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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RnvIBml6lx379_A3WIvVDR7d637L_weJS-0xAepqGy4/edit

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"The consequences of not affirming a child’s gender identity can be severe, and it can
interfere with their ability to develop and maintain healthy interpersonal relationships.
In the school context, that distress will also hinder a transgender student’s focus in
class and ability to learn. The longer a transgender youth is not affirmed, the more
significant and long-lasting the negative consequences can become, including loss
of interest in school, heightened risk for alcohol and drug use, poor mental health "

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Baum M.S, Joel. "Cite A Website - Cite This For Me." Genderspectrum.Org, 2017, https://www.genderspectrum.org/staging/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Schools-in-Transition-2015.pdf.

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"You have the right to be treated according to your gender identity. That’s true even if you haven’t done things like changing your ID or getting medical treatment, and your school cannot require you to show proof of these things in order to have your gender respected."

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"Schools." National Center For Transgender Equality, 2017, https://transequality.org/know-your-rights/schools.

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"Make LGBTQ topics visible in the curriculum. Inclusive instruction and curriculum offer LGBTQ students and others the opportunity to engage intellectually across academic fields with topics related to their identities. Minoritized students report that they are motivated to learn when their identities are affirmed and included in the curriculum."

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"LGBTQ Students On Campus: Issues And Opportunities For Higher Education Leaders - Higher Education Today." Higher Education Today, 2017, https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/04/10/lgbtq-students-higher-education/.

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"Fifty-eight percent had at least one additional psychiatric diagnosis in addition to gender dysphoria. Nearly 63 percent indicated a history of bullying, 23.1 percent a history of school suspension or expulsion, 19.3 percent involvement in physical fights and 17.1 percent repeating a grade in school."

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"Our study provides further evidence for the at-risk nature of transgender youth and emphasizes that mental health providers and physicians working with this population need to be aware of these challenges," says Claire Peterson, PhD, a psychologist at Cincinnati Children's and lead author of the study. "Dissatisfaction with one's appearance and the drive to look different from one's sex assigned at birth is central to gender dysphoria - the feeling that your gender identity is different from that at birth."

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New study highlights high rates of suicide and self-harm among transgender youth." Mental Health Weekly Digest, 12 Sept. 2016, p. 162. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A463116451/OVIC?u=azstatelibdev&xid=73084103. Accessed 29 Nov. 2017.

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"Canada trails Wales when it comes to transgender protections." The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 27 Mar. 2016. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A447672828/OVIC?u=azstatelibdev&xid=b6a0bfbd. Accessed 28 Nov. 2017.

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in a study conducted on an advocacy group, an academic agency and a government agency shows that trans people are more likely to drop out, be bullied or sexually assulted, be denied housing or evicted.

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a good point as to why trans rights may be important at all " so what" in society

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a good point as to why trans rights may be important at all " so what" in society

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"top priorities" was to "Introduce government legislation to add gender identity as a prohibited ground for discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act, and to the list of distinguishing characteristics of "identifiable group" protected by the hate speech provisions of the Criminal Code."

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a good place to explore why certain measures should/shouldnt be taken in an academic environment.

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"Transgender People Suffer from Gender Identity Disorders." Transgender People, edited by Roman Espejo, Greenhaven Press, 2011. At Issue. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010712202/OVIC?u=azstatelibdev&xid=1606392. Accessed 28 Nov. 2017. Originally published as "Gender Identity Disorder," Psychology Today, 24 Oct. 2005.

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"strong persistent feelings of identification with the opposite gender and discomfort with ones own sex"