Transgender In Public Schools Research Paper

Hardship of Transgender Students in Public Schools
What makes being transgender so hard in public school? The physical bullying, not being able to fit in as well, and the school rules taking away your natural rights? Students that are trans are more likely to be discriminated against in public schools. Transgender students often cannot attend school events and even go to the bathroom, many students often will call them a freak or other harsh words, and if the situation is bad enough they might even beat them up. Certain schools will also not allow transgender students to play a certain sport because of their gender. As most kids often feel the need to bully transgender students because the students feel as if the transgender students are different …show more content…
But not every student gets to have those same privileges as other students. Most of the time it is because they are transgender or their date is wearing non conventional attire to the event. The school boards that do not allow them to dress who they want is most likely trying to please the parents of the other students that also attend the school. Some schools whoever do allow transgender students to wear whatever they want, but well not allow them to win or even run as prom king or queen because it is “untraditional”. At Martin Luther high school in New York a teen couple was denied from attending prom. The teen couple was told by the school that they could not attend prom together due to one of them being “not beneficial.” (Wong, “Anais Celini Allegedly Blocked From Attending Prom With Boyfriend Nathaniel Baez, Who Is Transgender”) Baez (the transgender male) said that “he will plan a private prom celebration for his girlfriend if authorities do not budge by May 22, when the prom will be …show more content…
Jennea Purcell, began her transition in high school and throughout high school she has done everything as female. Up to her graduation ceremony that is. Male and females at her school wear different color cap and gowns to the ceremony; males wear red and females wear white. Jennea spoke to her principal about the situation but was told that she must wear a red(male’s) gown. Jennea instead of wearing the red gowns chose to not take part in the ceremony instead. principal Pauline Masaniai and Department of Education representative Donalyn Dela Cruz said that Jennea’s words were not true and that she was denied due to other reasons. Jennea had believed and been told by the school that she had been on track to graduate and that she was not missing any credits even though the school claimed that her credits “were just not there”. A year after the incident Jennea is now working to make sure that no one else has to go through what she had to. Jennea has also started a Change.org petition “to challenge the Hawaii DOE to create and implement a consistent policy in regards to transgender students and to provide professional training to help teachers and administrators respond to the needs of transgender students.”(Lilli Petersen,Trans Teen Shares Heartbreaking Reason She Wasn't Allowed To Walk At