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We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

Things are really tough as a trans person right now and guidelines and policies often fall short of meaningful support. I am so proud to have created these resources and I hope that they will help a lot of people. Guidelines actually written by trans people are so important!

It really means a lot to share these through our University website too. These kind of public-facing resources are far too rare, despite that institutional visibility being hugely important!

If you want a six minute summary of how to support trans+ fieldworkers, then why not check out this video we made (voiced by the incredible @izzyvalkyrie.bsky.social)?

A very well produced and informative video. Great work and thanks for sharing.

Massive thanks to everyone who has been involved with creating these resources! To @niftyfoxcreative.bsky.social for the graphics, to MotusTV for the video, to Research England for the funding, to our focus groups, and, of course to my co-authors @zebracki.bsky.social & @tilenkolar.bsky.social

Please share these guidelines for trans-inclusive fieldwork as far as you can. Sharing this thread is great but the biggest impact would be sending inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans directly to your colleagues, networks, professional societies, journalists, and friends. Thank you! 🏳️‍⚧️