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<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">I checked in with Carmen and Dani on this. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Carmen was able to add some additional clarity
below:</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">There are two different data points in play here. </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">1.</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Gender Identity (part of sexual orientation and gender identity)</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">a.</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">The data you provided below with the non-binary option is gender identity.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">2.</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Legal Sex</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">a.</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Legal Sex allows for the third option of X. The SOGI committee opted to use the description of “Not exclusively
male or female” for Sex ‘X’ because it aligns with the state’s RCW. A third sex option of ‘X’ is allowable on the WA birth certificate or driver’s license.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Does that help? There’s always confusion between gender identity and legal sex. I still get asked why we did not use the
description of ‘non-binary’ for the legal sex ‘X’ variable, and the reason is that we wanted to distinguish this data from gender identify = non-binary <u>and</u> to align with the WA state RCW.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Regarding the question “</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Are
colleges able to remove/add questions related to this?” </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">The answer is no, these are globally configured values.
Unless I’m misunderstanding the question…</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Does that answer your questions?</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thanks,</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Carmen</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 7, 2023 11:59 AM<br>
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Just heard back from Grant, Deputy Director of IT and here is his response. It does make me wonder if colleges are able to modify these sections and add/remove parts:</div>
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<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:rgb(36,36,36)"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:rgb(36,36,36)">I just logged in to the system… and I see ‘Non-binary’ as an
option. I do not see: “Not Exclusively Male or Female”</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:rgb(36,36,36)">Here are the Gender Identity Values in the system:</span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0px; background-color:whitesmoke"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:15pt; color:black"><b>Gender Identity Values</b></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"><b>A Gender Identity not listed</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:black">A gender identity not listed here.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"><b>Female (Cisgender)</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:black">Someone who identifies as female.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"><b>Gender Fluid</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:black">Denoting or relating to a person who does not identify themselves as having a fixed
gender. Gender fluid refers to someone whose gender is fluid and fluctuates between two or more genders.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"><b>Gender Non-conforming</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:black">Gender expression that does not conform to societal norms.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"><b>Intersex</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:black">A person whose internal or external sexual organs, chromosomes, or other biological
features are neither exclusively male or female at birth.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"><b>Male (Cisgender)</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:black">Someone who identifies as male.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"><b>More than one gender identity</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:black">More than one gender identity.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"><b>Non-binary</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:black">A person who does not identify as either male or female. Gender identity is not seen
as a binary.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"><b>Prefer not to answer</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:black">Prefer not to answer.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"><b>Questioning</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:black">The questioning of one¿s gender, sexual identity, sexual orientation, or all three
is a process of exploration by people who may be unsure, still exploring, and concerned about applying a social label to themselves for various reasons.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"><b>Transgender Female</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:black">A transgender female is someone who was assigned male at the time of birth, but later
identifies as female.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"><b>Transgender Male</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:black">A transgender male is someone who was assigned female at the time of birth, but later
identifies as male.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; color:black"><b>Two-Spirit</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left; margin:0px; background-color:white"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; color:black">Two-Spirit is a term used by some indigenous North Americans to describe gender-variant
individuals in their communities, specifically people within indigenous communities who are seen as having both male and female spirits within them. It is also frequently used to describe individuals who do not identify as heterosexual or straight.</span></p>
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not sure where the question came from, but these are global values that apply to all.</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 3, 2023 3:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DEOC@lists.ctc.edu <deoc@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> consuelo.grier <consuelo.grier@bellevuecollege.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Question about Gender Markers in CTCLink</font>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 3, 2023 3:52 PM<br>
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gender marker X was included in the decision-making process about the "legal" "sex" options, and I still don't understand why "Nonbinary" was changed back to "Not Exclusively Male or Female." </i></span></div>
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group involved or advocating for changes in CTCLink or have info on the non-binary option changing to the "not exclusively male or female"? </span></div>
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