Transgender Awareness Week runs from November 12th - 20th, it's purpose is to raise awareness about trans people, including intersex and non-binary people, our lives, our humanity, our struggles, and our joys.
Transgender Awareness Week 2018
Number of Trans People in NZ
The Youth '12 survey of 8,500 secondary school students in NZ showed 1.2% identified themselves as transgender.
With a population of 4.693 million, 1.2% = 56,316 trans people in NZ. A further 2.5% reported being unsure of their gender.
Make the spaces you are in be safe spaces to come out.
Wellington City Council Rainbow Community Consultation
Last week we joined other takataapui and rainbow community orgs and met with Wellington's Mayor Justin Lester and the Wellington City Council city planners, to talk about how to make Wellington more rainbow friendly.
3 min videos you should see
We don't usually write blogs about media articles but these are quite timeless resources which we think would be great for many young people and their whanau, as well as others.
Transgender Health Care Now: Wellington Pride Parade
March 10th 2018, takataapui, transgender, and intersex people and supporters walked, danced, and rode along in the Wellington International Pride Parade with a clear message: transgender health care now!
Wellington Pride Parade Float for Trans Health Care
Gender Minorities Aotearoa - Aunty Dana's Op Shop and The Gender Centre, together with InsideOUT, will be hosting a float in the 2018 Wellington International Pride Parade!
Representing Trans: Linguistic, Legal and Everyday Perspectives
A beautiful book that shares some really interesting insights and perspectives, complete with stunning photography by Fiona Clark. Representing Trans is due for release on Thursday 12th October 2017.
Autistic and Transgender, Intersex, Takataapui?
Are you part of the 9.4% of transgender people who are autistic?
What did you wish you’d known when you were first working things out? What goes into a resource booklet for Autistic Transgender People? Help us at Gender Minorities Aotearoa to decide.
Research Reports
Research reports that are based in Aotearoa New Zealand or are relevant to us here.
[Mis]Representation of Transgender Women in Films
An information paper on common transmisogynist tropes in films and the misrepesentation of transgender women.
