let me preface this brief by saying that, though it is reporting on fact, it’s presentation is downright hilarious. To me, at least. Maybe not to “family-minded christians” from the heartland. But, I’m one of the godless east coast liberals. So there you have it. I also like “AgapePress,” that sounds very christian.

WDC MEDIA NEWS
Christian News and Media Agency
Harvard Introduces Third Gender
2006-07-25 –

(AgapePress) - Prospective applicants to prestigious Harvard Business School no longer have to be of the male or female gender. One pro-family leader in Washington, DC, is criticizing the school for legitimizing transgenderism.

Before completing an application, students looking to enter the Harvard Business School MBA program are asked to fill out an online profile that offers three choices of gender: female, male, or transgender. The form also asks prospective applicants if they would be interested in learning more about the school’s “lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender” community.

Bob Knight, director of the Culture and Family Institute (CFI) at Concerned Women for America, says “it’s not compassionate” for Harvard to encourage people to reject their “God-given natures.” But then Knight considers the source.

“I’m not surprised it’s coming out of Harvard,” he says, “because they’ve flirted with the idea that, in terms of sexuality, anything goes, and they’ve given intellectual respectability to it.” Knight continues, sharing that he feels it is “harmful” that Harvard, one of the most prestigious colleges in America, now thinks there are three sexes instead of two. “That kind of thing trickles down to other institutions,” he laments.
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So, right wing christian news source aside, that’s nice! It’s good to see such a prestigious institute of higher learning adopting a more welcoming policy towards people who… aren’t male or female. As long as they’re human, it’s fine by me.

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