LGBTQ+ Educator, Author, Speaker, and Consultant
Genny and Abbie Goldberg’s article on the gender identity and pronouns of incoming trans and nonbinary college students has been published in the International Journal of LGBTQ+ Youth Studies! We found significant differences in students identifying as trans and nonbinary by legal sex and citizenship status and less so by race. In terms of pronouns, …
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An article that Genny wrote based on their Common App research, “Fewer College Students Indicate They Are Nonbinary Amid Backlash,” was published in The Conversation on Sept. 11, 2024.
Genny was one of the higher education people asked by Inside Higher Ed to suggest a question that they would pose at the first presidential debate, if they were given the chance. Genny’s question: “Because of anti-DEI laws and policies, LGBTQ+ centers at state colleges and universities in Texas and Florida have been closed, and …
Genny worked with colleagues in the Consortium of Higher Ed LGBT Resource Professionals to develop recommendations for colleges and college departments for supporting their trans and nonbinary students. Every higher ed institution needs to be implementing these policies and practices.
Genny presented their research on the gender identities and pronouns of the more than one million students who filled out the Common App to attend college in Fall 2023 at the ACPA (American College Personnel Association) Conference. Their research findings are available here.
In the wake of students at Wellesley College voting overwhelmingly to urge the administration to admit trans men and nonbinary individuals, Genny was interviewed by the New York Times, the AP, and Scripps News Live about the experiences of trans students at historically women’s colleges.
For the Common Application, Genny wrote A Brief Guide to Common App’s Name, Sex, and Gender Questions for Member Institutions. Common App is the admissions form used by more than 1,000 colleges in the U.S. In 2021, Common App added optional questions asking gender identity and pronouns, and this guide suggests how colleges should use …
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Genny conducted an analysis of students’ gender identity, race, first-generation status, and pronoun responses on the Common App, the admissions form used by more than 1,000 colleges. Students entering college this fall were the first group to be given the opportunity to indicate their gender identity and pronouns on the form. The Campus Pride report, …
Genny was recently interviewed by Best Colleges on how trans high school students can know if a college is going to be supportive of them. See the video here.
Genny’s article, “Legal Fights Persist over Policies that Require Teachers to Refer to Trans Students by Their Chosen Pronouns,” was published in The Conversation.
