The transgender guide to sex and relationships
A course for transgender adults.
Nau mai, haere mai
What you'll learn
How to use this course
Welcome to chapter one
Let's get started
Foundations: As your journey begins, how confident are you?
Sexual well-being
A little history
What is transphobia?
Recognising & deconstructing power
Stereotypes, stigma, and discrimination 101 quiz
Content note
Creating our own narratives
Bad narratives
Activity: Exploring your attractions
What's next?
Foundations: How has your confidence grown?
Welcome to chapter two
Let's get started
Self: As your journey begins, how confident are you?
Anatomy and physiology intro
What happens in utero?
Genital Development
What we call our genitals
Content note
My body, my words
Using workbooks
What do bodies mean? (Read online)
What do bodies mean? (Interactive PDF & print version)
Glorious bodies
My intersex self
Your second workbook
Feeling myself (Read online)
Feeling myself (Interactive PDF & Print)
What's next?
Self: How has your confidence grown?
Welcome to chapter three
Communication: As your journey begins, how confident are you?
Consent
Activity: Tea exercise
Trauma triggers
Coping with trauma (Read online)
Coping with trauma (Interactive PDF & Print)
Listening: The right tools for the job (Read online)
Listening: The right tools for the job (Interactive PDF & Print)
Active listening 101
Healthier arguments
Making an argument plan (Read online)
Making an argument plan (Interactive PDF & Print)
What's next?
Communication: How has your confidence grown?
Welcome to chapter four
Relationships: As your journey begins, how confident are you?
Relationship Variety
Building a relationship
Dating a trans person 101 - tips for partners
It's your choice - personal autonomy chart
What's important to me
My bottom lines for autonomy worksheet (Read online)
My bottom lines for autonomy (Interactive PDF & Print)
Solving relationship issues
Activity: Download this flowchart to make a decision with a friend
Recognising unhealthy relationship dynamics
Ending an abusive relationship
Safety action plan worksheet (Read online)
Safety action plan worksheet (Interactive PDF & Print)
What's next?
Relationships: How has your confidence grown?
Welcome to chapter five
Safer sex: As your journey begins, how confident are you?
Content note
Understanding HIV with Burnett Foundation Aotearoa
Lauren's Story
Barrier methods
STI screening with Dr Jen Hayward
Booking an appointment
Activity: book an STI screening appointment
How did it go?
Identifying risks
Sex with strangers
Managing risks in BDSM, kink, and fetish
Charting risks (Read online)
Charting risks (Interactive PDF & Print)
If you are sexually assaulted
Activity: Community based interventions
What's next?
Safer sex: How has your confidence grown?