“Trans Women At Smith: The Complexities of Checking Female,” an article written by Sarah Fraas and published in The Sophian, argues that transgender women should be accepted into an all-women’s college since these individuals, though they may not be easily able to prove that they are female, identify as women. However, there are some nuances that Fraas does not consider, such as the fact that others will feel uneasy about these individuals attending the university without sufficient evidence that they are female, and that these tensions will create problems to which Fraas does not give a solution. Fraas claims that students must have “female gender markers” on “the Common Application, their high school transcript, their midyear academic
