The explained material is thorough and all-encompassing, employing language that should be comprehensible to a broad spectrum of individuals. It effectively dispels fallacies and rectifies prevalent misunderstandings concerning gender diversity. To enhance this segment, it could be advantageous to incorporate additional concrete illustrations or analogies that are readily relatable to children. This would serve to concretise the notion of gender diversity for younger viewers. Advocating for compassion and respect towards all individuals, irrespective of gender identity, can further instil favourable social conduct in children. 

In the context of teaching about gender diversity, it is worth revisiting two basic questions: who are you? and how do you feel? With these simple questions, which we will expand on later, we will begin the topic of gender diversity. First, we start with the question: who are you. The children should write out the matching terms. Here, you can divide the sheet into two parts to answer the question: who am I according to myself and who am I according to how our parents/friends or immediate environment and even society perceive us in some other way. The two sides of the card can differ from each other. This should be discussed. It is also worth considering what the differences in how we are seen by ourselves and by the “outside world” come from. 

We ask the second question – how do you feel – to other people every day. In this exercise, it should be asked to yourself. Expand them also to include what was written out in the first exercise. How I feel as myself versus how I feel, for example, perceived by my parents as a child. 

In discussing these exercises, point out that perceptions of us can be different and sometimes inconsistent with reality. Likewise have people with a different gender identity than they have been assigned. For example, a tall strong boy does not necessarily feel like a man, and a petite pretty girl does not necessarily feel like a woman. Sensitivity to others should be our daily reality. You can give children some examples of how appearances can be deceiving:

1. a beautiful red apple turns out to be a plastic dummy;

2. a man in crisis of homelessness turns out to be an outstanding physics professor;

3. our favorite celebrity, smiling in all the pictures, turns out to be a very insecure person.

Let the children give examples themselves. The moral should be that what we see is not always consistent with reality. Therefore, let’s ask questions based on empathy.

Help them by using photos below and let the group make stories about what they see:

  1. Stephen Hawking

Photo: https://www.howtokillanhour.com/tech/stephen-hawking-speak-write

  1. Fruit Buddha’s hand

Photo: https://www.funotic.com/weird/worlds-top-10-weirdest-delicious-looking-fruits/

  1. Laverne Cox, transgender woman

Photo: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/transgender-women-candy_n_6335864