Editing Transphobia (section)

===In education===
{{see also|Anti-LGBT curriculum laws in the United States}}
{{further|Censorship of school curricula in the United States}}
Within the school system, many transgender teens are harassed and mistreated with reported negative effects on both victim and the school's population in general.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title = Transgender Bullying: A National Epidemic|url = http://nobullying.com/transgender-bullying/|website = nobullying.com|access-date = 22 February 2016|language = en|archive-date = 25 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160325180022/http://nobullying.com/transgender-bullying/|url-status = dead}}</ref> Transgender youth frequently report fear and anxiety about using restrooms and locker rooms at school because of harassment by both peers and adults when using them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eusccr.com/10.%20national%20center%20for%20transgender%20equality.pdf |title=Peer Violence and Bullying Against Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth |date=May 2011 |access-date=30 December 2016 |website=National Center for Transgender Equality |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005200553/http://www.eusccr.com/10.%20national%20center%20for%20transgender%20equality.pdf |archive-date=5 October 2016 }}</ref> Over 80% of transgender teens report feeling unsafe in a school environment, more than 40% report having been physically abused, and over 65% report being bullied online or via social media.<ref name="auto"/> Such discrimination is generally underreported, and school officials may even participate in transphobic name-calling or [[victim-blaming]]. Additionally, administrative practices such as misgendering students in school records can contribute to transgender students' distress in school.<ref name="McGuire Anderson Toomey Russell pp. 1175–1188">{{cite journal | last1=McGuire | first1=Jenifer K. | last2=Anderson | first2=Charles R. | last3=Toomey | first3=Russell B. | last4=Russell | first4=Stephen T. | title=School Climate for Transgender Youth: A Mixed Method Investigation of Student Experiences and School Responses | journal=Journal of Youth and Adolescence | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=39 | issue=10 | date=29 April 2010 | issn=0047-2891 | doi=10.1007/s10964-010-9540-7 | pages=1175–1188| pmid=20428933 | s2cid=20838648 }}</ref>

A study done on Canadian high school students between December 2007 and June 2009 illustrated how the LGBTQ students felt unsafe at the school and were exposed to insults and discrimination by their peers and sometimes even by their teachers.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=Catherine |date=2011 |title=Final report on the first national climate survey on homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia in Canadian schools |hdl=10680/1265 |url=https://healtheducationresources.unesco.org/library/documents/every-class-every-school-final-report-first-national-climate-survey-homophobia}}</ref> Even heterosexual students and teachers fear attack by transphobia on account of supporting or having a transgender friend or family member.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}