COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A private Missouri women’s college is changing its
admissions policy to accept transgender women and nonbinary students assigned
female at birth.
The Columbia Missourian reported Wednesday the new policy at Stephens College in Columbia takes effect in fall 2019.
The policy requires prospective students to provide legal documentation that
they live and identify as women.
The college also no longer will admit applicants who were born female and now
identify as male or are transitioning to male. The same applies to students who
are nonbinary but transitioning to male.
Students who begin transitioning after they’re enrolled will be allowed to
finish their current semester.
The policy doesn’t apply to students admitted before fall 2019.
A statement from the college says it’s evolving as the world’s understanding of
womanhood changes.
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