1. Lunchbox Lessons: What’s the
T?
 WELCOME! Our Session will begin in 10 mins.

2. LUNCHBOX LESSONS:
What’s the T? 10 tips for work with T/GNC
Youth

3. Housekeeping
 Please silence your
mic.
 If you are on hangout,
please use the chat
box to ::raise hand:: or
signal for a question.
 If you are viewing via
the event or youtube
page please ask
questions on the event
wall.
 Speaking from a
Western lens.

4. What is Safe Spaces Project?
 Safe Spaces Project works with community-
based organizations to strengthen and create
welcoming spaces and resources that foster
the development and flourishing of Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer or
Questioning (LGBTQ) youth.

5. Why this is not an lgbTq
training…
 LGBQ & T/GNC are
often conflated
 T is tacked on
 Trans/GNC
experiences are
different

6. Trans/GNC Youth need adult allies1)

7.  How someone
thinks of their
gender.
 How someone
thinks of their
gender expression.
 Can also be LGB
but is not a given.
 Who someone is
emotional/sexually
attracted to.
Transgender and Gender Non-
Conformity
Lesbian, Gay, and
Bisexuality
2) Transgender and Gender Non-
Conforming is not LGB

8. 3) Gender Identity is different than
biological sex
I think I get it…
Gender identity:
How someone thinks of
their gender. It may mean
boy, girl, or something else
entirely.
Biological Sex:
The 3 G’s! (Genatalia,
Gonads, Genetics)
There are at least 16 types
of intersex conditions.

10. Gender Presentation is how we present our
gender to the world. This may be
masculine, feminine, androgynous, or
something else entirely.
Gender
Expression/Presentation
4) How you dress does not make/not
make
you trans…

11. 5) Transgender is…
So, how do I know?
Transgender:
Transgender is frequently used
as an umbrella term for anyone
diverging from the gender roles
that are associated with the
gender they were assigned at
birth.
Gender Non-Conforming
Gender non-conforming
commonly refers to
someone who is does not
identify themselves in the
way that they were assigned
at birth.

12. 6) Some Trans/GNC identities
are…
 FTM
 MTF
 Genderqueer
 Bigender
 Two-Spirit

13. 7) Pronouns are important
…and it’s okay to mess up
Acceptable Pronouns
• He/him
• She/her
• They/them
• Ze/hir
• Name only
• etc
DO NOT USE:
• Shim
• It
• Etc

14. 8) Gender is on a spectrum

15. 9) You have a gender and…

16. 10) T/GNC Youth Need Safe
Spaces
 A “safe space” is the
environmental
product of a
conscious set of
decisions and
actions taken by
individuals to promote
equality, fairness,
non-violence and
affirmation of the
unconditional value of
all peoples, where
youth are free to
grow, thrive and

17. +
shay(den) n. gonzalez
Training and Facilitation Director
shay@safespacesproject.org