Respect a person’s identity and self-label.
Create single stall bathrooms.
Say the words: Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender.
Do not use "-ed" at the end of "transgender".
Make no assumptions about gender identity or sexual orientation.
Do not assume a transgender person is all-knowing and/or wants to speak about TG issues.
Do not assume a transgender person can speak only about transgender, nor that it is or is not an issue at all.
Hand out TG102 wherever possible—make it available to all.
Use the word "children" instead of "boys and girls", "people" instead of "women and men".
Create/include a TG box on forms where gender is requested. Also, ask for "gender", not "sex".
10 ADVANCED ACTIONS
Ask questions about transgender issues.
Do not tokenize persons who are TG.
Talk to children about transgender issues.
Talk about gender roles you grew up with.
Review member policies for your men’s and women’s groups—do they make room to include transgender folks?
Realize that learning about gender is a life-long process. Do not divide groups (including in worship) into groups of men and women.
Do not ask the gender of a newborn child.
Experiment: Spend a day or week avoiding using pronouns when referring to someone important in your life.
Learn about the local laws regarding:
hate crimes
name changes
changing gender
discrimination (employment, housing…)
impersonation of a gender
from the OFFICE OF BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN, AND TRANSGENDER CONCERNS
Unitarian Universalist Association