The TRANSport Hub provides a safe space to network, share and exchange ideas, experiences, knowledge and strategies to strengthen our communities and local health and HIV responses. In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, our activities include themes of economic disparity and resilience.
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TRANSport: A TRANS and Gender Diverse Community Re-Engagement Hub
Global Village Networking Zone – Booth 107 (Green Zone)
Open Sat 30 July – Mon 1 Aug from 10:30 am – 6 pm
| Saturday 30 July | Sunday 31 July | Monday 1 August | |
| 10:30 | Morning meet-up | Morning meet-up | Morning meet-up |
| 11:00 | Welcome to the trans networking zone, TRANSport! | Developing a Toolkit for Providing HIV Prevention Services for Transgender Women of Color | Transmasculine & Non-Binary Meet-Up |
| 12:00 | Putting together data on 95-95-95 trans people. Presentation of a tool for assessing the continuum of services among trans people | Forgotten Community: Transmasculine & Non-Binary People in HIV Prevention | GRUPO FOCAL (ES) Documentando las Prioridades de la Comunidad Transgénero |
| 13:00 | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK |
| 14:00 | Intersex People & Sexual Rights | Think Tank on HIV and Human Rights | Trans Money |
| 15:00 | COVID-19 y Mujeres Trans en LatinoAmérica (ES) | Queers in Ukraine | The Future of HIV Response and Funding Landscape |
| 16:00 | Trans people and HIV in times of COVID-19 – Impact and strategies in Europe & Central Asia | This is GATE’s Strategic Plan for 2022-2026 | Trans Women Leading Their Own HIV Response Their Own Way |
| 17:00 | FOCUS GROUP (EN) Documenting Transgender Community Priorities | WHO KP HIV Updated Guidelines & GATE Values & Preferences Launch | Closing Session |
Description of sessions
GATE sessions have been highlighted in red
Saturday 30 July
10:30 – 11:00: Morning meet-up. Come by early to check out the programme for the day, get help with navigating the conference, and meet other trans and gender diverse people.
11:00 – 12:00: Welcome to the trans networking zone, TRANSport! Meet the people behind the scenes and discover what you can expect at the TRANSport Hub during the 3 days of the Global Village.
12:00 – 13:00: Putting together data on 95-95-95 trans people. Presentation of a Guide, with practical examples, to collecting, analyzing, and using data on the availability and coverage of services within a suggested comprehensive package of HIV services for trans people at country level.
13:00 – 14:00: Break. Space for socializing with other trans and gender diverse people at the conference.
14:00 – 15:00: Intersex People & Sexual Rights. Intersex people face persistent abuses and violations of their sexual rights globally. Brief review of the main aspects of intersex people’s lived experiences regarding sexual rights and raising awareness in broader sexual rights debates.
15:00 – 16:00: COVID-19 y Mujeres Trans en LatinoAmérica (ES). Panel de discusión sobre los problemas que enfrentan en LatinoAmérica las mujeres trans, una de las poblaciones más afectadas por el impacto de la pandemia en la región, en el contexto del COVID-19.
16:00 – 17:00: Trans people & HIV in times of COVID-19 – Impact and strategies in Europe & Central Asia. Raising awareness of challenges faced in Europe and Central Asia by trans people living with HIV, and trans organizations providing HIV services, during the COVID-19 pandemic, while sharing good practices to support a sustainable and resilient trans movement.
17:00 – 18:00: FOCUS GROUP (EN) – Documenting Transgender Community Priorities. Guided discussion to engage the trans and gender diverse community in identifying and documenting the most compelling and urgent themes globally for their communities regarding health outcomes. NOTA: Esta discusión tendrá lugar en español el lunes 1 de agosto, 12:00 – 13:00.
Sunday 31 July
10:30 – 11:00: Morning meet-up. Come by early to check out the programme for the day, get help with navigating the conference, and meet other trans and gender diverse people.
11:00 – 12:00: Developing a Toolkit for Providing HIV Prevention Services for Transgender Women of Color. Presentation of the development process and resulting toolkit aimed at holistically supporting the health and well-being of trans women of color in the U.S., a key population that disproportionately faces high levels of structural stigma and discrimination.
12:00 – 13:00: Forgotten Community: Transmasculine & Non-Binary People in HIV Prevention. Discussion on the specific needs and vulnerabilities of trans people assigned female at birth (trans men, trans masculine, non-binary), with a presentation by GATE on preliminary data from a global online survey, conducted in collaboration with Columbia University New York, researching intergrating PrEP services into Gender Affirming Care (GAC).
13:00 – 14:00: Break. Space for socializing with other trans and gender diverse people at the conference.
14:00 – 15:00: Think Tank on HIV and Human Rights. Panel discussion on the intersection between HIV and human rights, and how the interaction between the two areas of work can help in ending the epidemic.
15:00 – 16:00: Queers in Ukraine. Panel discussion with activists about how trans people live in Ukraine now, with an overview of how queer shelters operate.
16:00 – 17:00: This is GATE’s Strategic Plan for 2022-2026. GATE has a new strategic plan! Meet our staff and learn about our work & advocacy plan for the next 4 years.
17:00 – 18:00: WHO KP HIV Updated Guidelines & GATE Values & Preferences Launch. Presentation of the outcomes of GATE’s qualitative study on trans and gender diverse Values and Preferences for HIV, Hepatitis, and STI Services, and how it informed the WHO Key Populations Guidelines.
Monday 1 August
10:30 – 11:00: Morning meet-up. Come by early to check out the programme for the day, get help with navigating the conference, and meet other trans and gender diverse people.
11:00 – 12:00: Transmasculine & Non-Binary Meet-Up. This is a socializing opportunity for transmasculine & non-binary assigned female at birth (AFAB) people.
12:00 – 13:00: GRUPO FOCAL (ES) – Documentando las Prioridades de la Comunidad Transgénero. Discusión guiada para involucrar a la comunidad trans y de género diversa en la identificación y documentación de los temas más urgentes y urgentes a nivel mundial para sus comunidades con respecto a los resultados de salud. NOTE: This discussion will take place in English on Saturday 30 July, 17:00 – 18:00.
13:00 – 14:00: Break. Space for socializing with other trans and gender diverse people at the conference.
14:00 – 15:00: Trans Money. Panel discussion with representatives from donor organizations on opportunities to increase financial flows, and the future of finance, for trans initiatives.
15:00 – 16:00: The Future of HIV Response and Funding Landscape. Panel discussion about what the trans and gender diverse community wants from the future of the HIV response, and what donors should focus on.
16:00 – 17:00: Trans Women Leading Their Own HIV Response Their Own Way
17:00 – 18:00: A Discussion with Trans Sex Workers