At a time when the federal government has withdrawn important protections for transgender students, it is ever more important to reiterate Columbia’s own policy: All students, faculty, staff and visitors should use whichever restroom is most consistent with their gender identity.
As issues related to speech on campus are being discussed and debated around the country, I want to (re)share this post from last spring on speech and public debate at Columbia under our Rules of University Conduct. And here is a link to University Life’s fall forum on Free Speech in Our Community. If you’d like to share your ideas on these issues with the University community, please write to us at [email protected].
“We join with many peers in decrying this action as discriminatory, damaging to America’s leadership in higher education, and contrary to our nation’s core values and founding principles.