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Meeting the Needs of Our Transgender Students
What are those anyway and what does that mean?Slide2
Time
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June 9, 2014 -Laverne Cox
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3160370/Transgender-actress-activist-Laverne-Cox-doesn-t-want-role-model.htmlSlide3
Language and Definitions
Gender Identity:
a person’s internal, deeply felt sense of their gender
Gender Expression:
the manner in which a person expresses their gender identity to the outside world
Transgender
:
individuals with a gender identity that is different from the sex assigned to them at
birth
Cisgender (non-transgender):
individuals with a gender identity that is the same as the sex assigned to them at
birth
Gender
transition:
the process by which a transgender person starts living as the gender with which they identify; can include social, medical, and legal transitioning
Sexual orientation
: a person’s orientation with regard to relationship development and desire; heterosexuality; bisexuality; homosexuality; asexualitySlide4
Transgender Discrimination
Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination
Survey
In 2011,
the National LGBTQ
Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality surveyed 6,450 transgender and gender non-conforming individuals
.
41% of respondents reported an attempted suicide
78% reported harassment in grades K-12
90% reported harassment or mistreatment on the job
26% lost a job due to being transgender
19% experienced homelessness
53% had been verbally harassed in a place of public accommodation Slide5
Transgender Youth in Schools
42% of transgender students report having been prevented from using their preferred name
59% report being required to use a bathroom or locker room based on their legal sex
31% report having been prevented from wearing clothing of choice
GLSEN, The 2013 National School Climate Survey, 2013.Slide6
Transgender Youth in Schools continued
65%
of transgender youth felt
unsafe in school because of how they expressed their
gender
87% were verbally harassed because of their gender
expression
53% were physically
harassed
26% were physically assaulted
GLSEN
, “Harsh
Realities: The Experiences of Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools,”
2009
.
Over 20% of transgender youth report having to drop out of school due to
harassment
Preston
Mitchum
& Aisha
Moodie
-Mills, “Beyond
Bullying: How Hostile School Climate Perpetuates the School-to-Prison Pipeline for LGBT Youth,”
Center for American Progress, 2014.Slide7
7
States with Gender Identity Non-Discrimination
Laws
(as
of May 21, 2014)
Minnesota
Rhode Island
New Mexico
California
Washington, D.C.
Illinois
Maine
Hawaii
New Jersey
WashingtonIowaOregonVermontColoradoConnecticutNevadaMassachusettsDelawareMaryland
States banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression (18 states and the District of Columbia)
Laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation (3 states)Slide8
Medical Transition – Gender Dysphoria
Psychotherapy
Real Life Experience
Hormone Blockers – delay puberty
Cross-gender hormones – masculinize or feminize consistent with gender identity
Surgeries – multitudes including chest/breast, genital (many), FFSSlide9
Medical Associations Support Medical Necessity of Treating Gender Dysphoria
American Medical Association
American Psychiatric AssociationAmerican Psychological Association
Endocrine Society
National Association of Social Workers
World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)Slide10
Nicole
Maines
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nicole-maines-book_us_5624f17be4b02f6a900ce129Slide11
Coy Mathis, a transgender girl who won the right to use the girls restroom at her Colorado elementary schoolSlide12
Coy Mathis and her family on Katie Couric
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTRw2QiOfOMSlide13
Jazz Jennings, transgender rights activist and author of the
children’s book
I Am JazzSlide14
Barbara Walters Jazz interview (2nd
one):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJw3s85EcxM
Jazz interview about her picture book and life with some excerpts from Barbara Walter’s interview and questions about her dating that are questionable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2JdPNAsaTs
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North Carolina Transgender Bathroom Use Law-2016
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/28/us/north-carolina-gender-bathroom-lawsuit/Slide16
Excerpt from the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights
“Questions and Answers on Title IX and Sexual Violence”Slide17Slide18Slide19Slide20
Transgender Needs for DoDea Schools….
What is needed? Can there be approved Training? Is there things already in place?