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A thread for anyone who instinctively wants to better support trans people, and understand transphobia, but is worried about getting things wrong and wondering where to start.
This is exactly where I was two years ago, when I joined @RoyalHistSoc .
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This is exactly where I was two years ago, when I joined @RoyalHistSoc .
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I applied for my job because I wanted to help the Society's equality work; the next project was looking at the experiences of LGBT+ histories.
The first meeting of the team was great! We had biscuits, a bag of Percy Pigs and I discovered I knew.... absolutely nothing.
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The first meeting of the team was great! We had biscuits, a bag of Percy Pigs and I discovered I knew.... absolutely nothing.
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In an hour I slid so fast down a Dunning-Kruger slope, and realised I needed to educate myself so that I could do the work. So I thought it might help to share some of the resources that helped me most. It's pretty random, but that's kind of the point.
So, where to start?
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So, where to start?
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Gender-neutral pronouns.
I totally recommend the NB: My Non-Binary Life podcast series: It's funny, serious, wide-ranging, and I learnt a huge amount from it but most importantly it made hearing and using they/them pronouns really easy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06y51dp/episodes/downloads
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I totally recommend the NB: My Non-Binary Life podcast series: It's funny, serious, wide-ranging, and I learnt a huge amount from it but most importantly it made hearing and using they/them pronouns really easy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06y51dp/episodes/downloads
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Reading work by trans authors.
CN Lester's Trans Like Me blew my mind. It made me look at childhood, and how we "protect" children in a totally new way.
It's a wonderful book, and also gave me the language to talk to my kids about gender: https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/cn-lester/trans-like-me/9780349008615/?v2=true
CN Lester's Trans Like Me blew my mind. It made me look at childhood, and how we "protect" children in a totally new way.
It's a wonderful book, and also gave me the language to talk to my kids about gender: https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/cn-lester/trans-like-me/9780349008615/?v2=true
Wow - you'd think after 2 years managing a professional social media account I could make a thread work 
The rest follows below! https://twitter.com/KatFoxhall/status/1362706005142999041?s=20
The rest follows below! https://twitter.com/KatFoxhall/status/1362706005142999041?s=20
