WELLESLEY, Mass. — Students at Wellesley College, a Massachusetts private liberal arts college for women, approved a referendum to expand the college's admission policy and use of gender-neutral language.
Students voted on Tuesday in favor of allowing transgender men and non-binary individuals who were assigned male at birth to enroll.
"Although there is no plan to revisit our mission as a women's college or our admissions policy, we will continue to engage all students in the important work of building an inclusive academic community where everyone feels they belong," Johnson said in a separate statement to ABC News. The Wellesley College News Editorial Board responded to President Johnson's memo in a published statement. The Board called President Johnson's response and the Board of Trustee's involvement as"intervening in student discourse."
The statement closed with,"We want to end with our unequivocal support for transgender, nonbinary and gender non-conforming people at Wellesley and everywhere--who enrich all communities they are a part of."
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