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If we don't acknowledge these differences, we promote ignorance at the least and discriminative action at the most.

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Not acknowledging these differences can make a child feel ostracized and less comfortable with you a son a teacher and with the whole classroom. Acknowledging it can create a friendly environment

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It's important because we don't want to isolate any of our students or insult them in any way. We don't want to destroy a relationship with our students and we also have a responsibility to our students.

When you do not acknowledge the differences in the class room, the ignorance accumulates among the students and eveN the teacher. The individual will feel isolated and lonely. They'll feel hurt that no one cares about what they identify with.

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Because we don't want to assume our students identity and risk alienating them/making them feel uncomfortable in class. It creates a negative classroom culture where inclusivity isn't valued. Individual students can feel unsafe or unwelcome which impacts their learning and their lives.

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1. It's important not to assume comfortability by the way a person may or may not present themselves to the world.

2. Choosing not to acknowledge these differences leads to students feeling as though they are not validated for who they are.

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Because they might not match, and recognizing the difference allows students to feel safe and understood
2. Makes students feels ignored or denigrated, which is not conducive to a healthy learning environment

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Rana

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1. Because our ability to understand the difference will allows us to work with or kids more effectively and create spaces in which they can be productive.

2. It can create a more harmful environment for those students. It can also make individual students unworthy, unaccepted, and unsafe.

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1.So we can correctly call our student's/coworkers by the correct terminology.
2. Not choosing to acknowledge this in the classroom can make it seem like you are disregarding a specific group of people and of bullying is occuring it can make it seem as if you are promoting those behaviors bc essentially you are. It can denigrate a group of people. ( isolating a group of people and saying they dont matter).

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1. To make sure we are being inclusive to everyone and understand the difference between gender identity and gender expression when addressing students and we can be better educators and advocates for students
2. So students who identify or express themselves "differently" dont feel unimportant and unvalued and alone.

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Question 1: Gender expression can be easily mispercieved; the onlookers perspective and the individual's intention are bound to be unparalleled sometimes. Thus, understanding one's gender identity is important. -Iris

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Question 1: Gender expression can be easily mispercieved; the onlookers perspective and the individual's intention are bound to be unparalleled sometimes. Thus, understanding one's gender identity is important. -Iris

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As young people seek out their own (gender/sexual/and otherwise) identity they could express themselves in a multitude of ways and it's important not to make assumptions or pigeonhole them.

Choosing to ignore differences can make the student feel invisible. Sometimes young people have to be told something is normal in order to believe it.

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If a student is choosing to dress as the gender they were assigned at birth, but they identify as a different gender, then they may feel afraid and scared. As teachers we want them to feel as comfortable as possible in our classroom so we need to be aware of this

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Teachers must acknowledge the students identify without assuming such based on gender expression.

Individual students may feel devalued if they are not honored and celebrated for who they are holistically. Setting the norm that fellow students may be partially ignored or devalued in favor of stereotyping serves to create a less congruous climate in the room

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Our students may not always look the way they identify and we'd have to be mindful of our pronoun usage. Also important for androgynous students.
Our students can feel alienated and unloved. No matter how you'd like to invest in them, disregarding how they choose to present themselves may lose their trust, your class's trust, and keep you from truly connecting.

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Taylor S
1. It is important to not assume our student has a specific identity based on the way they choose to express themselves socially. How a person identifies may be different from how they express themselves.
2. It can make students afraid to be themselves. It can also make them feel unsupported. It is important to create a safe space in the  classroom and allow students to express themselves however they choose, and to make them feel known and understood for who they are. The benefits of having my students feel understood is that it will allow for meaningful relationships with my students and allow students to focus on learning, not on negative external factors

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To make inclusivity a value upheld in your classroom.
Not acknowledging these differences could lead to isolation of the student

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Students might dress a certain way but identify differently. It is important for us to be cautious about attempting to call students by the right gender pronouns so that they feel welcomed and accepted no matter how they look or what they wear.
If we do not acknowledge these differences in the classroom then we are giving other students the ability to bully that person or make them feel unwelcome. Also, it is important for all students to feel welcome and supported if you ignore their gender identity they are less likely to engage.

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To make sure we do our best to respect and support our students. We want to make our classroom a safe, positive place for our students to know they are valued and loved.

Choosing to ignore differences could do the exact opposite.... it could create a negative environment for our students. It could be detrimental to their growth personally, socially and educationally.