The World AIDS Conference 2018 is being held in Amsterdam from 23-28 July, with pre-conferences on 21-22 July.
GATE is participating in several pre-conferences and numerous sessions during the main conference, as well as co-hosting the Trans Networking Zone with IRGT – A Network of Trans Women and HIV.
GATE @ AIDS 2018
These are sessions in which GATE is participating
Sessions in GREEN are hosted by GATE
Download GATE @ AIDS 2018 schedule (likely to change)
Saturday 21 July
9:00am-5:15pm – TRANS action: Building Bridges to Safety – G106-107
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Closing Speech. Download the Program for the Trans Pre-Conference.
9:00-5:00pm – 2018 90-90-90 Targets Workshop – Elicium 2
- Mauro Cabral, GATE Executive Director: Panelist
Sunday 22 July
8:30am-6:00pm – U=U 2018: Celebrate, Activate and Implement! – GV Session Room 1
- GATE: Sponsor. You can watch the live stream of this event below (goes live at 09:00 CEST), or on GATE’s YouTube Channel. ***Due to technical issues with this stream, you can now view this on GATE’s Facebook Page***
8:30am-6:00pm – Global Dialogue: HIV, Rights and the Law in the Era of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – Hall 11A
- Mauro Cabral, GATE Executive Director: Panelist
Monday 23 July
10:15am-12:15pm – Time to focus: Doing thing better and differently for key populations – Hall 10
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Co-Chair
12:00-1:00pm – Where is the money for the Transgender Movement? – GV Session Room 1
- Mauro Cabral, GATE Executive Director: Workshop Host
1:45-3:30pm – Making Holistic Real: Social Drivers of HIV & Community Programming for Trans People – Positive Action Meeting Room, Global Village 2nd floor
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Chair
4:00-5:00pm – The state of trans and intersex organizing – Networking Zone GV 518 – [Bilingual: Español & English]
- Mauro Cabral, GATE Executive Director: Workshop Host
Tuesday 24 July
07:00-08:00am – The role of civil society and donors in times of crisis: Venezuela – E105-108
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Opening Remarks
10:00-11:00am – Filling holes, closing gaps, a Roundtable: Including transgender MSM in the ‘MSM and Transgender” HIV response – Networking Zone GV 518
- Mauro Cabral, GATE Executive Director: Workshop Host
11:00am-12:30pm – U=U: Crafting supportive public health policy from the scientific evidence to support community action – E102
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Panelist
12:30-2:00pm – e-Health Innovations for MSM & Transgender People – Positive Action Meeting Room, Global Village 2nd floor
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Moderator
6:30-8:30pm – Shame, secrecy and silence: Delivering stigma free health services for key populations – Elicium 1
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Moderator
Wednesday 25 July
10:30-11:30am – The Change We Want to See: Hearing from Young Trans Leaders – Networking Zone GV 502
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Moderator
3:00-3:45pm: “Trans and HIV: Who are we really talking about and who is being left behind?” – Networking Zone GV 518
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Moderator
3:45-4:30pm: “HIV prevention tools: Designed for one and applied on all; Does this really work? Hear what community experts have to say” – Networking Zone GV 518
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Moderator
5:00-6:00pm Trans Networking Zone Reception – Networking Zone GV 518
- GATE invites you to the Trans Networking Zone Reception. All are welcome!
Thursday 26 July
07:00-08:30am – HIV Stigma, Discrimination and Human Rights Violations: Global Extent, Impact & the Way Forward – Emerald Room
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Moderator
11:00am-12:30pm – Antifragile: Strengthening the HIV response through addressing stigma, prejudice and discrimination – Auditorium
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Panelist
6:30-8:30pm – Anal sex from top to bottom: Beliefs, behaviors and policies for better health – Elicium 1
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Panelist
Friday 27 July
11:00am-12:30pm – Going beyond business as usual and addressing complacency and fatigue in the AIDS response – Auditorium
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Panelist
2:20-5:20pm – Closing Plenary – Hall 12
- Erika Castellanos, GATE Director of Programs: Closing Speaker
Trans Networking Zone – IAC Global Village Booth 518
Monday 23 July
9:00am – Welcome – IRGT Members
- The members of IRGT and staff open up the week at the Global Village with the theme Work it! Bridging the Trans Divide and participate to have activities to provide a safe space where we all can exchange strategies and share knowledge on a global response to HIV.
11:00am – We’re not half a Community Action Walk – Alexandra Rodriguez, IRGT
- The Trans youth will lead this activity where we will have an activity creating signs and placards protesting several issues with AIDS 2018, including the lack of enough trans spaces and scholarships for trans and non-binary individuals. We will march throughout the Global Village.
12:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – Youth Space
2:00pm – From GIPA to MIPA to Empowerment of Trans Women living with HIV in the US – IRGT Members
- Founded in 2015, Positively Trans is engaging trans people living with HIV to create a community-driven advocacy agenda. Members of the project will share their personal experiences and discuss the importance of empowering trans people living with HIV in combating anti-trans stigma and improve access to trans-centered health care.
