Hello! Next week there's a trans person joining my club for training. Because I´m not trans and don't have anyone close to me that I know is trans I was wondering if I could get some suggestions on how to support them. We've never had a trans person here so this is might be kinda new for lots of people. I know some general stuff like I should probably ask them for their pronouns and which changing room they wanna use (we only got one for men and one for women, so I was thinking if they're not comfortable they can use the restroom for people with a disability thats right around the corner in the same building). So aside from that, any suggestions?

PS I know this is a transfem community and I don't know the identity of this person but this was the largest trans community I could find, if theres a better place to ask lemme know!

Edit: I don't wanna share which sport exactly cus of privacy but its not a team sport so at least at training there won't be any separation based on gender

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[–] 11 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

Do they present very obviously as masculine or feminine? If so, then treat them no differently than you'd treat anyone of that gender. Let them use whatever changing room they decide to go into and don't beat them up or have them jailed for doing it. That's all most of us want. Treat us like anyone else. If we need something special, just like anyone else, we'll ask for it if you treat us with respect and thus we feel safe doing so, just like anyone else.

Safety is usually our main concern, so create a space where we don't feel singled out or treated like we're trans at all, treat us like our gender like anyone else.

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