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PHOTOS: Mt. Holyoke Students Come Out for Trans-Inclusion

PHOTOS: Mt. Holyoke Students Come Out for Trans-Inclusion

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These Mt. Holyoke students demanded that their college support all women.

While Mount Holyoke College's recent groundbreaking decision to accept all transgender students -- including trans women -- was undoubtedly reached for multiple reasons, the insistence of the allies pictured below may have played a part.

Last spring, Mt. Holyoke's Open Gates -- a student organization dedicated to the full inclusion of trans women at the single-gender institution -- took photos of students, alumni, and other community members who agreed with their mission, reports BuzzFeed. Each held up a written statement in support of trans-inclusion.

Memorable phrases include: "Support Your Sisters, Not Just Your Cis-Ters!" (which references the word "cisgender," a synonym of "nontransgender"), "Exclusion is Violence," and "Trans Women Belong at Mt. Holyoke."

Read all of their sentiments in the pictures below.

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