Science Educators and Researchers Must Uphold the Human Rights of Trans, Nonbinary, and Intersex Persons
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT Trans, nonbinary, and intersex persons are—and have always been—an integral part of humankind. However, these communities are under attack. We live in a time of growing state repression and the normalization of political violence against trans, nonbinary, and intersex persons throughout much of the world, and we have a responsibility to understand these conditions and consider their implications for science education. In this commentary, we briefly outline the growing state repression of trans, nonbinary, and intersex persons, illustrating this repression with examples primarily drawn from the U.S. context, while acknowledging similar forms of repression happening in many countries. We discuss the ways that scientific discourses and ideologies are being co‐opted to rationalize these attacks, explain the responsibility this creates for science educators, and examine the important work that has already been done to understand and dismantle oppression and to celebrate the lives and accomplishments of these communities within and beyond science education. Finally, we offer recommendations for specific actions that science educators and researchers can take to uphold the human rights of trans, nonbinary, and intersex persons and communities.
Source: Science Education
DOI: 10.1002/sce.70069
Authors: Quentin C. Sedlacek, A. M. Aramati Casper, Katherine Doerr, Sophia Jeong, Nelly K. M. Marosi, K. Rende Mendoza, Marco Reggiani, Shersingh Joseph Tumber‐Dávila, Jennifer D. Adams, Andrew P. Anderson, Lucy Avraamidou, Charlie K. Blake, Tina Cheuk, Sara J. Dozier, Sarah L. Eddy, Alexander Eden, Rebecka Fingalsson, Michelle Friend, Agustín Fuentes, Heather Haeger, Kathryn L. Kirchgasler, Rishi Krishnamoorthy, Catherine Lemmi, Jeffrey Maloy, Dax Ovid, Kathryn Ribay, Ronan O. Rock, Tatiane Russo‐Tait, Sara Tolbert, Brie Tripp, Maria Varelas
Institutions: Southern Methodist University, Colorado State University, Malmö University, The Ohio State University, University of Groningen, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Nebraska at Omaha, University of Strathclyde, Dartmouth College, University of Calgary, University of Minnesota, Reed College, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, California Polytechnic State University, California State University, Long Beach, Salem State University, Princeton University, University of Arizona, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Toronto, California State University, Chico, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Georgia, San Jose State University, University of Illinois Chicago, University of Canterbury, Monash University, University of California, Davis
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,050
OpenAlex ID: W7155080902