1. LGBT of Walworth County
“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.”      --E.E. Cummings
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”  
-- Joseph Campell
LGBT of Walworth County
Advocating equality for the
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer community
Through: Education * Resources * Outreach * Support
Jody Lynn Rendall, Director

3. Living in a gender-bound, binary culture
MALE
MALE
FEMALE
FEMALE

4. The Ancient Paradigm Men are men, Women are women Men have penises,
Women have vaginas

5. In The Beginning

6. Hormones Chemicals You Genetics Gender Core ~Gender Identity
~Gender Expression
~Sexual Orientation
6-12 weeks
16 weeks
sexual characteristics
~birth sex

7. Birth Sex
Male
Female
Intersex

8. From Birth or Earlier
Girl
Boy
Are there dangly bits?
Yes No

9. Genderbread Person {
Sex
Identity
Gender Core
Orientation
Expression

10. Cisgender
Female Male

11. Cultural & Societal Expectations
Female Male

12. Gender Non-Comforming
Female Male

14. Transgender
Female Male

15. lGBt

16. ORIENTATION
Who you go to bed with
lGB t
Who you go to bed as
IDENTITY

17. lGBtQ

18. lGBtINQQA

19. lGBt+

20. Queer

21. Forced into involuntary manhood
Assigned Gender
Affirmed Gender
Forced into involuntary manhood

22. Dealing With
Culture &
Society

23. Judgemental NegativismOf
“normal” Vs
“abnormal”

24. We all have a
Natural State

25. Trans-discrimination Results from: Transphobia-
hate/fear of transgenders
Transmisogyny-
denial of gender identity

26. Issues Facing Today’s Gender Nonconforming/Trans Children

27. Family~Friends ~ School Community~Clubs~Organizations
Denial
Family~Friends ~ School
Community~Clubs~Organizations

28. Bathrooms
Dionne Melokowski
Chrissy Polis

29. transgender student Nicole Maines, pictured in this June 2013 court hearing.
School officials violated state anti-discrimination law when they would not allow a transgender fifth-grader to use the girls' bathroom, Maine's highest court has ruled.
Denver: A Colorado civil rights panel has ruled that a suburban Colorado Springs school district likely discriminated against Coy Mathis when it prevented her from using the girls' bathroom.
August 2013, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
California on Monday became the first state to enshrine certain rights for transgender kindergarten-through-12th grade students in state law, requiring public schools to allow those students access to whichever restroom and locker room they want.

30.  A Utah lawmaker has proposed a bill that would prevent transgender students from using bathroom facilities of their choice. Rather than allowing transgender students to use facilities set aside for the gender they identify with, schools would be required to provide additional bathrooms for transgender students who desire one or whose families request one.

32. OCONOMOWOC (WITI) — A transgender elementary student in Oconomowoc has sparked a change in school policy regarding using the bathroom. It’s an issue the district is dealing with for the first time. Concerns were brought to the attention of faculty and staff on Friday, September 6th after a transgender student at Summit Elementary School used the female bathroom while another student was inside.
Said Superintendent Roger Rindo, “Student confidentiality is our primary concern.”
After complaints from parents, the Oconomowoc School District has made a decision to provide a unisex bathroom at each school in the district.
“What’s really important is that we’re not singling anyone out — that anybody can use that bathroom,” said Rindo.
Jody’s view: trans-students are still being told they must use a specific bathroom. They have no choice. Their true genders are not being recognized. And, this will still single them out. “Special bathrooms” are stop-gap measures at best. That said, at least it’s a start.

33. Coming Out

34. he he
she
Pronouns & Names
Affirmed or assigned?

35. Sports / Competitions

36. School Events

37. Documentation Birth Certificate Social Security Drivers License
School Registration
Draft Registration
Passport

38. Bullying

39. Dating

40. Homelessness Most cases of homelessness among the young
Are from LGBT+ issues, the greatest percent
Of which are transgenders.

41. Homelessness

42. Suicide
RACINE – Alexis Rose Lopez-Brandies, 14, passed away on Sunday, December 15, Lexi was born in Racine on February 7,
Mindy Fabian
August 23, October 13, 2013

43. Suicide

44. Brandon Teena
Angie Zapata
Freddy Martinez
Murder

45. Safety and Equality In Schools
Advocating
Safety and Equality In Schools
NOT “SPECIAL” RIGHTS: EQUAL RIGHTS
From the Wisconsin Department of Education….
“Educators should do all they can to create, foster, and maintain
a safe and healthy learning environment for students and staff.”

