One of our main focuses in 2022 is advocating for informed consent in gender affirming healthcare. Informed consent is a legal right in all areas of New Zealand healthcare. However, there is a long history of access to transgender healthcare being dependent on diagnoses and psychological assessments. Gender Minorities Aotearoa will be delivering a free … Continue reading Free webinar for primary health providers – informed consent
After several years of campaigning to pass the BDMRR, we’re finally here. The Bill has passed unanimously, which will allow a simple statutory declaration process for updating the sex marker on a birth certificate. The Bill has many different elements, some of which we are very happy with the results of and some which will … Continue reading The BDMRR for self ID on birth certificates has passed
We believe in equal access for all transgender people, so we carried out a complete website redesign to improve accessibility. Continue reading Website Accessibility
We have awesome new transgender-positive designs in our online store – check out our transgender mugs, badges, pins, t-shirts, and more! Continue reading Cool New Merch
Information on starting hormone therapy as a transgender patient in Aotearoa NZ. Continue reading Starting on Hormones – what is actually required?
Gender Minorities Aotearoa received the award for Health and Wellbeing for Wellington City at the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards 2021. Continue reading GMA Wins Health and Wellbeing Award
Our 2021 “Transgender” poster. Continue reading Transgender Poster
Tips for writing a submission to a Parliamentary Select Committee. Continue reading How to Write a Submission to Select Committee
To join the statement, send us a selfie with a poster, and a sentence or two on why you think the BDMRR Bill should pass. Continue reading BDMRR Posters and Pamphlets
Once the BDMRR Bill is released, we need transgender people and supporters to make submissions supporting legal gender recognition provisions that are based on self-determination. Continue reading BDMRR Action 2021: We Need You
