{"id":2444,"date":"2016-01-08T16:16:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T00:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2016-01-08T16:16:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T00:16:11","slug":"protests-spark-after-multnomah-university-requests-title-ix-exemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/protests-spark-after-multnomah-university-requests-title-ix-exemption\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests Spark after Multnomah University Requests Title IX Exemption"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Jenna Beresheim\r\nNews Editor<\/pre>\n
On Saturday, Dec. 12, a small group of students protested outside of Multnomah University after the school requested an exemption from Title IX.<\/p>\n
\u201cMultnomah University is one of dozens of Christian colleges and universities applying for Title IX exemptions following the Obama administration\u2019s decision to include gender identity under Title IX, a federal statute that prevents discrimination on the basis of sex,\u201d writes A.J. Mendoza, the Racial Justice Organizer for Basic Rights Oregon.<\/p>\n
Enacted in 1972, the Title IX statute focuses on sexual discrimination in educational settings.
\n\u201cTitle IX protects any person from sex-based discrimination, regardless of their real or perceived sex, gender identity, and\/or gender expression. Female, male, and gender non-conforming students, faculty, and staff are protected from any sex-based discrimination, harassment or violence,\u201d informs the informational website titled knowyourix.org.<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cIt also addresses sexual harassment, gender-based discrimination, and sexual violence,\u201d the website continues.<\/p>\n
Title IX has been a hot topic in Oregon recently, as the issue arose beginning April 2014 with a resident student filing a complaint.<\/p>\n
The student, a transgender male named Jayce, had not been allowed to house with other male roommates on campus at George Fox University.<\/p>\n
George Fox University eventually won the battle for a Title IX exemption regardless, on the basis of religious grounds.<\/p>\n
The university also claimed \u201cthat they were objecting to a housing request only, and that they haven’t kicked the student out of the university\u201d according to insidehighered.com.<\/a><\/p>\n
Jayce moved to an off-campus house to complete his schooling at GFU and later graduate.<\/p>\n
Some universities are going so far as to expel transgendered students if they are \u2018out\u2019 on campus.<\/p>\n
Multnomah University\u2019s latest push for exemption suggests the same – that the school would \u201cdismiss a transgender student, if one emerges in its student body\u201d reports the Portland Mercury.<\/p>\n
\u201cTreating transgender students in a way that\u2019s consistent with their gender identity would conflict with their religious tenets,\u201d stated the University\u2019s president, Rev. Dr. Craig Williford, in a written response to Koin 6 News.<\/p>\n
Andrea Zekis, a policy director for Basic Rights Oregon, is a transgendered woman who attended a religious college and loved her experience there.<\/p>\n
According to Fox 12, Andrea \u201cworries about individuals on some religious campuses who struggle with these issues and may not feel welcomed or accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Many religious campuses, such as Multnomah University, offer counseling for those struggling with either gender or sexual identity, or a resulting sense of negative campus culture as a result.
\nIn the last year, over 27 schools were allowed exemption from Title IX, with another nine pending applications nationwide.<\/p>\n
Without these exemptions, discrimination may result in the complete withdrawal of federal funding for these universities in question.<\/p>\n
Currently, there is no update as to whether Multnomah University\u2019s exemption will pass or not as the request was only recently made.<\/p>\n
For more information on a student\u2019s rights regarding sexual discrimination and Title IX, visit the website knowyourix.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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