Teachers who ”try to be progressive”? Trans and non-binary young people’s experiences in school in Sweden

Summary, in English

In this presentation, I will discuss results from a study with young trans and non-binary people on their experiences in school in Sweden. On the one hand, I am interested in the production of vulnerability through and within schools (rather than showing (off) trans and non-binary young people as the wound). Here, Natacha Kennedy’s terminology of cultural cis-genderism, Iwo Nord, Signe Bremer Gagnesjö and Erika Alm’s discussion of cis-normativity and Dean Spade’s concept of administrative violence are helpful. On the other hand, I want to look at moments and contexts where young trans and non-binary people are not made vulnerable. These are moments when teachers used trans-inclusive pedagogies and when structures were in place or set in motion that allowed the trans and non-binary young people to participate in their education without being excluded, and allowed their classmates to learn more about gender.

• Author: Irina Schmitt
• Department/s: Department of Gender Studies
• Publishing year: 2019-11-14
• Language: English
• Document type: Conference paper: abstract
• Topic: Social Sciences; Educational Sciences; Gender Studies
• Keywords: trans; transgender; non-binary; school; education; Sweden; teachers; cisnorm; administrative violence; cultural cis-genderism
• Conference name: Trans, non-binary and Intersex (in) Education - <br/>The 7th Nordic Transgender Studies network symposium
• Conference date: 2019-11-14 - 2019-11-15
• Conference place: Lund, Sweden
• Status: Published
• Project: Young trans* and intersex peoples' experience of school