Why?

Recognising young people’s resilience, creativity and trans joy not only offers valuable nuance to representations of trans and gender diverse young people’s lived experiences but also supports a necessary shift from deficit to strength base frameworks.

We want to positively influence how future research is conducted by showing how different participatory methods can be used to purposefully produce knowledge together with trans and gender diverse youth.

We want to explore youth-centred perspectives on community connectedness which can inform and benefit social support services.

We want trans and gender diverse young people’s everyday life experiences to be included in childhood cultural research and learning resources.

We want to advocate for a rights-based approach to trans and gender diverse support and wellbeing.