<p>Are there any boarding high schools in the country that have options housing:
a) males and females in the same room
b) gender-neutral housing options (for transsexual or gender-queer students)
c) all-male rooms and all-female rooms on the same floor</p>
<p>what schools are most liberal regarding gender issues</p>
<p>Concord Academy is very liberal regarding gender issues (the first high school GSA started there in 1988) but its boarding houses are all single sex. I’m not sure about the policy on housing for transsexual students; I didn’t see anything in the student handbook about it. The best way to find out would be to call or email the school (either the admissions office or dean of students). I’d be surprised if you found any schools with the housing options you describe.</p>
<p>Interesting post. The answer to a,b& c is no, no & no. The challenge now facing some schools is how do you make a rule about having the same gender in the room without the promiscuity. You have the 18-19 year old senior taking the confused 13-14 year old freshman into his room.</p>
<p>The schools not only have to take the comfort of the student into play, but those of the donors, students and other parents. I do have friends who are transexxual and it’s always a dilemma about what bathroom to use - for instance. But as far as dorms go - you’re sharing more than a bathroom. I suspect that the rule will be until you have gone through reassignment (which won’t happen as a student) your gender is the one you were born with and you’ll be housed in the appropriate dorm. These are legal minors not college students so the rules for them are a bit different. Nor are private schools required to have facilities to accommodate the situation. Sorry. 
Maybe a day school is more appropriate?</p>
<p>Check with The Putney School.
<a href=“Learning Overview | The Association of Boarding Schools”>Learning Overview | The Association of Boarding Schools;
<p>I’m pretty sure there are boarding schools with C, at least there are here in the UK.</p>
<p>I’m 99% sure that in the United States, the answer is no, no and no. As Exie pointed out, most boarding school students are minors, and the schools have a greater responsibility for their housing arrangements than colleges do.</p>
<p>There might be all-female rooms and all-male rooms on the same floor. With a locked, alarmed door between them.</p>
<p>My age is showing. I’m still trying to get accustomed to the idea of male students and females students assigned to the same suite in college.</p>
<p>But won’t students normally have access to all the floors/dorms anyway, even if they’re not supposed to be in some? So what’s the difference between that and them being in rooms much closer together?
The above posters all know more about me on US boarding schools, I only posted because I’m going to be in a mixed dorm next year, so such things do exist in some parts of the world :)</p>
<p>The schools that I am familiar with do not have boys and girls in the same building. Dorms are locked and can only be opened by the correct key card. The only way that they are getting in is if they are invited in LOL.</p>
<p>Students may visit dorm rooms during certain set hours. Search for “parietals” in a school’s handbook.</p>
<p>Gender-neutral? Not that I’m aware of. But there are a number of boarding schools that have, within the past decade, figured out how to accommodate students who are transitioning genders. This might mean starting in one dorm and moving into another after starting to live as the other gender. It might mean staying in the dorm of your gender of origin, but in a single. It’s certainly an area that even the most liberal schools are still working to understand how to best address. But finding a place where a student with gender issues might be comfortable isn’t impossible. Go for places that explicitly are highly accepting for gay and lesbian students, and initiate a conversation with folks there about how they’d work with you. And PM me if you want specific school suggestions.</p>