LGBT Awareness & Yazidis

This year, three seniors set out to help trans youth in the high school by informing teachers in more depth about gender and how to approach the subject. These students encouraged teachers to use gender neutral terms in the classroom, such as “students” instead of “boys and girls,” and use “they” and “them” pronouns if their gender isn’t explicitly known, and create a safer environment for trans students. A meeting was held for teachers on how to approach gender in a way that makes transgender students comfortable. “Our goal is to make Medford High a more comfortable environment for transgender students.”

Along with the transgender awareness project, this group worked on promoting the Yazidis Campaign. “We believe that this is an important worldly issue. Yazidi girls our own age were being trafficked as sex slaves by ISIS, and we would like to raise more awareness about this worldly issue.” The started small, spreading posters around Medford High, then proceeding to branch out to three local schools nearby Medford.

Project done by Alieda Brenton, Danielle Le, and Christielie Etienne