Transgender Sample Clauses
A Transgender clause defines the rights, protections, or accommodations afforded to transgender individuals within the context of the agreement. This clause may specify non-discrimination policies, access to facilities that align with an individual's gender identity, or procedures for updating personal records to reflect a person's affirmed gender. Its core function is to ensure inclusivity and prevent discrimination based on gender identity, thereby fostering a respectful and equitable environment.
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Transgender. A general term that refers to a person whose gender identity differs from the person’s sex assigned at birth. A transgender person may or may not have a gender expression that is different from the social expectations of the sex assigned at birth. A transgender person may or may not identify as “transsexual.”
Transgender. UWS is developing a Trans Equality Policy for staff and students at UWS to ensure the University meets its inclusive objectives and to align areas of work already undertaken to support trans staff and students. UWS works in partnership to raise awareness and understanding of trans issues. A partnership between UWS, SAUWS, and the DEAR Alliance, which is the Renfrewshire Equality and Diversity group, promotes awareness of support mechanisms for transpersons within and outwith the University. The UWS Equality and Organisational Development Officer is the lead officer and works particularly closely with Admissions, Student Administration and Student Services to ensure staff in front-line support roles for applicants and students to ensure the right support is available. E-learning tools are being considered to help increase the training available for staff across the University. The Head of Trans Inclusion for Stonewall was the keynote speaker at the UWS Inspiring Women conference series, and this successful event raised awareness and increased understanding of the prejudices faced by transgender people. This allowed conversations to take place and supported to the development of appropriate training, policy and procedures to support transgender staff and students. The review of transgender policies will inform the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index. UWS has been involved with Stonewall since 2018 and has set up a Stonewall working group. A lecturer in the School of Education is now the deputy chair for the TransEDU network, ensuring UWS is aware of, and shaping, trans policy in education across Scotland.
Transgender. An individual whose gender identity does not align with their biologically assigned sex at birth. PSF – Project San Francisco. Primary site of research and data collection. HDI – Health Development Initiative. Secondary site of research and data collection. AFAB/AMAB – Assigned Female at Birth/Assigned Male at Birth – Each of these refers to an individual’s biologically assigned sex, not their gender or gender identity. MSM – Men who have Sex with Men WSW – Women who have Sex with Women Passing – A term typically relating to transgender individuals, though it can also pertain to gay men and lesbian, meaning that they are able to be seen as the gender with which they self- identify. An example of this would be a transgender female (someone who was assigned male at birth) being recognized in public as a female (HHS, 2012).