For International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), GATE created two resources, one on "How to be an ally to the intersex community", the other on "How to be an ally to the trans and gender diverse community. This resource is available in Spanish and English, and we created an accessible version also, for those who cannot read the graphic easily.
GATE is delighted to share that our Director of Programs, Erika Castellanos, has been appointed to the Board of the Communities Delegation Living with HIV and affected by Tuberculosis and Malaria Delegation (Communities Delegation) to the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) as an Alternate Board Member.
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!"
