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More than three dozen women protested last spring outside the Smith College Admissions office calling for change it the school's transgender policy. They are staging a rally Satuday from noon to 2 outside the campus center.

(Republican file Diane Lederman )

NORTHAMPTON – Smith College students frustrated with a delay including transgender women on campus are having a demonstration Saturday during Family Weekend.

According to the Facebook post announcing the event, students say, "It's been TOO LONG, Trans Women Belong! Students have been asking for the inclusion of trans women for over ten years - we don't have another year to wait around while our trans sisters are excluded from this space every day."

Everyone is welcome to attend, including parents who are here for Parent's Weekend.

The event is from noon to 2 p.m. outside the Campus Center.

The college does not accept students born male if their application information identifies them as male.

An application from a transgender student, however, is treated no differently from other applications: every application Smith receives is considered on a case-by-case basis, according to its policy.

"Like most women's colleges, Smith expects that, to be eligible for review, a student's application and supporting documentation (transcripts, recommendations) will reflect her identity as a woman."

Mount Holyoke College this fall said it will consider a student's application even if they were biologically-born male, but identify as a woman.

The policy also includes biologically-born females who identify as males.