Mills College is a famously known women's college in Northern California. Mills college is known for its strong community, liberal stances and being the first women's college to accept transgender women -- along with a plentiful list of other accomplishments. In the more recent years, non-gender conforming people have been accepted into Mills as well, regardless of their assigned gender.

My point is that Mills College does not limit itself to only admitting women. At Mills College, those who are assigned female at birth (AFAB), those who identify as female, somewhere between, or outside of the gender binary are welcomed with open arms.

Mills motto is, "Una destinatio, viae diversae,"which translates to, "One destination, many paths." Including women and other AFAB folks from limitless backgrounds creates one of the most diverse places. We have students coming from all across the United states, as well as across the world. There are some students who have never left Oakland, while I am in a program with a girl who grew up in Germany and has traveled across Europe and made her way here. There is also a program which helps first generation students acclimate themselves to college life a few weeks ahead of the fall semester.

I don't necessarily consider Mills to be an all-girls' school due to the amount of nonbinary kids here as well as the men and other masculine-presenting students here, but Mills is most definitely a place for those who live through a female narrative or have ever lived with a female perspective. They can learn and prosper from all this college has to offer.

Mills College is more than just a "women's" college. Mills stands for equality and equity. The professors actually care about the mental and physical health of their students. One of my professors always asks her students if they are all right if they seem at all distressed regardless of gender identity. Mills staff and administration is always aiming to make your educational experience at Mills equal to your peers.

Some people don't agree with the idea of more than two genders or the ideas that some people need accommodations to get the same level of education as their peers. For gender, I hardly see a logical reason against people who don't identify as a binary gender. I generally go by the rule of, "If they are not hurting me or anyone else, let them be." For disagreeing with school accommodations, telling people that they don't deserve assistance through any learning disorder, it's like telling someone with a walking disability whether or not they deserve a wheelchair or crutches.