Youth Schools | National Resources

• You have a right to be referred to by your preferred name and pronouns.
• You have a right to dress and express yourself in a manner consistent with your gender identity.
• You have a right to free speech and expression. This includes the right to respectfully express opinions or ideas which may offend others – including discussion of LGBTQ topics – and to disagree with others. Remember that others also have the right to respectfully express their own ideas and opinions.

• Your school cannot stop you from taking a date of the same sex or gender to your prom or school dance, as long as your choice of date meets the rules applied to all students.
• Your school cannot treat dates of the same sex or gender differently, including by requiring only same-sex dates to have parental permission.

You have a right to access information about LGBTQ subjects, including educational websites. Your school’s internet filters should not prevent this access.

Prohibitions on discrimination apply to all school programs, including sports.

• You have a right to have your school and medical records kept confidential.
• You can ask your school(s) to amend their records – even after graduation – to reflect your current name and gender identity.

Connecticut and Massachusetts have issued specific guidance for how schools should follow gender identity non-discrimination laws:

• See the Connecticut Guidance
• See the Massachusetts Guidance