Several Universities and Fine Arts Academies have issued regulations that protect gender transition, but the one adopted by the Sassari Conservatory stands out for some innovative aspects: to start the "alias" career, the user just needs to communicate with a simple self-certification that he has started a transition process - without the exhibition of medical documentation as happens in other institutes - to allow for the rectification of the attribution of gender and consequently the use of a name other than the personal one. The request can be presented at any time during the course of study and accepted without discretionary power by the Conservatory.
The "Canepa" of Sassari is among the first Conservatories in Italy to adopt a regulation for the "alias" career that protects and supports students in gender transition. Thanks to this provision, students enrolled will now be able to experience their academic career in a serene study environment, attentive to the protection of the privacy and dignity of the individual and suitable for fostering interpersonal relationships based on fairness, mutual respect for freedom and inviolability of the person and his fundamental human rights.
The pupil who wants to start an "alias" career also signs a confidentiality agreement with the Conservatory which will be valid throughout the course of study to cease only with the Court's ruling on gender attribution or with the disruption of the transition path. The name and identity chosen by the user are the only ones valid and allowed within the Conservatory which must compulsorily conform in each of its components - and in particular among the employees - to the choice of the applicant. Otherwise, the initiation of disciplinary proceedings is envisaged.
the president of "Canepa" Ivano Iai explains: «Public institutions, and in particular those of scholastic and academic training, must be capable of welcoming everyone equally, being able to do so when they have internal regulations capable of recognizing the diversity and to break down all forms of discrimination”.
