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Photo of trans activists with the International Expert on SOGI, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, at the UN Trans Advocacy Week 2018 in Geneva.

GATE campaigns globally for trans,
gender diverse and intersex equality

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About Us

Founded by Mauro Cabral Grinspan and Justus Eisfeld, GATE has been working towards towards justice and equality for trans, gender diverse and intersex communities since 2009.

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Our Work

GATE works collaboratively with strategic partners to advocate and create opportunities for inclusion of our communities in global decision-making processes.

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Across the world, our communities face discrimination, violence and often death as a result of marginalisation and stigma. Together we can help to change this reality.

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GATE is an international advocacy organization working towards justice and equality for trans, gender diverse and intersex communities. Rooted in our movements, we work collaboratively with strategic partners at the global level to provide knowledge, resources and access to UN mechanisms and bodies. We give voice to and empower communities affected by issues of gender identity, sex characteristics and bodily diversity by creating critical knowledge, providing organizational resources and forging connections with UN bodies, networks and key organizations. 

GATE envisions  a world free from human rights violations based on gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics. Our strategy is to transform the landscape of global advocacy, knowledge creation and resource distribution through critical inclusion of trans, gender diverse and intersex movements at all levels of political, legal and socio-economic processes.

GATE believes in the emancipatory power of trans, gender diverse and intersex activists:

  • We provide our communities with support, technical capacity and knowledge to enable them to politically mobilize on issues of gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics.
  • We produce and share critical knowledge, advocate for increased and more accessible funding for community-led efforts, monitor key international processes and facilitate community activists’ engagement with these processes.
  • We are committed to being fully accountable to our communities, to fighting for all forms of emancipation, justice and reparations, and to supporting activists’ development and wellbeing.

Latest News

  • United Nations: 28 States call for legal gender recognition based on self-identification 

    For the first time at the United Nations, a cross-regional group of 28 countries has called for laws and policies that allow legal gender recognition

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  • Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill linked to global anti-gender movement

    GATE launches #StopHate #TDoV campaign to demand safer online environments for trans and gender diverse people

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  • Uganda ILGA World and GATE condemn 'horrific' Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Joint Statement by ILGA World & GATE

    Uganda: ILGA World and GATE condemn ‘horrific’ Anti-Homosexuality Bill 

    ILGA World and GATE join individuals, governments, and institutions worldwide in condemning, in the most unequivocal terms, the passing of the ‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill’ in Uganda. We call on H. E. President Yoweri Museveni NOT to sign it into law. 

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Latest Resources

  • Global Report: Impact of Anti-Gender Opposition on TGD and LGBTQI Movements

    The Impact of Anti-Gender Opposition: Global and Regional Reports

    GATE has published 8 global Reports on Anti-gender Opposition and the Impact in TGD and LGBTQ Movements

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  • Guide to Influencing the Global Fund’s Grant Cycle 7 for Transgender People

    GATE and LAC Platform have published a Guide to Influencing the Global Fund’s Grant Cycle 7 for Transgender People

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  • cover page biennial report 2020 2021

    Biennial Report 2020 + 2021

    Find out about GATE’s work and our impact in 2020 and 2021. Read our biennial report!

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