On 22nd and 23rd March 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) organized a meeting with Civil Society (SC), WHO staff and Global Partners at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. The topic of conversation was to “Promote health, keep the world safe, serve the vulnerable: HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, Sexually Transmitted Infections and Universal Health Coverage.”Continue reading "WHO Meeting: Universal Health Coverage"
Gender Is Not An Illness presents the argument that the pathologization of trans people infringes international human rights law, and leads to a range of human rights violations across civil and political, economic, social and cultural rights.
Sixteen trans and gender diverse activists from fifteen countries across all regions of the world - including Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, North America, the Pacific, and the Caribbean - participated in the first Trans Advocacy Week at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
GATE welcomes today Erika Castellanos, who is joining us this week as our new Director of Programs. Erika is a trans woman from Belize and recently moved to the Netherlands. She has been engaged in trans and HIV advocacy at the local, regional and international levels. Before joining GATE Erika served as Executive Director forContinue reading "Meet Erika Castellanos, our new Director of Programs!"
The GATE staff and board have been hard at work over the past two years to expand and strengthen the organization and its strategies. As part of our new strategic plan, we are excited to share some important news about upcoming senior leadership changes and new job opportunities with you. After 18 months serving asContinue reading "Announcing GATE Leadership Changes for 2017"
Global Action for Trans* Equality wishes to warmly welcome and announce our newest member of staff: intersex issues specialist, Morgan Carpenter. Morgan has recently joined GATE to support our work on intersex issues, to help us build bridges with the intersex movement, and to ensure that GATE fulfills its mission by addressing bodily diversity issuesContinue reading "Welcome Morgan!"
Since GATE was founded, one of our central goals has been to increase funding and support for trans and intersex organizations. Over the years our staff has advocated extensively for donors to recognize the unique needs of trans organizations and to include trans and gender diversity issues in their funding priorities. At the same time,Continue reading "Show Me the Money! Launch of International Trans Fund"
