Question of the Day: Should any student be expelled for “fraud” if they are transgender and apply as the sex they identify as?

By Caitlin Martin
October 31st, 2011
Section: Opinions - Question of the Day

Nursing student Domaine Javier was expelled from California Baptist University for “committing or attempting to engage in fraud, or concealing identity”.  Javier said she was expelled after appearing in an MTV show and revealing that she was born male, although she identifies as female.  California has laws that make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of gender identity but California Baptist University is private so they are not held to these laws.  Is this a violation of human rights, or is it justifiable as a technicality?

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  • Catherine

    sex and gender are 2 different things. sex is biological and gender is role you take on in society. SHE can identify as a female, but her sex is in fact male. soo yeah.

  • Bigmac

    She should have just kept her biological identity to herself until she had her degree in hand. I don’t think she did anything wrong, but CBU can set any standards they want.

  • David the small-L libertarian

    California Baptist University is a private institution.  It should have the right to do whatever it wants in this matter.