{"id":3257,"date":"2025-12-17T10:30:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cped-egalite.fr\/?p=3257"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:30:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:30:54","slug":"gender-in-higher-education-and-research-recourse-and-difficulties-for-trans-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cped-egalite.fr\/en\/prenom-dusage-dans-lenseignement-superieur-et-la-recherche-recours-et-difficultes-des-etudiant%c2%b7es-trans\/","title":{"rendered":"First names in higher education and research: recourse and difficulties for trans students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press Release \u2013 December 17, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Standing Conference of Equality and Diversity Officers (CPED) and the LGBTQI+ Chair (Universit\u00e9 Claude Bernard Lyon 1) are publishing the results of the survey \u00abPreferred name in higher education and research: Usage and difficulties for trans students in French institutions\u00bb<\/em>, carried out in partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space (MESRE). They show that the implementation of the ministerial letter of April 17, 2019 remains largely insufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

View survey results<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Steps still not very engaged<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The given name, a central lever for respecting gender identity, remains underutilized: 44% of respondents have taken no action. Identified obstacles: plural transitions, the need for a coming out, lack of knowledge of the procedures, transphobic resistance, and insufficient staff training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A misunderstanding of the devices<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Access to information remains patchy: 27% of respondents are unaware of the procedures at their institution. Nevertheless, nearly 60% of respondents discover these procedures upon entry or during their studies, via websites, brochures, or administrative and teaching staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Largely ineffective devices<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Among the 284 students who initiated at least one action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • 41% did not have their first name changed on all documents,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 86% state that some teachers do not use their preferred name despite the administrative change,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • In student circles, only 10% are correctly gendered and named by their peers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Challenges and recommendations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The investigation highlights the persistent gap between the legal framework and its practical implementation. It calls for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • An reinforcement of information on the devices,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • systematic training for administrative and teaching teams,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • effective implementation of the given name in all documents and interactions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Consideration of the chosen first name in a broader public policy to combat transphobia and gender identity discrimination\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      These measures are essential to ensure respect for gender identity and equal treatment of trans students in higher education and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Methodology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The survey, conducted by Charlie Fabre and Rapha\u00ebl Szymanski,<\/strong> is based on 507 actionable responses collected from 1,097 questionnaires distributed nationally from February 13 to March 31, 2025.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Communiqu\u00e9 de presse – 17 d\u00e9cembre 2025 \u2500 La Conf\u00e9rence Permanente des Charg\u00e9\u00b7es de mission \u00c9galit\u00e9-Diversit\u00e9 (CPED) et la Chaire LGBTQI+ (Universit\u00e9 Claude Bernard Lyon 1) publient les r\u00e9sultats de l\u2019enqu\u00eate \u00ab Pr\u00e9nom d\u2019usage dans l\u2019enseignement sup\u00e9rieur et la recherche. Recours et difficult\u00e9s des \u00e9tudiant\u00b7es trans dans les \u00e9tablissements fran\u00e7ais \u00bb, r\u00e9alis\u00e9e en partenariat avec…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualites"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cped-egalite.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cped-egalite.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cped-egalite.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cped-egalite.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cped-egalite.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cped-egalite.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3260,"href":"https:\/\/www.cped-egalite.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257\/revisions\/3260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cped-egalite.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cped-egalite.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cped-egalite.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}