Colorado College lists five genders, including ‘queer,’ on applications
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO , November 8, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Colleges often boast that they offer students more choices. Colorado College , located in Colorado Springs, lists five separate options for gender on its job applications and numerous other documents. The listed categories are male, female, transgender, decline to answer, or “queer.” Ironically, the term – intended to be a positive and affirming choice for the LGBT community – was discovered by a gay job-seeker. "I couldn't believe it. I thought I was going to have a stroke," John Kichi of Pennsylvania told the Denver Post . "If them including it on applications isn't against the law, it should be." Denver Fox station KDVR reported that Kichi has filed a complaint with Colorado Attorney General John Suthers . The school has protested that the term “queer” is now embraced as its own separate gender identity . Colorado College’s office of Minority and International Students