All in a Name: New Software Benefits Transgender Students
In addition to buying books, making last minute changes to his course schedule, and stocking up on three-ring binders, senior art history major Davin Sokup’s pre-semester to-do list always included one more task: emailing his professors to tell them that, when classes started, he preferred not to be called the name on their class rosters or the pronouns it implied.
Sokup, a transgender student born female, asked professors to address him as Davin, not the feminine name on the class list, and to use the pronouns “he” and “his.”
The effect of these communiqués was mixed at best. While only one professor outright refused to comply — Sokup dropped his class — many bumbled through with well meaning intent that was nevertheless embarrassing and ultimately threatened his safety.
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