Schools involved in this project met in Mága on Septembre 23th till 25th to get ready. We all have the best intentions when working on LGTB. However, it is desiderable to meet people who have been working before on this topic to avoid doing mistakes or giving our students a wrong information, and that’s what we did.
We want to thanks Erasmus Student Network (ESN), Chrysallis Andalucía, IES Politécnico Jesús Marín Apoyo Positivo for their generosity at sharing their knowledge and experience with us. Not only they have reviewed our Must and Never Code, but also they provided us with the materials we needed. They came to our highschool and led part of this training.
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| Working with Chrysallis Andalucia |
Here it is the result
MUST AND NEVER CODE
Making visible and normalizing. To normalize does not mean to silence or hide. On the contrary. Prejudices and fears come very often from ignorance. It is necessary to make LGTB community visible in a natural way.
Breaking down stereotypes. Providing LGTB models to our students, such as mathematicians, engineers, politicians… will help to reject false stereotypes.
EMPATHY. We ask our trans students for patience so that teachers can get used to the new identity of the person who has expressed their gender identity. The transgender person has been patient her/his whole life and may show impatience with any delay in recognising their professed identity. You should try to put yourself in their shoes, not expect them to put themselves in the teachers’ shoes.
To present different ways of living and families, so everybody would feel accepted.
Never push a student to come out. Everybody has the right to choose when or where.
Remove administrative barriers for our trans-students.
Never justify the disrespectful behaviour
Zero tolerance with those who show any LGTBphobic attitude.
Use of inclusive language:
Never use words with negative connotations towards LGBT, such as don’t be a ladybug/fag, don’t be a Tomboy/butch, be a man!, Sit like a lady.
Avoid presupposing heterosexuality in students (“students may come with their girlfriends” by “Students may come with their partners”).
Pay attention to the materials used in the formations. It is also frequently observed that, even with the best intentions, educational materials have sometimes serious mistakes. Instead of repeating false myths, let’s work with people who know this reallity first-hand.
Keep always watching. It is not enough to dedicate specific days to activities for sexual diversity, we have to work always according to criteria of inclusiveness, equality and diversity.
This Code has been elaborated with the help of the following agents: Apoyo Positivo, Chrysallis Andalucía and Erasmus Student Network during the Short-Term Training activities for LGTB at School Erasmus project. Erasmus KA229-064648_1
This Code has already been puvlished in our school. IT IS OUR AIM TO BECOME 100% LGTBFRIENDLY 0%LGTBPHOBIC
