My school, the ever-entertaining University of Michigan, recently announced that its office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) affairs will be changing its name.

According to the LGBT office is necessary for several reasons. Some highlights:

  • “The complexity of these labels is also a product of a younger generation of LGBT youth abandoning ‘traditional’ labeling in favor of more fluid identities.”
  • “The term ‘Transgender’ is problematic in itself, as many consider transgender to mean transsexual when the term is intended to be an ‘umbrella term’ for anyone who transgresses the boundaries of the gender binary.”
  • “The use of letters is often used to falsely express a hierarchy of oppressions.”

You know this three-year (yes, three year) process is silly when both Andrew Sullivan and Dan Savage mock the process. (Warning: colorful language and, er, advertisements on Savage’s site)

As for me? I can’t believe I’ve actually got to go back there this fall…