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APPENDIX V: TRANSGENDER PROTECTION IN OTHER UNIVERSITIES

Colleges and Universities with Policies Prohibiting Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity:

American University
Arizona State University
Brown University
University of California (all nine campuses)
City University of New York
DePauw University
University of Iowa
Kalamazoo College
Knox College
Lehigh University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Middlebury College
University of New Hampshire
Ohio State University
University of Pennsylvania
University of Puget Sound
Rockport College, Maine
Rutgers University
University of Washington
Wesleyan University

Universities Currently Considering Adding Gender Identity or Expression to Their Nondiscrimination Policies:

Cornell University
Harvard University
University of Illinois
University of Kansas
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
Michigan State University
Northeastern University

Colleges and Universities Prohibited from Discriminating Because of Nondiscrimination Laws in Their Jurisdiction:

In addition to the colleges and universities that have proactively adopted transgender inclusive non-discrimination policies, colleges and universities located in jurisdictions that have passed transgender-inclusive non-discrimination laws or where courts have interpreted existing nondiscrimination laws as covering transgender people are also bound by those laws (unless the law exempts particular kinds of educational institutions). They include:

• Colleges and universities in jurisdictions, including the states of Minnesota, New Mexico, and Rhode Island, that have passed transgender-inclusive nondiscrimination laws.

• Colleges and universities in jurisdictions where courts and/or human rights commissions have interpreted existing nondiscrimination laws as including gender identity or expression, including Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.

Source: http://www.transgenderlaw.org/index.htm (the website of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute).