Gender Spectrum: Title IX and Transgender Students Q&A with Educational and Legal Experts
Join Gender Spectrum’s Joel Baum and Asaf Orr, transgender Youth Project Staff Attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights, for a question and answer session about the Trump Administration’s rescission of federal guidelines supporting transgender students at school.
This program is for educators, parents, teens, and any other individuals that work with and support transgender and non-binary youth.
Tuesday, February 28 – 1-2pm PT / 4-5pm ET
The Q&A will be broadcast live on Gender Spectrum’s Facebook Page.
“I need you to #ShowUp4TransYouth” – Transgender Law Center
“For trans and gender nonconforming youth, whether you have family support or not: remember how valuable you are and that you matter in this movement. Do not allow your school, your government, or your family’s perception of what gender should look like limit you in your identities. Give yourself the freedom to be your authentic self, trans and all.”
“LGBTQ rally at Stonewall Inn protests Trump’s reversal of transgender student rights guidelines”
“With chants of, “When trans youth are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back” ringing through the streets, thousands of LGBTQ activists flooded into Greenwich Village Thursday.” – AM New York
“Trans and queer youth are fired up in Northern California” – GSA Network
“We are demanding that our local governments actively resist Trump’s policies and that our elected officials actively speak out against the current administration. We should not normalize bigotry and hate speech. We need our government to pass protections for our rights in employment, bathroom access, housing, and many other things. We will fight for those rights when the government does not and take care of ourselves while doing so.
We have lots of work to do. We know that our friend groups, our families, our ethnic communities, and schools are sites for trans/queer youth liberation. We organize knowing others cannot, and knowing others are no longer with us. We ask that you join us. Think about what you can do, and take action—resist!”
Legal Resources for Transgender Youth Facing Discrimination or Bullying at School
Trans Student Rights Watch – Lambda Legal
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) – 1.800.528.6257 or 415.392.6257
Transgender Law Center legal information helpline – 415.865.0176
Contact Gender Spectrum if you are being physically harmed or bullied at school and have difficulties finding support.