The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) in Shamirpet, Hyderabad, fosters diversity and inclusion on campus. In addition to the gender-neutral space, NALSAR has designated a washroom for LGBTQ+ students. There are also plans to create a gender-neutral hostel.
In its official statement, the University of Law announced that “We are pleased to share that in our pursuit of making our campus an increasingly inclusive environment, the ground floor of GH-6 has been designated as a gender-neutral space with rooms for students self-identifying as members of the LGBTQ+ community, with plans to move towards a gender-neutral hostel in due course.”
Additionally, the washroom on the ground floor of the academic block has been designated as a gender-neutral washroom. According to the statement, the University already has an interim policy in place to address inclusivity concerns of the LGBTQ+ community, and a final policy is being drafted.
In the coming days, the draft policy will introduce many changes, including options for name and pronoun changes, and counselling.
Vice-Chancellor Faizan Mustafa stated that students were involved in the administrative decision-making process and that their “innovative ideas helped him come up with various progressive, liberal, and futuristic policies.” As a result of the policy, there will be more adjustments on campus. The university’s trans policy committee created the ‘Policy on Inclusive Education for Gender and Sexual Minorities.’
Perhaps one of the most empathetic moves has been to keep the paperwork to a minimum. The university just requires a written self-attested declaration as to the basis for gender identity and sexual orientation recognition. Gender will be kept separate from honorific titles on birth certificates and Aadhaar cards in the university’s official records.
As one of the top law colleges in India, NALSAR is one of the first universities to offer a five-year integrated undergraduate law degree, a postgraduate law degree, and a doctorate law degree.
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There have been mixed reactions to NALSAR University’s move on Twitter, but comments such as “great initiative” and “love to see other universities do the same” have also been made. The British Deputy High Commissioner to AP and Telangana, Dr Andrew Fleming, tweeted his support, “A story of progress.”. Respect to @NALSAR_Official.”
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