'I held it the whole time,' Germaine said. Germaine didn't want any trouble from other Cubs fans who might take issue with their use of the men's room. Germaine, a recent University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign graduate, appreciated the effort. The Goodman Theatre in Chicago had a workshop on the topic for its staffers just as it was, coincidentally, casting Sydney Germaine, an actor who was assigned female at birth but identifies as nonbinary, in its recent production 'The Matchmaker.' Over the course of a person's life, the way they feel about themselves can change.' 'Gender fluidity is simply understanding the concept that none of those things are written in stone. 'There is a growing number of people who express themselves in different ways,' Hardacker said. Other health centers, hospitals and organizations have requested information about the program, she said. It's really a natural behavior we have, as human beings, to kind of size people up when we see them.
'It's helping people realize they can't make assumptions about people based on their appearances. At Howard Brown Health Center, which has seen the number of new transgender visitors triple to three per day since 2011, staffers complete a two-hour workshop focusing on gender pronouns and ascertaining what's appropriate, said Cecilia Hardacker, director of education.