4:00pm – The State of Trans and Intersex Organizing 2017 Reports – Mauro Cabral, GATE – [Bilingual: Español & English]
- Understanding the Needs and Priorities of a Growing but Under-Resourced Movement: AJWS, Astraea and GATE surveyed groups across the globe on trans and intersex issues. The results provide a unique snapshot of the funding and organizational needs and experiences of those at the front line.
Tuesday 24 July
10:00am – Filling holes, closing gaps, a Roundtable Including transgender MSM in the ‘MSM and Transgender People” HIV response – Teddy Cook, PASH.tm; Ayden Scheim, University of California; Cianán Russell, TGEU; Mauro Cabral, GATE; Michelle Ross-Turner, CliniQ
- This Roundtable will bring activists together to discuss policy contexts and the implementation of PrEP access and uptake, testing and links to HIV care for trans MSM. Raise the visibility of HIV vulnerable and positive trans men within the ‘MSM and Transgender People” HIV response.
12:00pm – Violence Lunch Discussion – JoAnne Keatley, IRGT
1:00pm – Ask the Doctor
2:00pm – PrEP HIV Prevention for Trans People Local Needs Global Awareness
– Michelle Ross-Turner, CliniQ; Jae Sevelius, University of California; Abhina Aher, HIV/AIDS Alliance; Teddy Cook, PASH.tm; Rena Janamnuaysook, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre
- PrEP and trans people. What are the issues in different countries for trans people? What PrEP studies, trials and research are happening – are they led by trans people? What more do we need to know about PrEP? By us, for us? Or with them, for us?
4:00pm – Trans Education + Action = Capacity For Health (TEACH) – Mahri Bahati, IRGT; Engagement Navigator, San Francisco General Hospital Foundation; Khartini Slamah, HIV/AIDS Alliance; Alexandra Rodriguez, IRGT
- Many trans-led organizations lack the resources, capacity, and infrastructure to be self-sustaining and therefore struggle to meet the specific HIV care and prevention needs of their own population. In
- response to this problem, the IRGT conceived the idea of identifying, training, and nurturing a cohort of trans individuals who could then work with trans-led organizations within their respective regions to address these issues. In this session we reflect on the lessons learned in implementing this project.
Wednesday 25 July
9:00am – Asia – Asia Pacific Transgender Network
11:00am – Using the Courts to advance the rights of transgender persons in Southern Africa – Ricky Nathanson, Trans* Research, Education, Advocacy & Training (TREAT); Liberty Matthyse, Gender Dynamix; Tashwill Esterhuizen, Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC)
- Increasingly we have seen litigation victories in the Southern African region that has advanced the fundamental rights and dignity of transgender persons. This discussion will explore some of the litigation and advocacy strategies which activists have used to advance rights of transgender persons.
11:30am – Legal Gender Recognition: How far is South Africa willing to go? – Ricky Nathanson, TREAT; Liberty Glenton Matthyse, Gender DynamiX
- Despite South Africa providing legal protections to transgender persons these do not translate into practice. Aligned to the rights to self-identification and self-determination, this presentation highlights these inconsistencies whilst reflecting on judicial interventions for positive change.
12:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – Africa
3:00pm – HIV Prevention tools: Designed for one and applied on all; Does this really work? Hear what community experts have to say – Erika Castellanos, GATE; Michelle Ross-Turner, CliniQ; Joanne Keatley, IRGT; Max Appenroth, ITF
- Prevention of HIV has seen significant advances in the past years, yet they fail to be tailored for the trans population. Frequently the prevention methods are tailored for one population and then applied on all. Panelists will talk about specific prevention intervention on the trans community.
3:45pm – Trans and HIV: Who are we really talking about and who is being left behind? – Erika Castellanos, GATE; Joanne Keatley, IRGT; Cianán Russell, TGEU; Cecilia Chung, TLC; Max Appenroth, ITF
- Looking at a diversification of the HIV response in the Trans community. An analysis of who is being left behind in the global HIV goals.
5:00pm – Trans Networking Zone Reception
Thursday 26 July
9:00am – Social Support Strategies for Trans People – Michelle Ross-Turner, CliniQ; Isabella Ventura RN, The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health; Cianán Russell, TGEU; Leo Robinson, CliniQ; Alexandra Rodriguez, IRGT
- Social support for trans people: what do we mean and who provides support? How do we provide social support – is it By Us For Us? Examples of where social support works – not a one stop shop. Different countries – different needs? Or are they the same?
10:00am – Sex Work – Simran Shaikh, HIV/AIDS Alliance
12:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – Trans Migrantes – Alexandra Rodriguez, IRGT – [Bilingual: Español & English]
- We will open our Trans Networking Zone to the issues of global trans migrations. A space where trans, gender diverse and non-binary identified migrants can share their experiences and have a discussion on recent incidents with trans migrants across the world.
2:00pm – Trans Latinas – Alexandra Rodriguez, IRGT; Lorena Borjas, Collective Transgrediendo; Liaam Winslet, Collective Transgrediendo; Leah D.Muñoz, Pan y Rosas – [Español with English translation available]
- Un espacio dedicado a las comunidades Transgénero Latinas que participan este año en AIDS 2018. Tendremos varias representantes de diferentes países y líderes de comunidades de TransLatinas en el mundo e intercambiaremos nuestras experiencias como TransLatinas.
3:00pm – Youth Space