Centennial School District 28j

If you are experiencing discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, you have the ability to report it to a trusted adult at your school. Your school should take action to stop the harassment and provide you support.

Sometimes people make an honest mistake, but teachers and school staff should not deadname you (call you by the wrong name) or misgender you (use the wrong pronouns or gender) on purpose after you ask for your asserted name and pronouns to be used.

You have the ability to express your identity through speech and clothes and to speak about your beliefs. This includes how you dress at school every day as well as for dances, graduation, and other school events. Your school should not single out or make different rules for students based on their gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

It can be helpful to take notes of any incident of harassment and ask a trusted adult or community organization if you need help with reporting. Your school should take action to stop the harassment and provide you support.

You have the option to be out and proud, when and how you choose. You also have the option to keep your gender identity and sexual orientation private. Parents and guardians may have the ability to see school records, but your school should not out you to anyone if you tell them not to.²

You have the ability to change your first name in your school record and student information system, without legal documentation.

You have the ability to change your sex/gender marker in your school record and student information system, without legal documentation. Schools are required to offer Nonbinary (X), Female (F), and Male (M) options for all students and staff.

You have the ability to use school restrooms and changing rooms that align with your gender identity or safety needs. If you feel safer or more comfortable using a private space, or if you’d like to use a separate space for a short period of time, you can request that—but your school should not force or pressure you into using a separate restroom or locker room if you don’t want to.

Instructional materials (e.g., books, textbooks, and lesson plans) and practices (e.g., the language or activities your teacher uses) should be inclusive and affirming of LGBTQ2SIA+ people. You have the ability to attend your school district’s school board meetings when votes on instructional materials are being considered and make your voice heard.

If you’re not a boy or a girl and there are only boys’ and girls’ options, you can request which option is most safe and affirming for you.

You have the ability to date who you want, if you want, regardless of gender, and go with your date to school events. If you are following otherwise legal school rules, your school should not treat you differently than other couples because you’re LGBTQ2SIA+.

You have the ability to form a GSA (Gender Sexuality Alliance) or another type of LGBTQ2SIA+ student-focused club and to have it be recognized the same as any other groups recognized by your school. Your school should not create special policies or practices that apply to GSAs but not other clubs.

If you are 15 or older, you have the ability to seek gender-affirming healthcare from an Oregon medical provider. If you are younger than 15, your parent or guardian has the ability to request it for you.

If you are 14 or older, you have the ability to seek mental health services for yourself.³

You have the ability at any age to access birth-control related information and services, including testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) by yourself.⁴