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Seventeen Masters students at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) have moved into the new gender-neutral hostel on the campus.
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<p>Seventeen Masters students at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) have moved into the new gender-neutral hostel on the campus. University officials say many students had sought residence in the hostel, but only 17 have been allotted spaces uptil now. In a significant step towards a gender-inclusive campus, the institute introduced what could be India’s first gender-neutral hostel space in April this year. The ground floor of an existing girls’ hostel has been marked as a gender-neutral space that can accommodate 20 MA students who identify as transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming.</p> <p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;">GOOGLE_AD_DATA</p> <p>The institute has now set up a committee and created guidelines to filter out applications and ensure that a safe space is created. “We want to create a safe space, a gender-neutral inclusive space that is also a non-abusive space. This is why we have come up with clear guidelines and a committee is looking at the applications,” said Asha Bano, the dean of student affairs. The committee’s role is to interview applicants and see whether the applicants are sensitive about gender-sexuality issues, she said.</p> <p>“The hostel was imagined as a safe space for gender non-conforming individuals and their allies. It is a shared space and it is important to ensure that the residents are sensitive to co-residents,” said Diti Lekha, a student who identifies as transmasculine and is applying for residence at the hostel. Bano said that since the hostel is the first-of-its-kind, the institute has to put in place measures to ensure that the shared space is safe.</p> <p>“At least for the first couple of years, we have to ensure that some checks and balances are in place,” she said.<br />In September last year, the student union passed a resolution in its general body meeting to demand a gender-neutral hostel space as well as gender-neutral toilets on campus.</p> <p>Following dialogues with faculty members and administration over logistics, the institute finally agreed to create a hostel space for gender non-conforming students. Earlier this year, the institute also gave students the option to choose a gender-neutral salutation ‘Mx’, pronounced “mix”, in their certificates. So graduating students could choose from Ms, Mr, Mrs and Mx honorifics.<br />News Source (<a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/education/tiss-india-17-masters-students-move-into-new-gender-neutral-hostel-5280263/" target="_blank" rel="no">Indian Express</a>)</p>
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First-of-its-kind in India: 17 masters students move into new gender-neutral hostel at TISS
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Seventeen Masters students at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) have moved into the new gender-neutral hostel on the campus.
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