Timeline: Gender Inclusive Housing
March 10, 2020
December 2014
December 1, 2014
Chris Hennessy, FCLC ‘15, founds The Positive as a student-task force to advocate for gender rights on campus. The group conducts a survey among 414 students that show 90% support gender-neutral bathrooms on campus and reach out to the admin in hope of introducing gender-inclusive bathrooms in Lowenstein.
Read moreJanuary 2015
January 1, 2015
United Student Government partners with The Positive and Facilities to work within city and building codes to work toward implementing gender-neutral bathrooms on campus. “The history of bathrooms is totally sexist…I mean, women didn’t have bathrooms in the workplace until 1930,” Timoney continued. “So now there is a specific count of bathrooms in buildings designated for males and females,” Timoney said.
Read moreAugust 2015
August 1, 2015
Fordham introduces new gender-neutral signage for the Lowenstein third floor bathrooms.
Read moreFebruary 28, 2016
February 28, 2016
Fordham students organize a Trans Live Matter protest on the Lowenstein Plaza to demand better protection of transgender students.
Read moreApril 2018
April 1, 2018
Transgender student Aria Lozano writes an op-ed to The Observer accusing the Office of Residential Life and Fordham University for enforcing transphobic housing policies by forcing her to live with men in McKeon hall. Faced with no alternative housing options, Lozano decided to transfer from Fordham after her first year.
Read moreJuly 2018
July 1, 2018
Fordham changes all single-occupancy bathrooms across the Lincoln Center campus to read “All-Gender Restrooms”.
Read moreOctober 31, 2018
October 31, 2018
FLC students stage a rally on the Lowenstein Plaza and deliver an open letter to the administration demanding the protection of transgender and gender-nonconforming students on campus after President Trump.
Read moreNov 1, 2018
November 1, 2018
Jeffrey Grey confirmed he received the letter and that he would follow up with staff and colleagues.
Read moreNov 15th, 2018
November 15, 2018
SAGES say that they have yet to see changes 15 days after the rally and post on FB “We are angry and we’d like you to support our plea for trans rights at Fordham, enacted through tangible policy change and substantive administrative action.”
Read moreNov 28, 2018
November 28, 2018
Gray responds to the student clubs who sponsored the rally and states that transgender students are “fully members of the Fordham family as any other member of the community,” in an email.
Read moreFebruary 2019
February 1, 2019
Fordham introduces a gender-neutral policy for rooming selections for both returning and incoming students for the 2020-21 academic year.
Read moreMarch 2019
March 1, 2019
The Office of Residental Life, Dean Eldredge, The Positive and Rainbow Alliance form a task force to discuss how the university can support gender non-conforming and trans students’ housing options. Dean Eldredge stated that “the university is not ready for gender-neutral housing for all students at this time.”
Read moreMarch 27, 2019
March 27, 2019
Fordham implements a university-wide chosen name policy that allows students of trans experiences to use their chosen name on all official Fordham documents, including transcripts.
Read moreJune 2019
June 1, 2019
Housing applications for incoming first-year students include an option to signify to Residential Life that would like to discuss housing options regarding gender identity.
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