On trans depathologization, mental health and stigma: ICD-11 is released
The unfolding news of the World Health Organization removing trans-related categories from the chapter on mental health at the International Classification of Diseases, while a welcome step forward in depathologization of trans identities, makes necessary for us to express our disagreement and discomfort with a rationale made explicit by WHO.
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- 27 June 2018
Press Release: CRG Strategic Initiatives Project
GATE is proud to announce that we have commenced our Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Strategic Initiatives project, which focuses on developing skills and building the capacity of transgender communities to meaningfully engage with Global Fund processes in areas of HIV, malaria and tuberculosis.
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- 6 June 2018
How to be an Ally to Trans, Gender Diverse and Intersex Communities
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.
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- 22 May 2018
First openly trans advocate appointed to Communities Delegation Board
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.
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- 23 April 2018
WHO Meeting: Universal Health Coverage
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"
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- 28 March 2018
Press Release: Gender is not an illness: How pathologizing trans people violates international human rights law
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.
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- 15 December 2017
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- 30 October 2017