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所有康乃狄克州公立學校的學生都有權利：

• 為了在學校安全而不被欺負，
• 要存取有關 LGBTQ+ 主題的資訊（包括教育網站），
• 穿著和表現方式要符合你的性別認同，
• 言論自由。這意味著你有權表達可能冒犯他人的觀點，也有權反對他人的觀點，只要你以尊重他人的方式表達即可。

所有康乃狄克州公立學校和許多私立學校的學生都有權利：

• 免受基於性取向、性別認同或表達或愛滋病毒狀況的歧視或騷擾，
• 組成一個同性戀/異性戀聯盟 (GSA)，享受與其他非課程團體同等的待遇。這意味著平等的資金、設施使用權以及選擇團體名稱的權利。

在校外，您有權利：

• 在就業、住房和公共場所（如餐廳或商店）中免受基於您的實際或感知的性取向、愛滋病毒狀況或性別認同的歧視。
• 未經父母同意，自行接受 HIV 檢測。更多詳情，請參閱“HIV/AIDS”專題。
• 向警方舉報在校內或校外對您造成人身傷害、威脅您或破壞您的財產的任何人。

聯邦法律也保護你免受學校歧視

根據《第九條修正案》，您在公立學校或其他接受聯邦資助的學校中受到保護，免受歧視。 《第九條修正案》是一項聯邦民權法，它禁止在全國範圍內基於性別（包括性取向或性別認同）的歧視。

Yes. Connecticut public schools must allow all children an equal opportunity to participate in school regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression (Conn. Gen. Stat. 10-15c).

Technically, the law only requires that schools give students equal opportunity to participate in activities, programs, and courses of study. It does not explicitly prohibit harassment or discrimination, although both would likely violate the spirit of the law.

Furthermore, at this time, the law contains no mechanism for students or their parents to bring a lawsuit for violations of the law (see McPhail v. City of Milford, 1999 Conn. Super. LEXIS 428 (1999) (student could not maintain private right of action because statute was to be enforced specifically by the state board of education)).

Possibly. Federal law prohibits sex discrimination in public schools that receive federal funding. Depending on the situation, harassment of LGBT students may be actionable as sex discrimination (See, e.g., Ray v. Antioch Unified School District, 107 F. Supp. 2d 1165 (N.D. Cal. 2000) (stating that attacks based on a student’s perceived sexuality constitute sex discrimination)). Harassment of transgender students in particular is actionable. Several federal courts have held that the federal anti-discrimination law, Title IX, prohibits discrimination based on gender identity (See, e.g., Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District No. 1 Bd. of Educ., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 9362 (7th Cir. 2017); cf. Bd. of Educ. v. U.S. Dep’t of Educ., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131474 (S.D. Ohio 2016)).

您可以向學校的 Title IX 協調員投訴，也可以向以下機構投訴：

民權辦公室
美國教育部
約翰·W·麥科馬克郵局及法院，222 室
郵局廣場
波士頓，馬薩諸塞州 02109

此外，某些類型的歧視和騷擾可能會侵犯學生的憲法權利。

解決這個問題的方法有很多。一種是向朋友、老師或諮商師尋求支持，並與那些困擾你的人交談。但是，如果你覺得這樣做不安全，那就不建議這麼做。

查看學校的政策，並通知應該通知的人——通常是副校長或“第九條”協調員。你可能需要以書面形式記錄任何騷擾或歧視事件。與相關官員會面後，記下你告訴他們的內容和日期，並詢問他們何時會給你答案。如果他們沒有幫助你或沒有跟進，你可能需要寫信給學區負責人和學校董事會，要求他們終止歧視。

At the same time, or after contacting the administration as set out above, you may want to send a copy of your complaint to the State Dept. of Education. While they do not have an explicit policy on complaints and they have no obligations under the non-discrimination law, you could request that they intervene on your behalf. Contact Office of Public Information, Conn. State Dept. of Education, 165 Capitol Ave., Hartford, CT  06145. Their phone number is (860) 566-5677 and their website is http://www.state.ct.us/sde/

如果上述方法無法阻止歧視，您也可以考慮採取法律行動。聯絡方式 GLAD 答案 尋求律師推薦。

Yes. The law improved significantly in 2011 with the passage of Public Act 11-232, An Act Concerning the Strengthening of School Bullying Laws (Conn. Gen. Stat. sec. 10-222d). Per the law, bullying is defined as repeated written, oral, or electronic communication, or physical acts or gestures by one or more students repeatedly directed at another student, that:

• causes the bullied student physical or emotional harm or damages their property;
• places the bullied student in reasonable fear of being harmed;
• creates a hostile school environment for the bullied student;
• infringes on the bullied student’s rights or substantially disrupts the education process or the school’s orderly operation.

The law also recognizes that students who are LGBT or are perceived to be LGBT or who associate with LGBT students are often the target of bullying (Conn. Gen. Stat. sec. 10-222d(a)(1)).

Per the law, each school board must develop a “safe school climate plan” that:

• prohibits bullying on school grounds, at a school-sponsored or school-related activity, at a school bus stop or on a school bus, through electronic means (i.e. cyberbullying)
• prohibits discrimination and retaliation against an individual who reports or assists in the investigation of an act of bullying
• enables students to anonymously report acts of bullying
• enables parents to file written reports of suspected bullying
• requires school employees who witness bullying or receive reports of bullying to report it
• requires schools to investigate all reports of bullying and have a prevention and intervention strategy
• requires that both the parents of the bully and the parents of the victim be notified about bullying and told about the measures the school has chosen to take in response
• requires the school to notify the police about any acts of bullying that may constitute criminal conduct
• requires schools to maintain a publicly available list of the number of verified bullying incidents and to report this annually to the Connecticut State Department of Education
• requires all school employees to complete annual training on identifying, preventing and responding to bullying and to youth suicide.

Yes. The law improved significantly in 2011 with the passage of Public Act 11-232, An Act Concerning the Strengthening of School Bullying Laws (Conn. Gen. Stat. sec. 10-222d). Per the law, bullying is defined as repeated written, oral, or electronic communication, or physical acts or gestures by one or more students repeatedly directed at another student, that:

• causes the bullied student physical or emotional harm or damages their property;
• places the bullied student in reasonable fear of being harmed;
• creates a hostile school environment for the bullied student;
• infringes on the bullied student’s rights or substantially disrupts the education process or the school’s orderly operation.

The law also recognizes that students who are LGBT or are perceived to be LGBT or who associate with LGBT students are often the target of bullying (Conn. Gen. Stat. sec. 10-222d(a)(1)).

Per the law, each school board must develop a “safe school climate plan” that:

• prohibits bullying on school grounds, at a school-sponsored or school-related activity, at a school bus stop or on a school bus, through electronic means (i.e. cyberbullying)
• prohibits discrimination and retaliation against an individual who reports or assists in the investigation of an act of bullying
• enables students to anonymously report acts of bullying
• enables parents to file written reports of suspected bullying
• requires school employees who witness bullying or receive reports of bullying to report it
• requires schools to investigate all reports of bullying and have a prevention and intervention strategy
• requires that both the parents of the bully and the parents of the victim be notified about bullying and told about the measures the school has chosen to take in response
• requires the school to notify the police about any acts of bullying that may constitute criminal conduct
• requires schools to maintain a publicly available list of the number of verified bullying incidents and to report this annually to the Connecticut State Department of Education
• requires all school employees to complete annual training on identifying, preventing and responding to bullying and to youth suicide.