Joanne Jacobs
Born which way?
LGBT is becoming a social and political identity rather than a sexual identity for many young people, writes Eric Kaufmann in a Center...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 14, 20181 min read
Transgender suicide risk is high
Half of female-to-male transgender teens have attempted suicide, according to a study published in Pediatrics. Suicide attempts also are...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 20, 20181 min read
Oh, theyby
There has to be a simpler way of avoiding gender stereotypes than refusing to admit that your twins are boys, girls or one of each....
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 12, 20181 min read
Teaching that it’s OK to be gay
NBC News reports on integrating gay, lesbian and transgender issues into classrooms in Colorado. Seven states have “no promo homo” laws...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 8, 20181 min read
Parents seek right to know about bullying
Jacobe Taras went on a family vacation shortly before he killed himself. Photo: Richard Taras Schools should be required to tell parents...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 9, 20182 min read
3% of teens are trans? Not really
Some 2.7 percent of teens identified themselves as transgender or “gender non-conforming” (TGNC) in a study of Minnesota teenagers in...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 4, 20182 min read
27% of kids are . . . what?
Twenty-seven percent of 12- to 17-year-olds in California identify as “nongender conforming,” according to a new UCLA survey. Take a...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 3, 20172 min read
Who’s gay? Textbooks must say
Was Emily Dickinson gay? How about Ralph Waldo Emerson? The California Board of Education has rejected two proposed middle-school...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 19, 20172 min read
Let girls be (tomboy) girls
My Daughter Is Not Transgender. She’s a Tomboy, writes Lisa Selin Davis in a New York Times commentary. Her seven-year-old daughter, who...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 23, 20171 min read
Trump drops transgender bathroom rule
President Trump has rescinded a federal guideline requiring schools to let transgender students use bathrooms corresponding with their...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 9, 20171 min read
Sex-change guide for kids riles Brits
Can I Tell You About Gender Diversity?, which will be introduced at some British primary schools, is — surprise! — causing controversy,...
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