how would you feel if one of your uni housemates was transgender?

beetrootsalad

optional: what uni/s are you attending/applying for?

Reply 1

username4748324

Wouldn't feel anything tbh. should I?

Reply 2

MadameRazz

wouldn’t care. i care more about getting along with flatmates and if they’re clean or not.

Why would I care?

It doesn't matter in the slightest, it's really none of anybody else's business
and to the uni Q:
Oxford, Bristol, Bath, Lancaster and Leeds

Reply 5

beetrootsalad

Original post by saji13

Wouldn't feel anything tbh. should I?

nope, I'm just getting a feel for how other student may respond to living with a trans person like myself

Reply 6

harrysbar

Original post by beetrootsalad

nope, I'm just getting a feel for how other student may respond to living with a trans person like myself

I might be a bit taken aback at first and slightly wary, then again I am an older generation.
But as soon as I got to know the person I would just like them for who they were and not care one bit about anything else.

Reply 7

beetrootsalad

Original post by harrysbar

thank-you for your honesty, I really apricate it

Reply 8

Student_222

Why would you feel anything? Most halls are mixed anyway so wouldn’t matter but even if you’re in one that’s unisex he/ she would be that gender so I wouldn’t care or even have given it a second thought

Reply 9

ran-dumb

I know trans people but never met one irl since I don't live in an open-minded country, but I can imagine it'd be fine just like anyone, except me not relating to them as much as gay people like myself

Reply 10

username2825764

living with a transgender individual would not make me feel anything in particular, just as living with a non-transgender person would not make me feel anything in particular.

(edited 3 years ago)

Reply 11

username2825764

Original post by Oxfordbrookesmam

If I had specifically requested single sex accommodation I wouldn't accept having to share it with a trans-woman.

I am sexual assault surviver, I am unable to feel secure in the company of men (or any person who likely has a penus).

That's not transphobic, it's just a reality of biological sex.

trans-women are not men though

Couldn't care less.

Original post by MalcolmX

trans-women are not men though

Until they obtain a GRC they have the same rights as men not women.
That individual should/will have equal access to mixed gender accommodation.
Trans women are trans women.

(edited 3 years ago)

Reply 14

PhoenixFortune

I wouldn't care. There were many LGBT+ students at my university, and the only reason people would avoid them is if they were mean (not because of their identity).