Host: Noah Parrish, Gender Justice Communications Director
Guests: Christy Hall, Gender Justice Senior Staff Attorney, and Dave Edwards, Founder of Gender Inclusive Schools
In this back-to-school episode, Christy Hall reviews state and federal laws protecting transgender and gender expansive students in a conversation with Dave Edwards, an educator and former client of Gender Justice who has just published a new book called Gender Inclusive Schools: How to Affirm and Support Gender-Expansive Students—an invaluable resource for educators, parents, and anybody who works with kids.
For an extensive discussion of the state and federal laws protecting trans students, be sure to listen to our interview with Christy Hall on the August 26, 2023, episode of The Gender Justice Brief: Back to School: Know Your Rights.
Links to resources mentioned in the show:
Gender Inclusive Schools (organization) and Gender Inclusive Schools(book)
Gender Justice’s work with the Edwards family to secure safe schools for trans students
The Minnesota Department of Education’s 2017 Toolkit for Ensuring Safe and Supportive Schools for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students
Know Your Rights: Resources and Legal Advocacy Tools for Transgender Students
Transforming Families Minnesota, an inclusive safe-space for families with transgender and questioning youth.
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