school experiences for trans folks

Soft*Silver · 06-24-2010, 09:50 PM

Soon, you bring up valid points...(scary ones for me, re my daughter)...as i said, I am pretty sure she talked to her principal about Randy.

the point of my thread, tho, is to get feedback from the trans folks, about their time in school, and how it affected them and what they wish a teacher would have done for them...

but please do (and anyone else too) jump in and offer the other side, the legalese side...I need to be able to bring that to her too...

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Originally Posted by HowSoonIsNow

I'm not saying a hoopla needs to be made, but I think most parents would want to be informed (especially at this young age) that a plan of action (Softness' daughter has already taken steps) has been undertaken by a school to accommodate a child's preferred/actual gender.

A teacher can also put themselves at risk (this is Softness' daughter's first job from what I understand as a teacher) for making such decisions without informing the parents.

If a teacher or a school administration has agreed to accommodate and acknowledge the child's gender, without informing the parents (and this continues beyond Junior/Senior Kindergarten--even though, I do think this could even be asking for trouble legal-wise), this could create huge issues for the teacher if the parents are not informed and do not agree upon the school's action.

It just is.

ETA:
I just re-read the OP and the child is actually in second/third grade? At this grade level, where I live, there is no way that parents would not take action against our School Board if a teacher had been recognizing and taking solid steps to acknowledge a child's true gender without the parent(s)' explicit consent to do so.

That teacher and school board are really putting themselves at risk by embarking on a course of gender identity action without parental knowledge and it could be a huge liability for both teacher and employer. I am just being realistic--despite the good intentions of the teacher/principal (and whomever else is on board with acknowledging the child's gender).