That. The I say of actor on sensor starts right now and welcome to the factor on since it thank you for joining us tonight rush week at the university of Alabama has ended on a bad note for inspiring sorority girl grant Sykes is a trans gender female meaning she
Was born male she had been documenting her recruitment journey online sites has revealed that all twenty sorority chapters. She wanted to join said hail to the no to her I asked tonight’s panel where site should go from here. Let’s talk about this our rejection for this trans gender female
Your thoughts on that. My doctor get it’s a complicated one this time around because I feel like I looked into grants background and checked out grants profiles and things on social media. And I get the feeling that she’s just recently started transition or this is relatively new to her
But- at. I think. The reason for suspicion if it’s so new and there’s not people were psychological exams and all of that everything that you went through. Should there be some suspicion by females are biological females if he if she wants to come into their sorority. I personally think
It’s valid to question yes it’s validated ballots the question it’s not valid to discriminate solely based on that fact. But it’s valid Sebastian of course. You need a let’s bring you and you are part of the US sorority as well is that something. You would be open to having a
Transgender female come into your sorority or should it be considered your thoughts. First and foremost I cannot and I do not speak on behalf of my sorority which I will not name but I am a proud active member of. But you know I just like Jamie I did some research and
It’s almost as if the grant is searching for something I read one of her quotes I’m hopeful of the future where everyone is welcome for just being themselves everywhere. So I’d like to. Take that we can just a little bit and turn around as a black woman. With black for
Parents we were not accepted. We started organizations. NAACP as well as many others women’s suffrage so from all black male inclusive male and female to the women’s suffrage March we started organizations- where we could. Be included inclusivity is important but I think they’re going to take this opportunity to start. Her own organization
Where she will still included she said she was searching for sisterhood. If she feels that these organizations that she tried to become a member of who were established and organized long before she was even born or myself for that matter. They have principles that they stand on but nothing says that you
Can’t start your own organization so the thing is start your own organization and there are many transgenders. Across the world I’m sure that will be excited that someone started an organization that includes them. And if I’m not wrong we have seen videos on social media where they have been black transgenders or-
LGBTQ at H. B. C. use and they’ve started their own organizations not charter but- started. And that’s what I’m speaking of as it relates to grant. We are accustomed to it because as black people we have to start a lot of things we have to start a lot of organizations
We’ve had to start from is right stance daughter from the bottom but we hear. It’s what we had to do and I don’t see anything wrong with grant. Taking a role such as that it’s so important to one of our to her excuse me it is so important to her. Then
You start your own organization . Think about that as a member former member of a sorority girls Baxian would you have allowed a transgender female would you felt would you have felt comfortable with the trans gender female in your organization. I wouldn’t of had a problem what so ever- I think
A huge staying with sororities and- those type organizations they- do you try to preach about being inclusive and what not so I. Do think it’s very sad. To see that happen I do understand where people can be a little guarded and a little- nervous about it but I think overall. It
Should be about being inclusive to everybody- it should be an exclusive. Organization where certain people aren’t allowed I think it leaves out a huge chunk of people to bring a really good things to the table. And just for the record you left your sororities and it’s just it just
Wasn’t for your- yes. I’m I don’t have anything bad to say. About my sorority- I met my lifelong friends- and it and we did a lot of good for the community it just wasn’t for me . Got it and Jamie when you hear should need to say. Iran should
Take the initiative now and create her own organization would that be a bad idea. Broward actually suggested to me by a friend of mine who I was discussing the subject wet and- my only response to that would be I don’t know if there are enough transgender college students to even make that a
Viable option at this point. Unfortunately a lot of young trans women still end up in the sex industry and don’t even make it to college so the few that do make it to college. I feel like I’m not sure that there’s enough of them to put together a
Cohesive group. To make any sort of meaningful statement in our hands. And we don’t. We don’t go into transition to be our own separate group all by ourselves we go into transition because we’re women and we want to be. With other women and we want to socialize with them and have
Sisterhood. And the and I would just take those things away. And say separatism wall that’s that’s- that’s just avoiding getting to know one another in my opinion. And should be to really quick what would be your response to that obviously. Blacks and African Americans you know we were forced to do that.
Are different eight different day different era now. What about what JV saying. You know. I respect James opinion- but- I really don’t have an opinion on that I state it how I feel about that I stand by that- the bottom line is. When you don’t feel included. We’ve always taken the
Initiative to start our own so that- I don’t know anything about the sororities that grants was attempting to become a part of. What they would twenty tries. At least articulated by Jane by a grant. So for whatever reason their principles- whatever their reasons were for not accepting. Grants they only
Know that and great may know that. I don’t know I don’t have no isn’t privy to that information right and- you said she she was concerned about you know his true motive her true motives. In this situation but that’s all the time we have we want to thank you all for
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