Female Student Wants to Be Mr. Yale
Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and . . . Jen Ivers?
Ivers is a senior Spanish major at Yale University who is making waves at the 308-year-old Ivy League institution. In February, she will be the first-ever female student to participate in the Mr. Yale contest, the Yale Daily News reports.
Ivers's residential college, Timothy Dwight, overwhelmingly voted for her to represent the dorm in the Yale College Council Mr. Yale competition. After originally rejecting Ivers's nomination, the YCC reversed its position and allowed the groundbreaking contestant into the campuswide competition.
Now don't expect Ivers to rock a dress at the competition. Ivers, who is openly gay, tells the Daily News that she prefers to dress in men's clothing. She doesn't identify herself as a man or a woman, the report says, and she doesn't believe gender should play any role in the pageant itself.
"Most people don't see me as falling within some sort of gender stereotype," Ivers tells the Daily News. "And you can't be friends with me if you can't get past that."
Ivers's campaign has the support of the campus LBGT Cooperative and—obviously—her dorm mates. And, after what the YCC calls a miscommunication, the council is excited to see Ivers compete for the coveted crown, too.
"I feel awful about that miscommunication," YCC Events Coordinator Mathilde Williams tells the Daily News. "It'll be really cool and unique to have her compete."
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Confusion is always a liberal trait
This country has gotten so out of hand that we allow this garbage in our society. This gender bender crap has gone to far. Isn't it obvious nobody accepts this. You can't pass gay marriage in any state election so why do the normal Americans have to deal with this. We know the Liberals are mixed up with loose screws and lifestyles that make us barf but this is really out of bounds. Does this Dude have a penis if not it ain't a man and strapon's don't count. You bull dykes are sickening.
Wow...
Is this girl serious? She might have gotten nominated for the award, but I can't wait to hear/see her, and all of Timothy Dwight's, reaction to losing out on it. No way would the most powerful of the Yale alumni base allowed her to win, and I wouldn't blame them one bit.
Even more "gender confused"
"Now don't expect Ivers to rock a dress at the competition. Ivers, who is openly gay, tells the Daily News that she prefers to dress in men's clothing. She doesn't identify herself as a man or a woman, the report says, and she doesn't believe gender should play any role in the pageant itself."
This alone should rule her ineligible for the award or honor or whatever it is the Yale community considers. She's basically like every other dyke out there: wanting to have the best of both worlds. You have to choose one side. Unlike what Mathilde Williams thinks, it's not "cool and unique" to have in the running for it. It just creates confusion, particularly for the reason I've already stated. Does she really want to be "Mr. Yale" or is this a way of drawing attention to her unorthodox lifestyle and others like her? This world is so upside down it's not even funny.
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