Prevention and combating cyber bullying and internet violence among youth

Prevention and combating cyber bullying and internet violence among youth
– manual for youth workers –
Workshop 3: Cis* in trans* world story
Imagine you are 13 and grow as a cis* person in world where all are trans*. Your teacher is
trans*, your tennis instructor, your aunt, your brother...
You're going to the school library and trying to find information about what is normal. You
find a book, but do not dare to take it, because you are afraid what is written in it.
Every year, there is a party organized in the school. What will you do? You're leaving because
you do not want people think you're weird or different. On the party, girls are dancing with
girls, boys with boys, boys are dressed as girls and girls as boys. You wonder what will you do
if your partner and you are too close? What happens if you kiss? What if everyone founds out
about your gender identity? Some people say that it is a sin to be cis*. How do you feel when
people speak in the church/mosque/synagogue/temple where you are going?
Now you are 18. At a nearby newsstand you see a magazine with cis* news in the headline.
You ignored your fear and shame, and you bought the magazine. You are hiding the magazine
and carrying it home. You read about a new club in town for young cis* people and decide to
go there. Finally, you go to the club and you meet people who are like you. Young men and
women dance together, talk to each other.
After a few months, you decide to live together with your partner, but you should be careful, in
the evening you have to put curtains on your window, because the owner of the apartment can
accidentally see you, who is also a trans*.
Unfortunately one day your partner is hit by a car. You run to the hospital, but you cannot go
into the room, and you stay and look through the glass to your loved one, who is full of bruises
and fractures. A sign on the door says that the entrance is allowed only to partners and family.
How can you see your partner?
Do you need to tell all these people that this person is your partner?
Will it affect their care for your partner?
What will you do?
Now, slowly open your eyes.
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