Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 20, 2006|Volume 35, Number 7

Yale's Equal Opportunity Statement
amended to protect gender identity

The Yale Corporation has approved an amendment to the University's Equal Opportunity Statement explicitly to protect gender identity and expression.

"With this step," said President Richard C. Levin, "the University expressly affirms that discrimination on the basis of these factors is unacceptable at Yale, as is discrimination based on any of the previously listed grounds, and that all members of the University community enjoy the protection of the policy as so amended."

The Equal Opportunity Statement now reads as follows:

"The University is committed to basing judgments concerning the admission, education and employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities and affirmatively seeks to attract to its faculty, staff and student body qualified persons of diverse backgrounds. In accordance with this policy and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs or employment against any individual on account of that individual's sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a special disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era or other covered veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Yale discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression."

Anyone with questions about the effect of this change in particular circumstances where sex-based distinctions exist in facilities or programs should contact the provost or the vice president and general counsel.

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