This is an event for anyone of any age who identifies as trans or otherwise gender diverse, including intersex, takatāpui, transgender, transsexual, and non-binary people. We encourage you to bring along an object of personal significance to yourself (regardless of whether you think it “counts” as trans history!). If you need inspiration, check out our inspiration at The Museum of Transology (link is external).
Bring along an object that is significant to you as well as the object’s story (50-200 words). We will photograph your objects and on Sun 17 Nov host a show-and-tell where everyone can gather together and share their stories. Finally, the photographs and objects’ stories will be published on our website.
Copyright
We take copyright very seriously! We will have someone onsite during the photography days to talk about any copyright issues that might arise from this project. Because we are photographing your objects and collecting your written stories, we need to ensure we are meeting our copyright obligations.
If you have your object selected prior to the day, we’d love if you could flick through a photo of that object via email to publicprogrammes@tepapa.govt.nz (link sends e-mail) so we can check on the copyright status beforehand.
For more info, or to attend the photographing session at Te Papa, please see their website here.
GMA says:
Your significant object could be hormones, a binder, a bra, a hairpiece, or it could be the blanket you wrapped yourself in that one time, or that Marina and the Diamonds CD that’s always on at The Gender Centre! It might be your dog’s leash, or the earrings that always feel amazing, or your fave spice that reminds you of home. It could be Anything that’s important to you. You can also write a description of it and why it’s important if you want to. 200 words is about three times as long as this paragraph. Come make history together!
Join Gender Minorities Aotearoa’s Youth Team as we celebrate Trans Awareness Week with a gala and host the Wellington launch of Counting Ourselves.
Filled with food, fun, and stalls featuring everything from handmade goods to zines to trans flag bunting, this event at the Newtown Community and Cultural Centre is family friendly and mobility accessible. Entry is FREE but donations are welcome.
Come along to have a good time and celebrate Wellington’s trans community.
The Sex and Gender Diverse Health Outcomes Working Group is hosting an information sharing event, on behalf of Capital & Coast District Health Board.
The event will be held on Friday October 18th from 5pm till 7pm, at Newtown Community and Cultural Centre on the corner of Rintoul and Colombo streets in Newtown. The venue is mobility accessible, and refreshments will be provided.
Topics will include hormone replacement therapy, mental health services, binders, referral to the waiting list for genital reconstruction surgeries, voice therapy, mental health services, the 3D health pathway, and community support.
Trans and intersex people, parents of transgender children, whanau, friends, and supportive others are welcome.
SEX AND GENDER DIVERSE HEALTH OUTCOMES WORKING GROUP: COMMUNITY INFO SESSION.
On behalf of Capital & Coast District Health Board.
Find out how to access gender affirming healthcare in Wellington, including:
– Hormone Replacement Therapy.
– Referral for Genital Reconstruction Surgeries.
– Voice Therapy.
– Physiotherapy.
– Mental Health Support.
– Binders.
– IPL Hair Removal.
– Community Support Services.
October 18th, 5pm till 7pm.
Newtown Community and Cultural Centre, corner of Colombo and Rintoul street, Newtown.
Mobility accessible venue.
Refreshments provided.
Trans & Intersex people, parents of trans children, whanau, and supportive others welcome.
Counting Ourselves, a national report on transgender health, has just been released.
The survey had 1,178 participants, from all regions of Aotearoa, ranging from 14 to 83 years old.
The research, funded by the Health Research Council and with support from University of Waikato and Rule Foundation, found that trans people experience discrimination at more than double the rate of the general population, almost half of trans people had someone attempt to have sex with them against their will since age 13, and almost a third reported someone did have sex with them against their will since age 13. Participants reported high or very high levels of psychological distress at a rate nine times that of the general population. In the last 12 months, more than half had seriously considered suicide, and 12% had attempted suicide.
key findings
Medical
In the last 12 months, 13% of participants were asked unnecessary or invasive questions during a health visit
17% reported they had experienced reparative therapy (a professional had tried to stop them from being trans)[note: sometimes called “conversion therapy”]
36% avoided seeing a doctor to avoid being disrespected
Stigma, Discrimination, and Violence
67% had experienced discrimination at some point
44% had experienced discrimination in the last 12 months – this was more than double the rate for the general population (17%)
21% were bullied at school at least once a week, much higher than the general population (5%)
83% did not have the correct gender marker on their New Zealand birth certificate
32% reported someone had had sex with them against their will since they were 13
47% reported someone had attempted to have sex with them against their will since they were 13
Compared to the general population, participants were almost three times more likely to have put up with feeling cold (64%) and gone without fresh fruit or vegetables (51%) in order to reduce costs.
Distress and Suicide
71% reported high or very high psychological distress, compared with only 8% of the general population in Aotearoa New Zealand
56% had seriously thought about attempting suicide in the last 12 months
37% had attempted suicide at some point
12% had made a suicide attempt in the last 12 months
Participants who reported that someone had had sex with them against their will were twice as likely to have attempted suicide in the past year (18%) than participants who did not report this (9%)
Participants who had experienced discrimination for being trans or non-binary were twice as likely to have attempted suicide in the past year (16%) than participants who did not report this discrimination (8%)
Participants’ rate of cannabis use in the last year (38%) was more than three times higher than the general population (12%)
Protective Factors
57% reported that most or all of their family supported them. Respondents supported by at least half of their family were almost half as likely to attempt suicide (9%).
62% were proud to be trans, 58% provided support to other trans people, and 56% felt connected with trans community.
Come meet some awesome folks, share food, have a yarn, and watch a film together! Or if you’re feeling shy, just come at 6pm for the film! This will be our first event at our new gender centre in Newtown, so come check it out!
*Tatataapui * Trans * Intersex * Queer * Rainbow * Plus friends and whaanau*
Ka aha te raa (date): Sat July 13th
Ka aha te waa (time): 4pm – 8pm
Kei reira (location): The Gender Centre, 130 Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington. It’s upstairs from our fund raising store Aunty Dana’s Op Shop, so come through the shop and follow the signs or ask at the counter.
Homai (bring along): he kai to share, or just bring yourself, or friends, or whaanau
Waea mai (contact us on): genderminorities@gmail.com
Raw sugar is a FREE event, a SOBER event, and has GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOMS. It is NOT MOBILITY ACCESSIBLE this month at our new venue – but it will be accessible before our August event.
