On Wednesday, the board of trustees of Barnard College, the all-women’s college affiliated with Columbia University, voted to admit transgender women beginning in the fall of 2016. The policy now states that those who “consistently live and identify as women, regardless of the gender assigned to them at birth” may attend the school. If a student decides to transition to male while enrolled, that person will be able to successfully graduate.

“I think once you understand the human dimension of this, you want to do the right thing”