SDG 5.6.2 Non-discrimination policies for transgender
1. Policy & Regulations
1. NCUE has established the NCUE’s Regulations on the Implementation of Gender Equity Education. Article 3 states as follows: The school respects the gender characteristics and sexual orientation of students, faculty, and staff, and does not give differential treatment in teaching, activities, evaluation, rewards and punishments, as well as welfare and services based on gender or sexual orientation of students. Article 4 also stipulates that the school shall actively provide assistance to students who are disadvantaged owing to their gender or sexual orientation to improve their situation. For the contents of the regulations, please refer to the following:
The parent law of this law is Articles 13 and 14 of the Gender Equity Education Act of the Ministry of Education. For the English version, please refer to the following:
Figure 1: NCUE Regulations on the Implementation of Gender Equity Education
Figure 2: Gender Equity Education Act of the Ministry of Education
2. Workshops and Lectures on Non-discrimination
2. NCUE's Gender Equity Education Committee, in collaboration with the on-campus club, Gender Queer, organized workshops and lectures related to non-discrimination against transgender individuals. In 2025, a total of 22 sessions were held, an increase of 2 sessions (11.1%) compared to 20 in 2024. The total number of participants was 340, an increase of 28 people (8.97%) compared to 312 participants in 2024, as shown in Figure 3-6.
Figure 3: In 2025, NCUE workshops and lectures related to non-discrimination against transgender individuals show a growth of 11.1%
Figure 4. NCUE Vice Presidents Yu-Min Tseng and Liang-Jui Chen attended the 2025 Training Workshop for Personnel in Perpetrator Preventive Education of Campus Gender-Related Incidents on June 4 and July 15, 2025. The workshop was commissioned by the Ministry of Education and organized by Professor Shu-Chu Chao of NCUE’s Department of Guidance and Counseling. At the workshop, the Vice Presidents broadly promoted the importance of gender equality education, anti-discrimination, and anti-harassment, with the aim of using perpetrator preventive education to raise awareness of vulnerable gender groups who face disadvantages due to gender and to help improve their circumstances.
Figure 5: The teaching faculty and students of NCUE took a group photo in front of the gender-friendly rainbow staircase located on the 1st and 2nd floors of the Teaching Building, calling on all faculty, staff, and students to open their "gender antenna" to send and receive messages of goodwill and care regarding gender issues
Figure 6: NCUE's Gender Equity Education Committee, in collaboration with the on-campus club, Gender Queer, organized club activities and a diverse gender support group in response to Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20. The aim was to ensure students feel supported and recognized on campus when facing unfair treatment due to their gender, gender expression, gender identity, or sexual orientation
3. Review of Forms, Systems, and Campus Policies
3. In 2025, in accordance with directives from the Executive Yuan's Gender Equity Department and the Ministry of Education, NCUE conducted a comprehensive review of all forms, information systems, and web pages that reference "spouse," "parent," "relationship," or "titles," based on the "Act for Implementation of J.Y. Interpretation No. 748" (also known as the Same-Sex Marriage Act). For fields that originally had closed options such as "father" and "mother" or "husband" and "wife" listed separately, they were revised to open fields such as "legal guardian," "emergency contact," and "spouse" for self-selection. A total of 7 forms, information systems, and web pages were modified within the university to protect the rights of same-sex spouses and families. as shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7: NCUE’s Student Affairs System has replaced fields related to “spouse,” “parent,” “relationship,” and “title” with open-ended fields labeled “Contact Person 1” and “Contact Person 2,” allowing students to provide the relevant information themselves, thereby safeguarding the rights and interests of same-sex spouses and same-sex families.
NCUE has established policies and implemented concrete actions to promote non-discrimination against transgender individuals, as shown in Figure 8 and Figure 9.
Figure 8: On April 30, 2025, NCUE invited Deven, a transgender speaker known as “Atta Boy Deven,” to share his experiences in a lecture titled “Atta Boy Deven’s Transgender Journey: Breaking Gender Boundaries and Courageously Living Your True Colors.” The lecture attracted a total of 129 faculty members and students. Additionally, on October 21, 2025, NCUE invited the Taichung GDi Association to deliver a lecture titled “Invisible Discrimination: Exploring Gender Equality in Everyday Life.” It focused on policies and concrete actions to prevent discrimination against transgender individuals, with a total of 152 faculty members and students participating. Both lectures were free of charge.
Figure 9: During the NCUE Homeroom Teacher Professional Development Seminar held on October 20, 2025, NCUE provided informational materials and relevant resources on its non-discrimination policy toward transgender individuals for all faculty, staff, and students to enhance their awareness and understanding. The relevant resources are available at: https://gec.ey.gov.tw/Page/8B53584DC50F0FBA/54ea414c-a60e-4916-8af3-24d276dae0d6
