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Fundraising for Gender Minorities Aotearoa

How to raise funds for Gender Minorities Aotearoa and support us to support takataapui, transgender, and intersex people Continue reading Fundraising for Gender Minorities Aotearoa

Is New Zealand’s Healthcare System Prejudiced Against Trans people?

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?

GRS: Special High Cost Treatment Pool

How to access the Special High Cost Treatment Pool for Public Funding aka ‘Get on the List for Surgery’ Continue reading GRS: Special High Cost Treatment Pool

Security Systems, Visibility, and Safety

The security officer monitoring the machine asked me if I had anything in my pockets. I felt like crying. I knew had nothing in my pockets. I know how my body is seen as abnormal and wrong. I knew exactly what was happening. 2016 TDOV Press Release. Continue reading Security Systems, Visibility, and Safety

Pink Shirt Day – Transgender Community Drop in Opens

The Gender Centre – widespread need for information and support with things like whanau relationships, changing identity documents, using the healthcare system, employment and housing issues, issues around partner and sexual violence, and accessing other services.
Pink Shirt Day Press Release. Continue reading Pink Shirt Day – Transgender Community Drop in Opens