Harvard Non-Discrimination Policy To Cover Transgender Students

The Harvard Crimson reports:

Harvard announced yesterday that it would amend its University-wide non-discrimination policy to protect "gender identity," following growing pressure to safeguard the rights of transgender students and staff.
"Amending the non-discrimination policy to include gender identity is intended to reaffirm that all members of the Harvard community, including those who are transgendered, should be judged on their own merits, not their status," said University spokesman Joe Wrinn.

Harvard joins 52 other universities, including Brown and Cornell, in amending its policy.

No word yet if the non-discrimination policy covers registered Republicans,evangelical Christians,and libertarians.