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Symposium "Non-Binarity in Binarity"
Date: December 4, 2025
Time: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Place: Museum Kleines Klingental
Address: Unterer Rheinweg 26, Basel
Credits: 3 SGPP credits / 1 AIM credit
Fee: 100 CHF
Persons entitled to a discount receive a 50% reduction on the participation fee with appropriate proof and thus pay only CHF 50.
Upon request, the participation fees can also be waived in full.
Supported by LGBTIQ funding from the Fachstelle Gleichstellung Basel-Stadt.
Willkommen zum Symposium des Innovation-Focus Geschlechtervarianz
Dear Colleagues
We are pleased to invite you to a symposium focusing on the tensions of non-binarity in a binary world.
Non-binary people move in a world that is strongly characterized by binary notions of gender in many areas - be it in language, medicine, research or everyday life. This binary structure can lead to invisibility, misunderstandings and barriers. At the same time, non-binarity opens up new perspectives: on the body, identity, belonging and the diversity of human experience.
The symposium aims to create space to make these areas of tension visible. To this end, experts will provide insights into the history of binary and non-binary gender concepts, shed light on the challenges of a binary organized hormone world and discuss perspectives on medical care and surgical options. Voices from the community and the arts will also be heard and show how diverse experiences of non-binarity are. A research team will also present current findings on gender variance and invite participants to discuss innovative approaches.
The aim is to develop a better understanding of the challenges, but also the potential of non-binarity in a binary world - and thus build bridges for a more inclusive society and healthcare.
Dr. Antje Feicke, Urologist
Dr. Johannes Kliebhan, endocrinologist
Program
12.00 pm
Door opening
13.00-13.15
Welcome
13.15-13.45
Gender binarity and non-binarity in the mirror of history, Yv E. Nay
Dr. Yv E. Nay is a senior researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies at the University of Bern. Her teaching and research focuses on intersectional gender, queer and trans studies.
13.45-14.15
Non-binarity in a binary hormone world, Michelle Egloff
Dr. med. Michelle Egloff is an endocrinologist and head physician at Baden Cantonal Hospital
14.15-14.45
Non-binary people and healthcare - perspective of a community umbrella organization, Tom F.
Tom F. is a medical student and board member of Transgender Network Switzerland (TGNS)
Break 14.45-15.15
15.15-15.45
Non-binary breast dysphoria and surgical interventions: a clinical perspective, Romain Schaller
Dr. med. Romain Schaller is a plastic surgeon and senior physician at the University Hospital Basel, part of the Innovation Focus on Gender Variance
15.45-16.15
Better research, better care: research in focus
Research team Innovation Focus Gender Variance, University Hospital Basel
16.15-16.45
Insight into a triple vision, Sascha Rijkeboer
Sascha Rijkeboer is an activist and artist living in Basel. Sascha devotes his attention to many different things. Fortunately, Sascha speaks many languages.
16.45 hrs
Aperitif
Approach
By streetcar
From SBB station take streetcar no. 8 in the direction of Marktplatz to Rheingasse station
From Badischer Bahnhof with streetcar no. 6 or no. 2, direction Marktplatz to Rheingasse station
Then walk the rest of the way along the Rhine, following the current to Unterer Rheinweg 26.
By car
The Museum Kleines Klingental does not have its own parking spaces. Free public parking spaces in the surrounding area are usually difficult to find. Paid parking is available in the "Rebgasse parking garage" or"Storchen parking garage".
Registration for the symposium "Non-Binarity in Binarity"