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Originally Posted by Ch2tf
Exactly. If we're going to stick with semantics it doesn't affect you as an APO brother. But from the perspective of a sorority IMO the distinction is valid.
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What I'm saying is that, if the person understood that he would be a sister/soror in a given organization and he accepted that, I have no problem. The issue for legal females who identify as male is that their legal gender precludes them from joining social Greek fraternities. Of course, there are community-based LGBT Greek organizations, but that may not be what a person is looking for.
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Assuming they meet all the qualifications of membership, I can say with certainty I would vote to accept a transgendered person that has made the transition from male to female.
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However, you could only accept that person if she had been deemed "female" in a legal sense, through a court order to change the gender listed on the birth certificate and other documents. Otherwise, the organization would lose its exemption and be forced to become co-ed/non-exclusive.
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Originally Posted by DiamondAthena
I stand corrected. But does anyone else think that this could be used to discriminate against transgendered individuals?
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Only if the gender is legally changed.