Navigating transprejudice: Chinese transgender students’ experiences of sexuality education in Hong Kong

Navigating transprejudice: Chinese transgender students’ experiences of sexuality education in Hong Kong

• Kwok, Kan Diana The Education University of Hong Kong
• Kwok, Kim Caritas Institute of Higher Education

Sex Education, 2021

Routledge

2021

• P Social Context of Education
  • PI Education of Girls & Women, Gender Roles; Gender; Femininities; Masculinities; Sexualities

Chinese Transgender Students Transprejudice Rights-based Sexuality Education Gender Minority Stress School Sexuality Education

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

Prior publications on sexuality education experiences have often focused on cisgender students. Few have studied transgender students’ experiences, particularly in East Asia, and none have addressed these issues in the Hong Kong Chinese context, where transgender human rights are a hotly debated issue, and injustice towards trans youth persists. Using the concepts of transprejudice and rights-based sexuality education, this paper identifies the non-inclusive and inclusive sexuality education experiences of Chinese transgender students as reported in data from qualitative interviews with eight trans students aged 16–20 years from secondary schools and a community college. We identified the following themes: 1) Left Out – being omitted and silenced; 2) Terrified and Distressed – being misgendered and misinformed; 3) Outraged – being pathologised and bullied; 4) Empowered: connecting trans-Inclusive and rights-based education; 5) Affirmed and Supported – engaging in trans-inclusive dialogue. The paper argues that rights-based gender diversity content needs to be included in the sexuality education curriculum to reduce transgender students’ feelings of marginalisation. It also speaks to the need for advocacy for non-prejudiced and inclusive sexuality education in Hong Kong. Copyright © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

• English

Journal Articles

• 14681811

• 10.1080/14681811.2021.1969908

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/760c0347

2021-12-03