Student Genders in Schools Student Services Department Agenda ● Common Languages ● The Law and Practical Implementation ● Gender Support Plans ● Questions and Answer Why Am I Listening to This? • This is making me uncomfortable. I am not sure if I personally agree with some of the transgender issues. • This is not my job! I will just call the District and let them handle it! • What about the rights of other students? What if a student does not want to change with a transgender student or can’t play a sport because a transgender student takes the Spot? • The law is all over the place and constantly evolving! I can’t keep up and just want to avoid getting sued! It is not our job to agree with the law, it is our job to follow it! TERMINOLOGY What is Gender? California Education Code Section 210.7 • Gender means sex & includes a person’s gender identity & gender expression. • Gender Expression means a person’s gender-related appearance and behavior whether or not they are stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth. • Gender Identity is a person’s internal understanding of their gender, or the perception of a person’s gender identity, which may include male, female, a combination of male and female, neither male nor female, a gender different from the person’s sex assigned at birth, or transgender. • LGBTQ+ denotes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning. • Gender assigned at birth (affirmed gender, assumed gender) • Transgender is a general term that refers to a person whose gender identity differs from the person’s sex assigned at birth. A transgender person may or may not have a gender expression that is different from the social expectations of the sex assigned at birth. A transgender person may or may not identify as “transsexual”. • Intersex Individual with a combination of male and female hormones and anatomy • Gender v. Sexual Orientation STATISTICS The Impact in School • Transgender students are three times more likely to miss school. • Transgender students have a 120% higher risk of homelessness than peers. On average, transgender students become homeless at age 13. • Transgender students are more likely to report feeling unsafe at school and being bullied. They also reported higher levels of harm in the area of mental health resulting from COVID-19. • Per the CHKS data, LGBTQ+ youth report receiving substantially fewer social supports from teachers and school peers than their non-LGBTQ+ peers. The Impact in School • 28% of LGBTQ+ youth have been threatened with physical violence at least once because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. • 50% of LGBTQ+ youth have been teased or bullied because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. • 34% report being cyberbullied with the past year. The Impact in School - California Specific • 27% report feeling comfortable talking with the school counselor. • Only 20% report hearing positive messages in the school setting about being an LGBTQ+ person. • 32% of LGBTQ+ youth report always feeling safe in the classroom. • 10% of LGBTQ+ youth say that “all” their school staff are supportive of LGBTQ+ students. The Impact in School - California specific • 43% of gender non-conforming students reported that they can NEVER use the restroom/locker at school that matches their gender identity. – 58% report not feeling safe doing so. – 12% were told by teachers that they were “not allowed” to use facilities aligned with their gender identity. • 65% cannot always dress in accordance with their gender identity in school. • 21% are called by their correct pronouns in school. – 40% of transgender and non-binary students in California are “always” addressed by their affirmed names at school. Data for CNUSD Students Data for CNUSD Students Data for CNUSD Students Data for CNUSD Students Data for CNUSD Students Data for CNUSD Students Data for CNUSD Students Data for CNUSD Students Data for CNUSD Students