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The National Sex Education Standards, developed by experts and advocacy groups, name gender identity as one of seven essential topics, alongside puberty, consent, sexual orientation and other subjects. And the federal government recommends that schools include gender identity in their sex education programs.

How should gender identity be taught in schools?

What Can Teachers Do? Do: Model gender inclusive language and behavior. Don’t categorize students by binary gender (e.g., line up by boys/girls). Do: Implement policies for non-discrimination and anti-harassment for gender diverse students.

Should sex education be taught in public schools?

Research has consistently shown that young people benefit from comprehensive, inclusive, sexual education in school. Sex ed doesn’t make kids more likely to have sex, but it does increase the odds that they’ll have safer sex.

What is inclusive language in sex education?

When discussing anatomy, remember that genitals do not equal gender; rather than using gendered language (such “boys’ bodies”), opt for language that focuses on anatomy and that acknowledges and includes trans bodies (such as “people/bodies with female anatomy” or “bodies with penises”).

When did gender and sex become different?

In the journals of the American Physiological Society, gender was first introduced into a title in 1982, whereas sex had been used since the early 1920s. It was not until the mid-1990s that use of the term gender began to exceed use of the term sex in APS titles, and today gender more the doubles that of sex (Table 1).

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/06/03/schools-gender-identity-transgender-lessons/#:~:text=The%20National%20Sex%20Education%20Standards,in%20their%20sex%20education%20programs.
• https://www.apa.org/ed/schools/primer/gender-identity#:~:text=What%20Can%20Teachers%20Do%3F,harassment%20for%20gender%20diverse%20students.
• https://www.verywellhealth.com/support-comprehensive-education-schools-3133083#:~:text=Research%20has%20consistently%20shown%20that%20young%20people%20benefit%20from%20comprehensive,they’ll%20have%20safer%20sex.
• https://www.healthyteennetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/Gender-Sexuality-Inclusive-Sex-Ed.pdf
• https://www.fraserhealth.ca/health-topics-a-to-z/school-health/sex-education-and-sexual-identity/gender-and-sexual-identity-in-schools#:~:text=It%20is%20important%20to%20acknowledge,and%20ultimately%20negative%20health%20outcomes.
• https://www.womenshealthmag.com/relationships/a36395721/gender-identity-list/