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https://www.autostraddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/MtHolyoke.jpg?fit=1379%2C7761379776Most of the elite Seven Sisters colleges still use convoluted language to exclude trans women from their campuses. Mt Holyoke has bucked the trend, but the rest are still only studying the issue.