“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” --E.E. Cummings “The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” -- Joseph Campell LGBT of Walworth County Advocating equality for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer community Through: Education * Resources * Outreach * Support
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“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” --E.E. Cummings
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
-- Joseph CampellLGBT of Walworth County
Advocating equality for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer
community Through: Education * Resources * Outreach *
transgender student Nicole Maines, pictured in this June 2013 court hearing.School officials violated state anti-discrimination law when they would not allow a transgender fifth-grader to use the girls' bathroom, Maine's highest court has ruled.
Denver: A Colorado civil rights panel has ruled that a suburban Colorado Springs school district likely discriminated against Coy Mathis when it prevented her from using the girls' bathroom.
AUGUST 2013, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA California on Monday became the first state to enshrine certain rights for transgender kindergarten-through-12th grade students in state law, requiring public schools to allow those students access to whichever restroom and locker room they want.
A Utah lawmaker has proposed a bill that would prevent transgender students from using bathroom facilities of their choice. Rather than allowing transgender students to use facilities set aside for the gender they identify with, schools would be required to provide additional bathrooms for transgender students who desire one or whose families request one.
OCONOMOWOC (WITI) — A transgender elementary student in Oconomowoc has sparked a change in school policy regarding using the bathroom. It’s an issue the district is dealing with for the first time. Concerns were brought to the attention of faculty and staff on Friday, September 6th after a transgender student at Summit Elementary School used the female bathroom while another student was inside.
Said Superintendent Roger Rindo, “Student confidentiality is our primary concern.”
After complaints from parents, the Oconomowoc School District has made a decision to provide a unisex bathroom at each school in the district.
“What’s really important is that we’re not singling anyone out — that anybody can use that bathroom,” said Rindo.
Jody’s view: trans-students are still being told they must use a specific bathroom. They have no choice. Their true genders are not being recognized. And, this will still single them out. “Special bathrooms” are stop-gap measures at best. That said, at least it’s a start.
From the Wisconsin Department of Education…. “Educators should do all they can to create, foster, and maintain a safe and healthy learning environment for students and staff.”
AdvocatingSafety and Equality In Schools
NOT “SPECIAL” RIGHTS: EQUAL RIGHTS
Being ProactiveWith
Policies and Education
US Hate Crimes Act
U.S. Code› Title 18 › Part I › Chapter 13 › § 24918 U.S. Code § 249 - Hate crime actsWhoever, whether or not acting under color of law, in any circumstance described in subparagraph (B) or paragraph (3), willfully causes bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, a dangerous weapon, or an explosive or incendiary device, attempts to cause bodily injury to any person, because of the actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of any person—
WISCONSIN ACT 309 Anti-Bullying Policies In All Schools
This law requires each school board to adopt a policy prohibiting bullying by pupils by August 15, 2010. The school board may adopt the model policy to be developed by the department of public instruction (DPI) (see below). The school board shall provide a copy of the policy to any person who requests it. Annually, the school board shall distribute the policy to all pupils enrolled in the school district and to their parents or guardians.
non-discrimination policy?Oregon School District (approved unanimously July 2013)
Federal law prohibits discrimination with respect to religion, race, color, national origin, sex, age and handicap. State law prohibits discrimination also with respect to ancestry, color, physical, mental, emotional or learning disability, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, arrest or conviction record and military service. In addition, the Board prohibits discrimination or harassment based on transgender status including gender expression, gender identity and gender non-conformity.
NOTE: It is GSAFE’s opinion that this is the clearest and overall best language to use.
Education:Presentations In the classroom
& In the communityFor
StudentsStaff
AdministrationSchool Board
ParentsMedical Professionals
ThursdaySectional 6
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Brian JuchemsGSAFE Program Director
Create aGSA (Gay Straight Alliance)
Tolerance Groupor Diversity Group
in your school
Contact local PFLAG Chapters(parents, family, friends for lesbians and gays)
Wisconsin Department of Public Instructionhttp://sspw.dpi.wi.gov/sspw_safeschool
GSAFE (Gay/Straight Alliance for Safe Schools)http://www.gsafewi.org/
Lambda Legalhttp://www.lambdalegal.org/
Forgehttp://forge-forward.org/
United States transgender Advocacyhttp://www.ustransgenderadvocacy.org/
Diverse & Resillianthttp://www.diverseandresilient.org/
Gender Spectrumhttps://www.genderspectrum.org/
PFLAG (Parents, Families, Friends, and Allies of the LGBT Community)http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=194&srcid=-2
Mary Boenke; Trans Forming Families: Real Stories About transgendered Loved Ones; Walter Trook Publishing, CA; 1999
Brown & Rounsley; True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism for Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals; Jossey-Bass Press, CA; 1996
General…Jenny Boylan; She’s Not ThereJenny Boylan; I’m Looking Through YouJulia Serano; Whipping GirlHelen Boyd; My Husband, BettyHelen Boyd; She’s Not The Man I Married
Books
A huge list of books on this website:http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11446.Booklist_for_Trans_Youth
Picture books for young people of all ages…
Phyllis Rothblatt, MFT; All I Want To Be Is Me; 2011 (If you go to Phyllis’s website, you can listen to a wonderful song that accompanies the book.)
Jennifer Carr; Be Who You Are!; Author House, IN; 2010