Barnard College, which is Columbia University's answer for women who want quality time with other women in a loving and supporting environment, has said that it will admit men who think they are women but will refuse to admit women who think they are men. Barnard College has decided to admit transgender women, becoming the latest women's college to issue a new policy acknowledging the fluidity of gender. The new policy, announced Thursday, says Barnard will consider applicants who consistently live and identify as women. That excludes transgender men -- those born female but identifying as male. The decision is an attempt to balance Barnard's identity as a women's college with what the school calls "an evolving understanding of gender identity." Presumably if a woman is admitted who lies on her application and thinks she is a woman but actually thinks like a man, she could be expelled for having a man-mentality.  And what about...(Read Full Post)