Posted on 24. October 2011 in Legal Gender Recognition

“…And Others!”  Argumentation Training for Transgender Inclusion in Europe – A ‘Good Practice’ Toolkit for Trans* Activists and Allies Working for Trans* Equality, Rights and Inclusion

The toolkit provides arguments and ideas for counter-arguments to inspire advocating for trans* people’s rights. This toolkit looks particularly into the fields of:

  • Gender Recognition and Family and Relationship Recognition
  • Healthcare
  • Employment
  • Media Representation
  • Hate Crime
  • Engaging with Government Civil Servants

A Glossary explains how the project team understands a number of terms that are used throughout the toolkit.

>>>> Download the toolkit here  (19 MB) <<<

Adobe Acrobat Reader ™ is required to view the toolkit, which can be downloaded for free at this website.

 

Order your own Copy!

If you wish to receive a copy of the activists toolkit, please write to TGEU Secretary, Maria (secretary@tgeu.org) given the number of copies you want and the full postal address, where to send the copies to!

 

Comments from trans activists on the tool-kit

Governments and equality bodies should support use of the toolkit.” (Hillary, Scotland)
“Great piece of work” (Harry, UK)
“We need to educate our own communities about existing rights and things we can do ourselves like recording hate crime” (Dutch activist)
How do opponents to trans equality behave and, think? We need to understand their views  and suggest solutions in a language they can understand. (M., Finland)

 

This toolkit has been developed in the framework of the learning partnership “…and Others!” Argumentation Training for Transgender Inclusion in Europe

This publication is a part of the EU LLP Grundtvig Learning Partnership “…and Others! Argumentation Training for Transgender Inclusion in Europe” with support from the European Commission.
This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.