Gender School: Smash the Cis-tem

In our third Gender School: Smash the Cis-tem episode, we dive even deeper into the general data we collected. Specifically, we discuss our thoughts on the issues of inclusion, student feedback, and what we’re going to do as a team to introduce more gender inclusion into schools. Lastly, we have the other half of our team come onto the podcast to share a little bit about their process in creating a zine! General Podcast Description: Welcome to Gender School: Smash the Cis-tem! We are a diverse team of high school students working at OutFront MN focusing on researching and analyzing the impacts of gender inclusion policies in schools. A gender inclusion policy is a policy that articulates a district’s planned approach to accommodating the needs of transgender and gender-nonconforming students. This policy would outline steps of an action plan to address and remove gender inequities within a school or districts. Our goal is to implement gender inclusion policies in schools throughout Minnesota to ensure the…

In our second Gender School: Smash the Cis-tem episode we go over some of our data, interviews, and have conversations around them. We also talk about ways teachers and students can help support trans students and be good allies in helping work towards gender inclusion policies, and how they work. General Podcast Description: Welcome to Gender School: Smash the Cis-tem! We are a diverse team of high school students working at OutFront MN focusing on researching and analyzing the impacts of gender inclusion policies in schools. A gender inclusion policy is a policy that articulates a district’s planned approach to accommodating the needs of transgender and gender-nonconforming students. This policy would outline steps of an action plan to address and remove gender inequities within a school or districts. Our goal is to implement gender inclusion policies in schools throughout Minnesota to ensure the safety, educational, and social equity of transgender, gender non-conforming, and gender nonbinary students…

In our first Gender School: Smash the Cis-tem episode we have a conversation about what we wish we had access to in schools in order to make the spaces more gender inclusive. We talk through the question, what is it that actually makes school environments inclusive and safe for Trans and Non-binary students? With the help of Leah Jordan, the Educational Equity Consultant for Saint Paul Public Schools, we discuss and shed more light on what gender inclusion policies actually are and what they do for students across MN. General Podcast Description: Welcome to Gender School: Smash the Cis-tem! We are a diverse team of high school students working at OutFront MN focusing on researching and analyzing the impacts of gender inclusion policies in schools. A gender inclusion policy is a policy that articulates a district’s planned approach to accommodating the needs of transgender and gender-nonconforming students. This policy would outline steps of an action plan to address and remove gender inequities within a…

Welcome to Gender School: Smash the Cis-tem, a podcast with OutFront Minnesota Youth Researchers! Follow us as we dive into the experiences of LGBTQ+ youth in Minnesota schools and how gender inclusion policies could make their environments more transgender and non-binary inclusive. General Podcast Description: Welcome to Gender School; smashing the Cis-tem! We are a diverse team of high school students working at OutFront MN focusing on researching and analyzing the impacts of gender inclusion policies in schools. A gender inclusion policy is a policy that articulates a district’s planned approach to accommodating the needs of transgender and gender-nonconforming students. This policy would outline steps of an action plan to address and remove gender inequities within a school or districts. Our goal is to implement gender inclusion policies in schools throughout Minnesota to ensure the safety, educational, and social equity of transgender, gender non-conforming, and gender nonbinary students with the help…