Transgender

words you need to know

Sexual Orientation
Describes a person's enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to another person.
Transgender (adj.)
An umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from what is typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.
Gender Identity
A person's internal, deeply held sense of their gender. For transgender people, their own internal gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth.

Sexual Orientation
Describes a person's enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to another person.
Transgender (adj.)
An umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from what is typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.
Gender Identity
A person's internal, deeply held sense of their gender. For transgender people, their own internal gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth.

the violence

• 78% transgender/gender non-conforming students in grades K-12 experienced harassment, while 35% experienced physical assault and 12% experienced sexual violence.
• 41% of transgender or gender non-conforming people have attempted suicide, 25x the national average

students

• more likely to miss school out of concern for their safety
• less likely to plan on continuing their education
• 59% of trans students have been denied access to restrooms consistent with their gender identity
• Rather than focusing on their education, many students struggle for the ability to come to school and be themselves without being punished for wearing clothes or using facilities consistent with who they are.
• Some are denied opportunities to go on field trips or participate in sports.

what we can do and what we are doing now

• many states and local school districts have adopted anti-discrimination and anti-bullying laws and policies that explicitly include gender identity and expression, as well as developing specific policies and training that spell out what nondiscrimination means for trans students
• be kind and accepting becayse it takes an extreem amount of bravery to come out