The Ibero -American University of Mexico presented the ‘Fobiatometer’, a pedagogical tool developed to identify and make visible the violence facing the LGTBI community in everyday environments.
The instrument was launched within the framework of the 13th Week of Diversity by the Plural Student Collective, with the support of the Center for Critical Gender Studies and Feminisms (Cecrige) and the Coordination of Community and Student Life of this institution.
Based on an internal survey, the ‘fobiatometer’ classifies aggressions on three levels: yellow, for symbolic microvision; Orange, which points to serious violence with legal implications, and red, for crimes that threaten life or integrity.
According to the results of the internal survey, almost seven out of 10 students said they had suffered yellow violence; 34.5 % of the orange level, and 14.3 %, of the red level.
“Violence against people LGBTQ+ do not begin in the murders, begin with a joke, with assuming a pronoun, with a hostile look in the classroom,” said Diego Mauricio Álvarez, a member of Plural.
The tool, inspired by the Violentometer of the National Polytechnic Institute, uses a thermometer -shaped design that allows to visualize the escalation of aggressions.
In addition, it includes a directory of legal and health services, as well as a brochure with examples of normalized aggressions, such as “I accept you, but …”, or the imposition of pronouns.
“Gender regulations continue to mark hierarchies that invalidate identities,” warned Dr. Laura Pedraza Pinto, from Cecrige, underlining that discrimination remains present despite advances in rights.
Anto Kiaan Guerrero Torres, a member of the collective said that the phobiatometer not only helps to recognize that we have been violent, but also to identify when we have exercised violence.
“Education is not enough to inform; it has to release,” concluded Verónica Amadeu Castillo, citing Paulo Freire.
With EFE information.
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