Teacher Responses to SOGI & Social Transition in Canadian K-12 Schools

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* 1. Are you a Canadian K-12 teacher working with children or adolescents who are exposed to sexual orientation and gender identity issues and materials at school? If "yes" please complete the survey. If "no" please skip to the end of the survey where you can leave your comments. Thank you.

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* 2. In which Canadian province or territory do you teach within K-12 schools?

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* 3. How long have you been teaching in Canada?

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* 4. What age ranges do you teach?

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* 5. What is the average class size in the school you currently teach at?

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* 6. To your knowledge, how many of the students that you work with under age 18 identify as transgender, non-binary or another gender identity and have socially transitioned (change of name, pronouns, request for opposite washroom use, etc.) at school?

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* 7. Do you withhold information about the gender social transition (change of name, pronouns, request for opposite washroom use, etc.) of students under age 18 from their parents, according to your school’s policies around gender identity and expression?

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* 8. Are you required to withhold information about the gender social transition (change of name, pronouns, request for opposite washroom use, etc.) of students under age 18 from their parents, according to your school’s policies around gender identity and expression?

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* 9. If you answered yes to question 7, do you agree with these policies?

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* 10. If you disagree with these policies, have you expressed your
concerns or discomfort to your school’s administration?

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* 11. If you answered “yes” to question 9, how satisfied were you
with their response and support?

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* 12. To your knowledge, how many of the students you work with under age 18 who identify as transgender, non-binary or another gender identity have accessed gender affirming medical care, including GnRH Agonists (puberty blockers), synthetic sex hormones (ie. testosterone and estrogen) or surgeries (ie. bilateral mastectomy and vaginoplasty)?

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* 13. Do you agree with gender affirming medical interventions for
children under age 18?

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* 14. Does the school you teach at have a Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) club available to students?

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* 15. Is it mandatory, according to your school's gender identity and expression guidelines, to provide a Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) club to students?

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* 16. Does the school you teach at have washrooms and changerooms that are not sex-segregated available to students?

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* 17. In the school you teach at, how would you best describe the presence of progress, gender identity and/or sexual orientation, and "safe space" flags, posters, banners, etc., on the walls, in classrooms, in the gym, on flag poles, etc.?

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* 18. Are you required to share sexual orientation and gender identity materials (books, videos, worksheets, assignments, presentations) with the students you teach?

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* 19. If you answered yes to question 17, do you feel that any of the sexual orientation and gender expression materials you have been asked to share with students are inappropriate for the age of the children you teach?

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* 20. Does the school you teach at welcome third party organizations (ie. Planned Parenthood, Pflag Canada, Get REAL, etc.) to give presentations and provide materials regarding sexual orientation and gender identity to students?

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* 21. Do you feel that sharing sexual orientation and gender identity materials in K-12 schools is overall helpful to students?

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* 22. If you answered “no” to question 20, have you expressed your concern or discomfort with your school’s administration?

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* 23. If you answered “yes” to question 21, how satisfied were you with their response and support?

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* 24. What is your current comfort level as a teacher regarding sexual orientation and gender identity materials in Canadian K-12 schools?

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* 25. What is your current comfort level as a teacher regarding the gender social transition of students in Canadian K-12 schools?

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* 26. As a Canadian teacher, would you welcome an in depth review of your school board's policies around gender identity and gender expression?

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* 27. Please use this space to add your comments.

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