Acompanying trans and non-binary students

Trans* and non-binary students are often less open about their identity at school or university than other LGBTIQA+ students. They also face specific challenges due to transphobia in society in general and by their peers. Even though in many countries or regions protocols exist for supporting trans* students at school, teachers and schools are often unaware, and even if they are aware, have little idea about the lived reality of trans* and non-binary students and the unique challenges they face.

These workshops or courses are aimed at equipping teachers with knowledge and tools to help them acompany trans* and non-binary students, and to reflect on their own cisgender privileges.

  • Introducing the Genderbread Person v6.0

    22/10/2023 - 17:05

    The Genderbread Person has been around for quite a while as a nice tool to explain gender, sex, and sexual orientation. The website https://www.itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/ has as latest version v4.0, which is from 2017, and which I feel falls short on several aspects. This is why I created version 5.0 in December 2022, and now I created this slightly improved version – version 6.0. I am aware that it will fall short on several aspects, but I feel I can explain my own gender and attraction much better using this version than version 4.0.

  • A trans inclusive education in gender equality

    02/09/2023 - 18:48

    Too often, gender equality is interpreted only as equality between (cis) men and (cis) women. Binary trans people, let alone non-binary, gender fluid, or agender people, are not imagined. The 'T' in LGBTIQA+ (both 'Q' - queer - and 'A' - asexual and/or aromantic - are usually omitted) is relegated to sexual diversity education. Only, the 'T' - trans - has much to do with gender identity and little to do with sexuality.