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Deadnaming transgender students in North Carolina may be a thing of the past, thanks to a recent decision to show only the chosen names of trans youth on most school records.
In April 2020, 300 advocates â including students, parents, and educators â signed an open letter to State Superintendent Mark Johnson explaining the dangers of âoutingâ students without their consent. According to the petition, LGBTQ+ students in North Carolina already face high rates of bullying and violence at school. Around 90% regularly hear hate speech, while 1 out of 3 have experienced verbal harassment and 1 out of 3 have been targeted with physical harassment.
Signatories said one way to address the high rates of discrimination queer and trans students face is by allowing their to use their correct names at school. A 2020 study found that the ability to correct an individualâs name and gender marker on IDs driverâs licenses, and other official documents were 25% les
Remote learning making some trans students feel more confident, others more isolated
According to the CDC, LGBTQ students are at higher risk of being bullied. While social distance for some trans students has meant relief from social pressures involving their gender, for others it has increased feelings of isolation and loneliness.
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DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio â Kings Junior High School student Nicki Chambers began her gender transition years ago, in first grade. Like many other students who are transgender, the idea of spending the majority of her day in the classroom with other kids could seem intimidating at times.
As a deluge of anti-trans bills make their way across the country, two states are one step closer to signing discriminatory legislation into law. On Thursday, Mississippi and North Dakota both advanced proposals that would prevent trans student athletes from competing in school sports in alignment with their gender identity.
Early in the day, the North Dakota House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of House Bill 1298, which would ban transgender minors under the age of 18 from playing on K-12 teams consistent with their sense of self. The proposal threatens to strip any state-funded entity of taxpayer dollars if it does not force students to participate according to the “sex indicated on the individual s original birth certificate.”