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The youth education center of the Groß-Gerau district raises awareness among tenth graders about identity, orientation, and social stereotypes.
As the Groß-Gerau district reports, the youth education center, together with two tenth-grade classes from the Trebur secondary school, conducted workshops on gender roles, sexual orientation, and coming out. A total of 52 students participated in the interactive format "GenderRoleHuman" offered by the Frankfurt School Theatre Studio.
Interactive methods on role models and stereotypes
In various group exercises, the young people created tableaux vivants depicting professions, activities, and household chores that are often categorized as "typically female" or "typically male." They then discussed how genders are defined, why certain attributions exist, and which stereotypes young people encounter in everyday life.
In the statue theatre, the students equipped figures with attributes such as "female", "male", "lesbian" or "gay" and reflected on whether gender or sexual orientation is outwardly recognizable – as well as how people arrive at their own understanding of sexual orientation.
Coming-out scenes encourage a change of perspective.
Short, dramatized scenes depicted various reactions to a child's coming out. The young people were able to actively contribute suggestions, change perspectives, and develop options for supporting queer people.
It became clear that queer people often experience rejection, and that homosexuality in particular continues to be subject to prejudice. The workshops demonstrated the importance of empathy, tolerance, and open dialogue. The dramatic work enabled creative approaches and shifts in perspective, and strengthened the engagement with diversity and societal role models.
Further information is available online at: www.kreisgg.de/kreisjugendfoerderung-jugendbildungswerk/jugendbildungswerk
(Gross-Gerau-Red/PSGG)
