GLAD joined with the Transgender Law Center, National Center for LGBTQ Rights, and the firms of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Sigmon Law on an amicus brief on behalf of school administrators from 20 states – including most of New England – filed in the federal court challenge to North Carolina’s HB2.

Each signatory works in a school or system that has adopted inclusive policies and practices for transgender students. Together, these individuals are responsible for more than 1.3 million students across the country.

El informe aborda los fundamentos de los firmantes para adoptar y la experiencia en la implementación de políticas y prácticas que respeten la identidad de género de los estudiantes transgénero.

These educators state that the accommodations are part of providing an optimal, welcoming learning environment all students. Respecting students’ gender identity eliminates the disruption that results from discrimination by teachers and peers, and enhances the learning experience. When students are treated with respect by the administration, it communicates to them that they and other students deserve respect.

In the administrators’ experiences, very few students have expressed discomfort about sharing a restroom or locker room with a transgender person. In any event, the administrators can accommodate those concerns by, for example, providing curtains in a locker room, or access to private facilities that can be used by persons of any gender.

Tener instalaciones inclusivas para personas trans en las escuelas prepara a los estudiantes para un mundo en el que compartirán baños y otras instalaciones con personas transgénero, y les permite a los estudiantes transgénero concentrarse en la escuela en lugar de preocuparse por qué baño usarán.

Carcaño contra McCrory es presentado por Lambda Legal y la ACLU.