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Students in Transition

Students in Transition. Michael a. Freeman, assistant.director , odi. Understanding our transgender students.

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Students in Transition

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  1. Students in Transition Michael a. Freeman, assistant.director, odi

  2. Understanding our transgender students • Transgenderis an umbrella term used to describe people whose gender identity (sense of themselves as male or female) or gender expression differs from that usually associated with their birth sex. Many transgender people live part-time or full-time as members of the other gender. Broadly speaking, anyone whose identity, appearance, or behavior falls outside of conventional gender norms can be described as transgender. However, not everyone whose appearance or behavior is gender-atypical will identify as a transgender person (APA, 2010).

  3. LGBTQQAIPS2 Students…really? • Information from previous presentation- • Sex = Gender = Sexual Orientation • Impact of “multiple minority identities”

  4. Students in “transition” • Transitioningfrom one gender to another is a complex process. People who transition often start by expressing their preferred gender in situations where they feel safe. They typically work up to living full-time as members of their preferred gender, by making many changes a little at a time. Gender transition typically involves adopting the appearance of the desired sex through changes in clothing and grooming, adoption of a name typical of the desired sex, change of sex designation on identity documents, treatment with cross-sex hormones, surgical alteration of secondary sex characteristics to approximate those of the desired sex (APA, 2010).

  5. Challenges for faculty/students • 1. Safety in the classroom (Policies) • 2. Success in the classroom (participation & pedagogy) • 3. Awareness of “your” students • 4. Understanding this population • 5. The “power” of a name • 6. The issue of “gender” • 7. Knowledge of resources (on and off-campus)

  6. Challenges outside the classroom • Understanding a new “way of being” • Safety • Restrooms • Health • Counseling • Name Changes • Housing • Support (Macro & Mezzo) • Finding community

  7. Faculty resources • Upcoming Training (FCTL/ODI) • Office of Diversity Initiatives (Michael Freeman, mafreema@mail.ucf.edu) • UCF Counseling Center David (Tredinnick, dtredinn@mail.ucf.edu) • Student Rights and Responsibilities (Patty MacKowan, pmackowan@mail.ucf.edu)

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