Internal Collab - concept primary research

As Emma and myself are cisgender, we do not know what it is like to buy sanitary products as a male or fluid/non-binary presenting individual. From our own experience, we have bought sanitary products and tried to be discrete about the process, but as females, this is more the norm. For transgender and non-binary people, this is likely to be far more difficult as they present as male/no gender, so it will not be expected by the person serving them, and others that see them buying or carrying or even using the sanitary products. 

In order to find out what it is really like to buy sanitary products as a trans/non-binary individual and to gain their input into the design of our outcome, we reached out to them using an open call. I posted this on Leeds Uni Tickets, which is a group I am a member of where people sell tickets and post in a discussion. I thought that a page with a lot of members would possibly be able to help Emma and I out. 

Emma and I devised a questionnaire that would help to inform our design and provide the most helpful outcome to trans men/non-binary people. To formulate these questions we thought about what we would like to get out of this experience and what questions would aid us best in the creation of our project.

•How people would want the design to look

•What information should be presented

•How do trans etc feel about buying sanitary products

1. Would you like to be kept anonymous?

2. Are you transgender or non-binary?

3. Do you have a period or have you had one in the past?

4. Do you think there is a stigma around periods?

5. Do you think this stigma affects trans and non-binary people more? Why?

6. Do you ever feel uncomfortable buying sanitary products? Please state why?

7. What would make you feel more comfortable when buying these products?

8. Do you feel the packaging design and marketing of these sanitary products is exclusive to cisgender women? Why?

9. How do you think the packaging design and marketing could be changed so that it is more inclusive?  

10. How could we make the design of the packaging for a sanitary product something you would feel comfortable buying? What features would it have?

11. What steps do you think should be taken to educate people on trans/non binary people experiencing periods? 

12. Any other thoughts or personal experiences you would like to give us on the subject would be appreciated!