46. Policies and Education
Being Proactive
With
Policies and Education

47. WISCONSIN ACT 309 Anti-Bullying Policies In All Schools
US Hate Crimes Act
U.S. Code› Title 18 › Part I › Chapter 13 › § 249
18 U.S. Code § Hate crime acts
Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, in any circumstance described in subparagraph (B) or paragraph (3), willfully causes bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, a dangerous weapon, or an explosive or incendiary device, attempts to cause bodily injury to any person, because of the actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of any person—
WISCONSIN ACT 309 Anti-Bullying Policies In All Schools
This law requires each school board to adopt a policy prohibiting bullying by pupils by August 15, The school board may adopt the model policy to be developed by the department of public instruction (DPI) (see below). The school board shall provide a copy of the policy to any person who requests it. Annually, the school board shall distribute the policy to all pupils enrolled in the school district and to their parents or guardians.

48. Oregon School District (approved unanimously July 2013)
Does your school have a trans-inclusive
non-discrimination policy?
Oregon School District (approved unanimously July 2013)
Federal law prohibits discrimination with respect to religion, race, color, national origin, sex, age and handicap. State law prohibits discrimination also with respect to ancestry, color, physical, mental, emotional or learning disability, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, arrest or conviction record and military service.
In addition, the Board prohibits discrimination or harassment based on transgender status including gender expression, gender identity and gender non-conformity.
NOTE: It is GSAFE’s opinion that this is the clearest and overall best language to use.

49. Presentations In the classroom Medical Professionals
Education:
Presentations In the classroom
& In the community
For
Students
Staff
Administration
School Board
Parents
Medical Professionals

50. GSAFE Program Director
Thursday
Sectional 6
#72
Brian Juchems
GSAFE Program Director

51. GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) Tolerance Group or Diversity Group
Create a
GSA (Gay Straight Alliance)
Tolerance Group
or Diversity Group
in your school
Contact local PFLAG Chapters
(parents, family, friends for lesbians and gays)

52. Organizations Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
GSAFE (Gay/Straight Alliance for Safe Schools)
Lambda Legal
Forge
United States transgender Advocacy
Diverse & Resilliant
Gender Spectrum
PFLAG (Parents, Families, Friends, and Allies of the LGBT Community)
GLSEN (Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network)

53. Additional Help For Students
Trevor Project (24/7 LGBT Suicide Hotline: )
It Gets Better Project (support for LGBTQ youth)
The Bully Project (scroll bottom: places to get resources and HELP)

54. Books
(Those identifying as trans or gender non-conforming owe it to themselves to learn as much as possible)
Books for educators, parents, and helping professionals…
Brill & Pepper; The transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals; Cleis Press, Inc, CA; 2008
Diane Ehrensaft, PhD; Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children; The Experiment, LLC, NY; 2011
Mary Boenke; Trans Forming Families: Real Stories About transgendered Loved Ones; Walter Trook Publishing, CA; 1999
Brown & Rounsley; True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism for Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals; Jossey-Bass Press, CA; 1996
General…
Jenny Boylan; She’s Not There
Jenny Boylan; I’m Looking Through You
Julia Serano; Whipping Girl
Helen Boyd; My Husband, Betty
Helen Boyd; She’s Not The Man I Married

55. Books For Younger readers
A huge list of books on this website:
Picture books for young people of all ages…
Phyllis Rothblatt, MFT; All I Want To Be Is Me; (If you go to Phyllis’s website, you can listen to a wonderful song that accompanies the book.)
Jennifer Carr; Be Who You Are!; Author House, IN; 2010
Julie Brinkloe; Fireflies!; Aladdin Paperbacks, NY; 1986
Cheryl Kilodavis; My Princess Boy; Aladdin, NY; 2011
Tomie dePaola; Oliver Button Is A Sissy; Voyager Books, FL; 1979
Marcus Ewert; 10,000 Dresses; Seven Stories Press, NY; 2008
Books For middle school and teens…
Julie Ann Peters; Luna; Little-Brown; 2006
Ellen Wittlinger; Parrotfish; Simon and Schuster; 2007
Kelly Huegel; GLBTQ: The Survival Guide For Queer And Questioning Teens; Free Spirit Pub; 2003
Books
For
Younger
readers

56. It’s the job of society, parents, and helping professionals to not just help the trans/gender nonconforming child survive, but to thrive.

57. What’s between your legs has nothing to do with being male or female
The New Paradigm
What’s between your legs has nothing to do with being male or female

59. CeCe McDonald