STEP THREE “Stop making parents the enemy.” “With a huge rise in kids and teens identifying as transgender at school, the question that keeps being asked is: Should teachers ‘out’ students to their parents? . . . actually this question … Continue reading
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How Schools Can Better Support Gender Non-Conforming Kids III: Stop asking for “preferred pronouns” cont’d.
STEP TWO (cont’d.) It is not only the gender non-conforming, the transgender, and the neurodivergent who are harmed by “preferred pronouns” rituals. Teens sensitive to things happening in the world around them “Imagine [a] girl hearing that ‘cis’ people are oppressors. … Continue reading →
How Schools Can Better Support Gender Non-Conforming Kids II: Stop asking for “preferred pronouns”
STEP TWO “Stop asking for ‘preferred pronouns‘ . . . who is being helped by this ritual? And who is being harmed?” Transgender students Unless the school has been informed that a child is in the process of transitioning, teachers … Continue reading →