Transgender Children & Youth

Written by Louis Weisberg, Staff writer | Sep 13, 2013 "The new policy was adopted in response to an incident involving a transgender elementary school student. Parents complained after the student used a girl’s restroom at Summit Elementary School on Sept. 6. Apparently, they believed she should have used the boy’s room." --wisconsingazette.com Oconomowoc School District adopts 'gender-neutral' restroom policy

I'm a transgender parent, but I'm hoping this is the right forum to post on. 2021/2022 will be my main transition years. But I'm super worried about my kids and what will happen with them at school. Anyone have any experience? Advice?

In what is being described as the first known event of its kind, a transgendered teen was named as her high school’s homecoming queen on Friday. http://news.yahoo.com/california-teen-named-nation-s-first-transgender-homecoming-queen-053444443.html

Aisha Moodie-Mills - Center for American Progress in LGBTQ Nation, December 21st, 2012 According to a report this summer by the Center for American Progress: ....Gay and transgender youth, particularly gender nonconforming girls, are up to three times more likely to experience harsh disciplinary treatment by school administrators than their heterosexual counterparts. ....As with racial disparities in school discipline, these higher rates of punishment do not correlate to higher rates of misbehavior among gay and transgender youth. ....LGBT youth make up 13-15 percent of the juvenile justice system, even though they make-up only 5–7 percent of the population overall, a…

Mitch Kellaway | April 02 2015 2:10 PM ET "Local media reports that Martha's Minatures has not responded to repeated phone calls for comment. While Giordano believes she and her daughter have been subject to discrimination, North Texas TV station KTEN clarified that such treatment is not currently illegal in Denison, Texas, which lacks a nondiscrimination code akin to neighboring Forth Worth or Houston. "It depends on what they're refusing the service for," explained attorney Bobbie Peterson-Cate. "For sexual orientation, no, it is not illegal."" -- advocate.com Texas Shop Accuses Mother of 'Child Abuse' for Letting Daughter Wear Suit

Being Transgender Is Not a Rare Disorder By Davina Kotulski To my dismay, the mother of a trans child said she'd interviewed dozens of therapists and only one or two had any experience counseling transgender clients and told her that being transgender is a rare disorder...