The following resources and studies confirm the need for school board policies that explicitly protect trans* and gender creative students.

• Public Health Agency of Canada: Questions & Answers: Gender Identity in Schools
• Canadian Teachers Federation: Supporting Transgender & Transsexual Students in Schools
• EGALE Canada: Every Class in Every School: First National Climate Survey on Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia in Canadian Schools

If you’d like to learn more about supporting trans* and gender creative kids, please see Gender Diversity 101.