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This is such a great question! I noticed that the Q'er is from the sciences so while I'm going to post some thoughts in response abt my experiences and try to add on as I think of things, I invite other people to chime in with what resources would be (or have been) helpful to you https://twitter.com/ErikaDNolte/status/1328053745343754240
1) I think one thing (humanities, possibly beyond) advisors can do is to be supportive of creative approaches and methodologies. I remember a meeting with my advisor where I very sheepishly admitted that I thought part of my dissertation (on Shakespeare performance) might have a
section on bathrooms, and I'll always remember her going, "You know, actually I think you should do MORE with the bathrooms" and feeling SO ELATED that she saw the connections I was making and didn't think I was absolutely bonkers.
If students are working in a new space making new connections interdisciplinarily based on currently evolving fields, there needs to be some flexibility about archives, historicism, methodologies, etc. It's gonna look weird. We weird. We like it weird.
okay 2) This might be obvious and goes for all grads and not just trans studies but fund conference opportunities. If your department doesn't have trans studies scholars, your trans studies students deserve opportunities to seek them out.
The back end of this is (3) use your professional affiliations to support trans studies institutionally--make it a panel, a seminar, a reading group; help make those opportunities available.
AND if that means giving ECRs and grads a spot at the table, a spot on the plenary, make it happen!
4) If there's some sort of Gender 101/allyship training available at your school, take it. A lot of profs think they are good on this stuff but then feel embarrassed later. Just take the training. It's good to learn.
5) Some schools and cities have good resource centers for trans and queer students or community members. Just being able to point students (who may be new to town) toward those spaces can be really helpful. [[Shoutout to the @GenderHealthSac, love of my life xoxox]]
(I'm going to keep updating this list, as I said feel free to add on and I'll try to boost!)
Also a note about being nonbinary: most nb people realize early on that we are just going to be misgendered by the majority of people every day of our lives. If a nonbinary student trusts you with their pronouns, it's not a burden. That's them inviting you to actually know them.
