Nau mai, haere mai
Welcome to Gender Minorities Aotearoa, New Zealand’s leading transgender organisation.
GMA is run by and for transgender people; including binary and non-binary, irawhiti takatāpui, and intersex trans people. We support transgender people of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds.
We are a human rights based organisation, operating on population health frameworks. Everything we do is an interactive process of listening to our communities, and responding to needs. Most of what we do relates to three main categories, which are information, advocacy, and support.
How we can support you
We provide a wide range of support services to assist transgender individuals, and their supporters. You can find out about all our services by watching the video below, or read the same information in the pamphlet.
Or, you can explore the information, healthcare, or services sections of our website.
Services
Transgender and intersex peer support, free facial hair removal, housing support, community groups, events, legal clinic, courses, professional development, volunteering, trans-positive merch, and more.
Information
Information on healthcare, identification documents, trans and intersex 101, study and school, sex and relationships, employment and work, human rights and discrimination, refugee and asylum seeker support, youth and families, other research, and more.
Healthcare
Find gender affirming healthcare, information for patients and providers, vocal therapy, binders and chest tape, surgeries, hair and hair removal, health reports, and more.
Advocacy
Advocacy means publicly supporting a cause. You can find out more about transgender advocacy in this report by the Global Philanthropy Project.
Our advocacy
We carry out many types of advocacy which are globally recognised as important for transgender people. Our advocacy includes telling decision-makers when laws and policies are harming trans people, and supporting them to make things better. It also includes things like narrative change – or helping the public to understand trans people better.
Core advocacy
- Improve access to healthcare for trans people.
- Improve access for trans people in HIV care, policies, or funding.
- Human rights of trans people.
- Laws or policies that enable trans people to change their name or sex marker.
- Policies that improve access to employment, welfare benefits, or livlihoods of trans people.
- Depathologize trans people.
- Increase trans funding.
Broader advocacy
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Campaigning or working with media to improve public perception of trans people.
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Training for trans people about their rights.
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Training or advocacy directly with health providers about trans people.
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Building capacity of trans communities to mobilize towards a common goal.
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Organise pride or other public visibility events.
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Offer community gatherings, support groups, or education groups.
Explore our blog
For news, updates, and more.
2023 annual report
Find out about some of our core activities in 2023 - what we did and how it went. Key stats PDF - download or read online
Abuse in Care Bill
The government is currently reviewing legislation around search powers in Care and Protection and Youth Justice residences. These are environments where youth are often at their most vulnerable, and transgender youth are especially vulnerable to abuse in these...
Analysis of puberty blockers review
The Ministry of Health (MoH) published its literature review/evidence brief on puberty blockers on 21 Nov 2024. You can read more about this in our initial post, here. In this post, we’ll be giving some analysis, critique, and questions, along with further information...
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