
Because trans women, despite being born with biologically male bodies, are not men. You, a woman, cannot request to room with a man, because it is against university policy (could vary based on university, but for the sake of argument, let’s assume it’s not allowed). You, a woman, could however room with a trans woman, because trans women are women, not men, and a woman rooming with another woman is allowed. What you’re doing is reducing trans women to the biological gender of the physical…
…body they were born with, which is inherently transphobic. However, if you did happen to get randomly roomed with a trans woman, you are absolutely allowed to go through the proper process to change roommates. She probably wouldn’t want to live with you, either. In reality, this kind of situation is uncommon; you are effectively imagining a scenario (in which, I remind you, there is still no actual wrongdoing on the part of the hypothetical trans woman) to get mad at and use…