school experiences for trans folks

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Originally Posted by Dylan

Again, I totally get your point.

Do you really think this kid is stupid enough to run home and say, "At school, I stand in the girls' line?" I'm sure my second grade teacher would hav e gotten in trouble for letting me sit on the boys' side...right after I got a major ass beating. Hence the reason I never told my mother what went on at school. By second grade, transkids know very well how to walk the tightrope with their parents.

The Teacher Can Avoid Pronouns Now, But What's She Going To Do When The Parents Say No Way And Demand She Treat Randy Like A Boy?,
Dylan

I see your points as well, Dylan.

I just think that things have a way of making themselves known and, even if the child doesn't make the parents aware that the school is acknowledging her, other parents or teachers WILL make it known to the parents.

It is a no win situation for a teacher to acknowledge a child's gender without parental knowledge.

If I was teaching a teenager and referred to him as he (despite birth assigned sex); that teenager does NOT tell (due to their awareness of parental negative consequences) but I would have to KNOW that there are SO many other ways the parents WILL find out--a friend will tell, another parent, another teacher, meetings, church, GOSSIP. *Ms. so and so refers to your daughter as Sam!...did you know that ? *

If I don't get the principal AND school board backing and parental support (!)-- my job is in real jeopardy and this is in a country that has far more rights when it comes to these situations.