gender Archive
It’s a damaging practice that targets the very core of an individual’s identity—and in the United States, it is still legal for minors in 36 states. Conversion therapy is a “treatment grounded in the belief that being LGBT is abnormal …
Gender identity has increasingly entered the national conversation. After centuries of oppression, trans and gender non-conforming individuals continue to fight for visibility and civil rights. As activists work to open minds and change cultural perceptions toward gender-expansive individuals, it is …
Discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. Discrimination: the ability to discern what is of high quality; good judgment or taste. Sure you discriminate; so …
For the past nine months, advocates have been mounting a campaign to improve the living conditions of youth incarcerated in California’s juvenile halls, camps and ranches. Changes up for approval include requirements that correctional staff respect the gender identity of …
A plan released by the Los Angeles County Probation Department this week calls for shuttering six of the county’s juvenile detention camps over the next two years. The proposal would also relocate girls currently housed in the other camps into …
Report Shows over One Million Days of Classroom Instruction Lost in North Carolina Due to Suspensions DURHAM, N.C. – A report released today from the Youth Justice Project finds that North Carolina public schools are increasingly using suspension as a …
Image via Ted Eytan On Thursday, December 9th, the largest survey of transgender people ever conducted was published by The National Center for Transgender Equality. The anonymous online survey had nearly 28,000 participants and found transgender people are twice as …
The movement of the World Health Organization (WHO) to declassify transgender identity as a mental disorder is simultaneously a step forward in affirming the personhood of gender minority individuals, and a step backward in diagnoses that adequately reflect their …
Confusions and uncertainty in sexual identity: the good, the bad, and the ugly.A few weeks ago the Boston Study Group thought about confusions and uncertainty in sexual identity and how this plays out in action. The contrast would be people …
On Monday, August 3, several organizations, including the Human Rights Campaign, the National Education Association, and the American Civil Liberties Union released “Schools in Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools.” The report, which addresses issues …
