Our report, "Schools In Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools" is geared toward the needs of all students, kindergarten through twelfth grade, and incorporates recommendations that will allow schools to tailor plans to the particular circumstances of the student and school. The guide includes:

• Information about basic concepts of gender. It is critical that those supporting a transgender or other Gender-expansive child understand the complexity of gender.
• The importance of Gender identity and the harm society suffers when any students are marginalized at school.
• General guidelines for meeting the needs of transgender students, including intentionality and an awareness of the trade-offs inherent in any decisions about a student’s transition.
• Specific issues affecting transgender youth, including the use of chosen names and pronouns, student confidentiality and student records, restroom and locker room access, sports and other sex-separated activities and harassment or bullying.
• Best practices for working with unsupportive parents or parents who disagree about the appropriate response to their child’s expressed gender identity. It also addresses how special education plans can be used to help transgender students.
• Overview of the legal landscape that administrators, educators, parents and students should be aware of as they work together to create a safe and supportive school environment for all students.