Youth and Diverse Perspectives. Guide for affective-sexual education with an intersectional perspective in Catalunya.

2024

Youth and Diverse Perspectives. Guide for affective-sexual education with an intersectional perspective in Catalunya. 

The Catalan Youth Agency created this guide to address an issue that professionals working with young people have detected in recent years: the lack of an intersectional perspective, especially regarding sexual education. In many cases, this results from a lack of training or an ignorance of the dynamics, analyses, positions and strategies we can include and transform.

This guide aims to provide the tools needed to apply an intersectional perspective in this field— both in theory and practice—with exercises based on concrete cases to ensure they’re effective. Furthermore, we encourage the reader to review their privileges, what shocks them and what they feel in different circumstances when working with a range of young people. It’s aimed at everyone—professors, educators, outreach experts or trainers— who want to work with young people on sexual and LGBTI education in various settings, from classrooms to youth facilities.

In a broader scope, many of the reflections you’ll find in this guide are helpful for work on other topics because they encourage us to reconsider our entire idea of how to work with young people. Throughout the document, we address practical matters for anyone who wants to initiate a project in the medium and long term. We also include a comprehensive approach that can be adapted to various settings, including classrooms, youth facilities or other youth programs or services. As a result, you’ll find references to youth or student groups that you can apply in your setting.

Find it here.