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Help With Changes at School

Started by Vincent Johnson, May 07, 2016, 06:25:35 PM

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Vincent Johnson

Hello, I am sure some of you guys/gals can help me.

Alright, my summer break is coming up very very soon. So, I am making plans and things like that right now for next year. It may sound early for you, but I had came out to my parent earlier in the year and as a result we are both making strides for making me more comfortable in my own skin. (and other things)

What I'm looking for help with is finding a way for school teachers and staff to call me by my masculine name.
(and maybe even refer to me by correct pronouns; just taking small steps at the moment) Reasons being that my feminine name makes me cringe and even a little upset at times. Not only that, students go by nicknames all the time. Bathrooms will not be a big issue, as we have a gender neutral bathroom in the building. I don't want to switch schools because I feel unsafe at the other two school options that I have.

Do you have any help, advice, or even how you went around with it in your own personal experiences?

[mods, feel free to move this topic if it doesn't fit in the category. I put it in youth because it revolves around school issues]
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Skyler

When I came out my senior year of high school I had typed up a little 'blurp' of about 4 sentences explaining that I was trans, what name i wanted used and the pronouns I wanted to be used for me. I then handed these little slips of papers to my teachers in the morning before classes started. I also went to the guidance counselor and told him and then he proceeded to change my name in the roster/computer roll call list for all the classes.

It probably would of been a good idea to do this a week before school started as I would of felt much better and less anxiety. I recommend  having your parent call the school and talk to the guidance counselor or principle and just explain what you want. 

Best of wishes
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suzifrommd

A couple ways. You could email your teachers or leave a note for them explaining your pronoun preferences. Or you could speak to the principal or some other administrator at your school and ask them to inform all your teachers.

In the U.S., your school is required by federal regulations to give transgender students a comfortable learning environment, so by law they have to comply.

Good luck, Vincent. I hope it goes well for you.
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Vanessa_Glidewell

What I did was I emailed the principal (or the assistant principal if you have several principals like my school) about my situation and he emailed all the teachers to call me my name and she/her. I won't respond if someone uses my pretrans name so they'll have remember what my real name is. As for pronouns just keep correcting (not while they're speaking, just after they've spoken, that would be rude) if they don't call you the prefered ones.
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