A trans woman returned to work to find flowers and a message from her colleagues. Aoife Martin works at Mastercard in Dublin, Ireland. A colleague supported Aoife to transition at work and together they decided that after the Christmas break Aoife would be herself in the office for the first time.
On Aoife's first day back in the office, flowers were left on her desk with a note saying, "Acceptance matters to us! From all your friends and colleagues at Mastercard."
What do you see in the picture?
What do you think the message is about?
explain the story
- What does trans mean? (A trans person is a different gender to the one people say they are. People might tell a child he is a girl, when inside he is a boy)
- What does transition mean? (Change. When a trans person transitions, they are living as their true selves for the first time.)
- Aoife appeared in the office "for the first time as herself" what does this mean? (it means she was living as female for the first time. Before, Aoife was living as male because that was what everyone expected)
- Why was Aoife nervous about transitioning at work? (Aoife was nervous because she had been living as a male. Now she was able to live as the woman she had always been inside)
- Why did Aoife's colleagues leave the note on her desk?
- What does "Acceptance matters" mean?
- What does this tell us about Aoife's colleagues?
- What can we learn from Aoife?
- What can we learn from Aoife's colleagues?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?
Read "Introducing Teddy" by Jessica Walton as a supporting text in this assembly
"No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in Primary Schools" by Andrew Moffat
equalities primary
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