I International Conference • Naizen • Trans children and youth

“Underpinning support with knowledge ”

The growing social controversy around trans children and youth requires spaces for discussion and joint reflection from different perspectives (sociological, psicological, sexological, psychiatric, educational, endocrinological, etc.); along with greater exchange and debate between academia, professional and experiential knowledge, with the common purpose of addressing and supporting the needs that emerge in the biographical processes of these children and youth. Generating interdisciplinary dialogue is needed in order to advance in understanding these realities, above any possible epistemological and theoretical discrepancies or, perhaps it would be better to say, thanks to the wealth of different perceptions and perspectives.

With this simple goal of understanding the reality of trans children and youth in order to be able to support them as best as possible, we are pleased to present this I International Conference Naizen on trans children and youth which will be a meeting point for representatives of different fields: research, education, social education and social work, psychology, sexology, psychiatry, endocrinology, sociology, administration, etc., activists, trans persons, family members and people interested in and engaged with the situation of trans children and youth.

The different panels and lectures will address such important issues as the current state-of-the-art of the research, reflecting on what can be considered as evidence and what evidence is currently available on trans children and youth; the different theoretical perceptions and perspectives; support from the health services; support by schools; changing directions in transitions; and non-binary realities. There will also be space for firsthand experiences and for hearing the voice of family associations.