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Welcome to the GATE team, Anwar!

GATE welcomes Anwar, our Movement Building Program Lead.

Anwar Ogrm brings 15 years of experience working in the feminist, trans, decolonial and social justice movements as a trans Muslim advocate from the Global North. Join us in welcoming him!

GATE logo with the text: Erika Castellanos is officially a Member of the UNAIDS (logo) Global Council on Inequality, ADIS and Pandemics. Below there is an image of Erika

Inequality and pandemics: the central role of Trans and Gender Diverse Community-led organizations in combating current and future health threats

GATE Executive Director, Erika Castellanos, has been appointed as a member of the newly formed Global Council on Inequality, AIDS, and Pandemics. Internationally, there is increasing awareness that inequality is a driver of global pandemics. Community-led organizations must be at the center of health interventions and human rights advocacy to effectively combat current and future health threats.

GATE logo followed by the text: Receives the United Nations ECOSOC special consultative status

Reflecting on Trans, Visibility, Engagement and Success

At the side event held in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Erika felt overwhelmed and full of emotions!

Also, after 4 years waiting, GATE receives the United Nations ECOSOC special consultative status.

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United Nations Trans Advocacy Week 2023

United Nations Trans Advocacy Week (UN TAW) is a collective project by non-governmental organizations, offering trans activists a platform to make their voices heard on a global scale and in international human rights spaces. It’s a chance to bring attention to the challenges and discrimination faced by trans and gender diverse people and to promote equality, acceptance, and understanding.

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GATE’s 2022 Annual Report

Read GATE’s 2022 annual report and discover our accomplishments towards strenghtening TGDI movements.