Read the feature, "Goodwill Not Enough," and learn more about what can be done to support transgender students in school settings. Listen to the Harvard EdCast with Jeff Perrotti: Supporting Transgender Students.

And check out Connie Schultz's column in The Cleveland Plain Dealer:
http://www.cleveland.com/schultz/index.ssf/2010/10/schooling_schools_on_acceptanc.html

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Jeff Perrotti is the founding director of the Safe Schools Program for LGBTQ Students, a collaboration of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth. He is the co-author with Kim Westheimer of the book, When the Drama Club is not Enough. Jeff conducts workshops on sexual orientation and gender identity for school administrators, counselors, nurses, coaches, teachers, parents, and students. He facilitated the development of DESE's pioneering Guidance on Gender Identity and has assisted numerous schools and families in orchestrating a thoughtful, comprehensive, and successful process when transgender students have transitioned their gender. Jeff is the recipient of several awards, including the Distinguished Service Award from the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, the Michael J. Kane Friend of Education Award from the Massachusetts School Administrators’ Association, the Michael J. Kane Wellness Award from the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, and the Leadership in Suicide Prevention Award from the Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention. Jeff teaches and advises students at Harvard University, and  his work has been featured on ESPN, Italian Rai International Radio, 20/20 with Anderson Cooper, and in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and Harvard Ed. Magazine.

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