An Action Kit for Trans Youth

Co-produced by Lambda Legal and NYAC

This updated version of the original Bending the Mold publication is an action kit for transgender students.  Contents include:

• How does your school measure up??
• How to be a transgender ally
• Your social change toolkit
• Preventing violence and bullying
• Securing freedom of gender expression
• Promoting transgender-inclusive policies
• Building community and fighting invisibility
• Protecting confidentiality
• Making bathrooms and locker rooms accessible
• Fighting for equality in sports teams
• Accessing health care
• Resources
• And an appendix with a Sample Model School Policy 

Co-produced by NYAC and Lambda Legal

These recommendations are broken down into three sections. The first section includes steps intake workers, case managers, social workers, youth supervisors, and others who have regular, direct contact with youth should take to improve the experiences of LGBT youth accessing services. The second section includes steps administrators should take to improve agency-wide culture and effectiveness in serving LGBT youth. The final section includes specific steps both administrators and youth workers should take to improve the experiences of youth in residential settings, whether these settings are emergency shelters or longer term transitional living.

Dated: April 2009

The National Safe Schools Partnership's recommendations to bridge the gap in federal law to promote school safety and improve student achievement for all students.

On July 28th, 2010, NYAC welcomed Ra'Shawn Flournoy, Internet Outreach Coordinator for AID Upstate in Greenville, SC for 'Best Practices in Internet Outeach.'  Below is more information about this presentation, including links to the actually listen/watch the presentation recording and resources shared.  We will continue to add resources to this site as we move forward, so please check back for more!  Please contact Shannon Murphy, Program Coordinator, at shannon@nyacyouth.org or (202) 319-7596 x24 if you have any questions or would like further assistance.  Click below for more info!

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has published "Bullying in Schools. Part of COPS' Problem- Specific Guide Series , the guide provides police with information about the causes and extent of bullying in schools and includes recommendations for developing practices and policies that promote student safety.