The position paper suggests creating more gender-neutral housing by installing locks in gender-accommodating suites. Hayward quoted a draft of the position paper, which is being developed in consultation with the QSA and the Transgender Task Force, in his response to a publicly available QSA questionnaire for UC presidential candidates.
But not all suites would meet the College’s standards for gender neutral rooms, McIntosh said. For example, locks cannot be installed on walkthrough bedrooms or in rooms that have the only fire exit.
After Harvard undertakes its House renewal project, slated to begin in 2012, there may be more suites that could hold gender-neutral rooming groups.
The Report on Harvard House Renewal released in April suggests that Harvard housing should get “as close as possible to making all suites gender neutral.”
—Staff writer Danielle J. Kolin can be reached at dkolin@fas.harvard.edu
—Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.