Giving Compass' Take:

· Education Dive explains that schools are still supporting options for trans students despite the recent attempts from the Trump administration to redefine gender and limit choices.

· How would the removal of Title IX protections for transgender students affect the school environment? How can schools encourage an accepting environment for all students?

· Here's how educators can support transgender students and their rights. 

Instead of allowing individuals to choose how they wish to identify, the Trump administration's proposal would legally define gender as a biological trait determined solely by genitalia at birth. For transgender people who don't identify with their biological sex, or individuals who don't wish to conform to a gender or who identify as non-binary, this redefinition would make them unrecognized by the federal government if it took effect.

The proposal, which could affect at least 1.4 million adults and hundreds of thousands of students in the U.S., has drawn outrage from advocates and members of the LGBT community, who say the government is trying to erase them from existence. And it's not the first jab the president has made at transgender students since he took office: In February 2017, he rescinded protections that allowed transgender students to use the bathroom corresponding with their chosen gender identity.

As noted, protections remain at the state and local level in some instances. Winn-Ritzenberg noted, for example, that in New York City schools, students can expect to have certain protections like being able to use facilities that correspond with their identity, file discrimination complaints against other students or staff, and have people respect their names and pronouns.

Read the full article about trans students by Jessica Campisi at Education Dive.