“Educators teach about biology and the human bodies in ways that does not reinforce gender binaries, and includes intersex people,” they explain. It’s your brain, and you tell us and the rest of the world what feels right to you.'”įor students in grades 6-8, teachers are instructed to “ mindful of vocabulary and use visuals such as GLSEN’s Gender Triangle to distinguish between gender identity, gender expression, and bodies.” Or maybe you feel like a girl or a boy today, but later that word doesn’t seem to fit. Maybe none of these words feel like you today. If you don’t feel like a boy or a girl, you might just identify as a person. A suggested lesson for upper elementary students in grades 3-5 is GLSEN’s “ Identity Flowers“, which “encourages students to explore their own identities and personal experiences with race, culture, ability, family structure, religion or spirituality, and gender identity and expression.”Īs part of this exercise, teachers are instructed to “Tell students, ‘Gender identity is how you identify and see yourself.
