Gender Neutral Space In NALSAR Campus In Hyderabad

The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) in Shamirpet, Hyderabad announced that it has designated one floor on its campus a gender-neutral space and a washroom in the university to LGBTQ+ students. 

In an official statement from NALSAR University of Law said, "We are pleased to share that in our endeavour to make our campus a truly inclusive space, the ground floor of GH-6 has been designated as a gender neutral space with rooms allotted to students self-identifying as members of the LGBTQ+ community, with plans to move towards a gender-neutral hostel in due course."

The statement further reads, "The washroom on the ground floor of the academic block has also been designated as a gender-neutral washroom. The University already has an interim policy in place to address inclusivity concerns of the LGBTQ+ community and is in the process of drafting a final policy."

NALSAR is one of the top law colleges in India and is among the first universities to offer the five-year integrated undergraduate law degree, post-graduate law degree, and doctorate law degree.

Mustafa, the Vice-Chancellor Faizan Mustafa tweeted: "I had involved students in my administration and their creative ideas have helped me in coming up with several progressive, liberal and futuristic policies."

In 2015, the university has issued a gender-neutral graduation certificate to a student who didn't want to be identified as Mr or Ms but with MX. Anindita Mukherjee who graduated from Law School in 2015 requested the authorities to address her as MX in her certificates. Mx is a gender-neutral honorific.

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