‘BEING LGBT IN SCHOOL’
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4.3 HOW SHOULD THE SCHOOL RESPOND?<br />
4.4 PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS 19<br />
4.4.1 Terminology and language<br />
4.4.2 School register and official documents<br />
4.4.3 Single-gender activities<br />
4.4.4 School uniforms<br />
4.4.5 Physical Education and sport<br />
4.4.6 Toilets and Changing rooms<br />
4.5 SUPPORT ARRANGEMENTS 23<br />
4.5.1 Staff training<br />
4.5.2 Student education<br />
4.5.3 Transition plan<br />
4.5.4 Changing schools<br />
4.5.5 Gender transition in a single-sex school<br />
5. KEY ROLES <strong>IN</strong> SUPPORT OF <strong>LGBT</strong> STUDENTS 30<br />
5.1 THE ROLE OF PR<strong>IN</strong>CIPALS AND OTHER SCHOOL LEADERS 30<br />
5.1.1 Working with parents/guardians<br />
5.1.2 Parents/guardians of <strong>LGBT</strong> students<br />
5.1.3 Parents/guardians of other students<br />
5.1.4 Different family forms<br />
5.1.5 Relationships between students<br />
5.1.6 Staff members who are <strong>LGBT</strong><br />
5.2 THE ROLE OF THE ‘RELEVANT’ TEACHER 35<br />
5.2.1 The role of the ‘relevant teacher’ in the anti-bullying policy<br />
5.2.2 Responsibilities of the relevant teacher as outlined by the DES anti-bullying procedures<br />
5.2.3 The relevant teacher and homophobic and transphobic bullying<br />
5.2.4 How to encourage reporting amongst vulnerable students<br />
5.2.5 Advantages of providing for anonymous reporting<br />
5.2.6 Responding to reported incidents of homophobic and transphobic bullying<br />
5.2.7 GLEN Sample form for students to report bullying behaviour<br />
5.3 THE ROLE OF GUIDANCE COUNSELLORS 41<br />
5.3.1 Working with individual students<br />
5.3.2 General points for guidance counsellors in working with <strong>LGBT</strong> students<br />
5.3.3 If a student comes out in a one-to-one situation<br />
5.3.4 Working with students who are questioning their <strong>LGBT</strong> identity<br />
5.4 THE ROLE OF CLASS TEACHERS 45<br />
‘Being <strong>LGBT</strong> in School’