The THRIVE Consortium is a global coalition of trans-led organizations working together to advance the health, rights, and well-being of trans and gender diverse people. Coordinated by GATE, THRIVE strengthens connections among regional trans-led networks worldwide to build a more cohesive international trans movement. The work of THRIVE aims to counter anti-rights agendas, ensure that trans people enjoy a high quality of life, and enhance trans and gender diverse communities’ access to human rights.
Our Goals
- Build stronger networks: Support trans-led organizing with funding, training, and strategic coordination.
- Advance human rights: Advocate for legal protections, policy changes, and inclusive global health strategies.
- Improve healthcare access: Promote rights-based, gender-affirming healthcare and HIV prevention services.
- Ensure resource accountability: Secure sustainable funding and ensure that HIV-related resources reach trans communities.
How We Work
The Consortium employs a variety of strategies including research, advocacy, capacity building, communications, and movement building to drive change. Our work spans multiple regions across globe, including Latin America and the Caribbean, East Africa, Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and South-West Asia and North Africa (also known as the Middle East and North Africa), ensuring that trans and gender diverse communities worldwide are supported and empowered.
Our Impact
Trans and gender diverse communities globally face systemic discrimination, legal barriers, and inadequate healthcare access. By uniting trans-led organizations across diverse regions, THRIVE is strengthening a global movement that influences health policies, human rights protections, and funding structures. Together, we are shaping a world where trans and gender diverse people have full access to their rights, healthcare, and resources.
Meet The Consortium
EATHAN (East Africa Trans Health and Advocacy Network) is a regional network of 32 trans led and trans diverse member organizations based in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, and was founded to advocate for the improvement of the health and human rights of trans diverse persons, utilising informed research and documentation, advocacy, and access to legal justice.
EKPC (Eurasian Key Populations Coalition) is the only officially registered trans*-led regional organization in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia region. EKPC is a ground-breaking collaborative network of national and regional organizations that support and advocate to improve health, inclusion, and social well-being for Trans* individuals by addressing gender inequalities and human rights violations that increase their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
REDLACTRANS (Latin American and Caribbean Network of Transgender People) was founded in 2004 and has an extensive network across Latin America and the Caribbean in 23 member countries. REDLACTRANS aims to guarantee all rights for trans people in Latin America by documenting and addressing violence, advocating for legal protections, strengthening organizational sustainability, and reducing HIV incidence through prevention and healthcare access.
TGEU (Trans Europe and Central Asia) has 166 organizational members and 258 individual members across 47 countries in Europe and Central Asia, and was founded to strengthen the rights and wellbeing of all trans people, representing their diverse needs within human rights mechanisms and building their capacity and skills to meet the needs of their communities.
TGRU (Transgender Red Umbrella) is a network of transgender and gender diverse sex worker activists and groups dedicated to promoting the rights, well-being, and empowerment of transgender individuals and gender diverse communities in the SWANA (South-West Asia and North Africa, also known as MENA – Middle East and North Africa) region.
UCTrans (United Caribbean Trans Network) is the first Caribbean initiative advocating on behalf of the Caribbean trans community, and providing support in leadership, governance and strategic guidance to the local transgender movements across the region (Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Cuba, Suriname, Dominican Republic, and Haiti).
