The Sex and Gender Diverse Health Outcomes Working Group is a group of people who bring their expertise in working across the healthcare sector and community organisations. We are working together to create better health outcomes for sex and gender diverse people in the Wellington region, with a focus on youth well-being.
Continue reading The Sex and Gender Diverse Health Outcomes Working Group
Aotearoa’s healthcare system was created with cisgender people’s interests in mind, who are the majority of the population.
Transgender (trans) people experience enormous barriers to healthcare, including constant challenge and denial of their identity, of who they are and what they need. (Human Rights Commission., 2012). An essay on trans healthcare and the medical system Continue reading Is New Zealand’s Healthcare System Prejudiced Against Trans people?
The takeaway message is that visibility alone is not enough. Let’s continue to be at the forefront of human rights – 2016 TDOV press release Continue reading International Transgender Day of Visibility 2016
Transgender Day of Visibility media release 2017 highlighting housing discrimination Continue reading Transgender Day of Visibility 2017
Information for parents whose children are questioning their gender, parents of transgender children, families of transgender children. Continue reading Help! Is My Child Transgender?
A guide for healthcare providers and sexual health clinic staff working with transgender, intersex, and takataapui patients Continue reading A Third Opinion: Transgender Healthcare Tips for Clinicians
Media guide for reporting on transgender people or using transgender sources Continue reading Transgender 101 for Journalists
