1. Meeting the Needs of Our Transgender Students
What are those anyway and what does that mean?

2. Time -June 9, 2014 -Laverne Cox

3. 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; asexuality

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. States with Gender Identity Non-Discrimination Laws (as of May 21, 2014)
Minnesot a
Washingt on
Rhode Island
Iowa
Oregon
New Mexico
Vermont
Colorado
California
Connectic ut
Washingt on, D.C.
Nevada
Illinois
Massachu setts
Maine
Hawaii
Delaware
New Jersey
Maryland
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)

8. 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), FFS

9. Medical Associations Support Medical Necessity of Treating Gender Dysphoria
American Medical Association
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association
Endocrine Society
National Association of Social Workers
World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)

10. Nicole Maines

11. Coy Mathis, a transgender girl who won the right to use the girls restroom at her Colorado elementary school

12. Coy Mathis and her family on Katie Couric

13. Jazz Jennings, transgender rights activist and author of the
children’s book I Am Jazz

14. Barbara Walters Jazz interview (2nd one): https://www. youtube
Jazz interview about her picture book and life with some excerpts from Barbara Walter’s interview and questions about her dating that are questionable

15. North Carolina Transgender Bathroom Use Law-2016

16. Excerpt from the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights
“Questions and Answers on Title IX and Sexual Violence”

20. Transgender Needs for DoDea Schools….
What is needed? Can there be approved Training? Is there things already in place?