Gender Diversity

Background

Gender Diversity was founded by transgender activist Aiden Key. ² Key helped organize the first “Family Conference for caregivers of gender-diverse children & teens” in 2007 with the Gender Spectrum Charitable Fund, commonly referred to as Gender Spectrum. ³

Publications

Gender Diversity promotes the book Trans Children in Today’s Schools, ⁴ written by Gender Diversity founder Aiden Key. ⁴ The book promotes itself as a resource on how to approach school leaders, teachers, and community members for parents who seek to support a transgender identity for their children. ⁵ The book is also framed as a resource for education systems that seek to advance pro-transgender positions. ⁵

Other examples of publications produced by Gender Diversity include Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, a 649-page guide designed as resource for communities and parents that seek to support the well-being of their transgender children. ⁶ The funds from the sale of the publication are used to support a non-profit organization by the same name, Trans Bodies ⁶ ,which in turn promotes free copies of the book and produces other transgender related publications. ⁷

K-12 Trainings

Gender Diversity’s K-12 trainings aim to persuade education systems that are generally not opposed to transgender students to becoming active supporters of transgender activism. ⁸

The provides education systems with guidance on how to implement policies supportive of transgender students’ desires relating to inclusion in bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports. ⁸ In addition to policy implementation, Gender Diversity provides education systems with  guidance on how to interact with parents who oppose such policies; guidance on how to resolve conflict with teachers, staff, or administrators who oppose such policies; and guidance on how to develop age-specific classroom instructions to ensure that other students comply with such policies. ⁸

Corporate Trainings

Gender Diversity’s corporate trainings guide businesses on how to develop gender transition programs for their employees; how to implement bathroom usage, dress code, health insurance, and other corporate policies desired by transgender employees; and guidance on legal obligations employees have toward transgender employees. ⁸

Leadership

Gender Diversity is led by its founder, transgender activist Aiden Key, who transitioned from female to male in 1999. ⁹ Key holds a bachelor’s degree from Antioch University. ¹⁰