Two US Catholic colleges are adopting housing policies which will allow students of different sexes to share a room based on gender identity.
The College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts and the Jesuit-run University of San Francisco (USF) will have the gender-inclusive housing policies for the 2016-17 academic year.
The USF recently updated its gender-inclusive housing description to indicate that students should develop their own understanding about gender identity.
This includes recognition that “human beings are not necessarily male or female as ascribed by their assigned gender at birth”.
Holy Cross explained that its new housing policy is “required by applicable law” in its area.
Pope Francis has denounced gender ideology several times.