United Nations: 28 States call for legal gender recognition based on self-identification
For the first time at the United Nations, a cross-regional group of 28 countries has called for laws and policies that allow legal gender recognition
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Trans rights at the UN: activists and States chart ways forward
At the close of the 47th Human Rights Council and the 5th UN Trans Advocacy Week*, we have seen a significant increase in diplomatic missions engaging with issues relating to trans rights.
Protect Trans Women’s Rights – UN HRC47
In a historic first, today 27 States called on the UN Human Rights Council to urgently protect the human rights of trans people, especially trans women.
Intersex People and the Right to Truth
The right to truth is a key component of intersex people’s human rights. Read more about how you can support the intersex movement in our Right to Truth Briefing.
Press Release: ICD-11 depathologizes Trans & Gender Diverse identities
Organisations from across the world have signed a joint statement and Call to Action to join with us in working together to fully dismantle pathologization. Trans identities are formally de-psycho-pathologized in the ICD-11.
Press Release: International Classification of Diseases 11 and Intersex people
More than 50 intersex-led organisations and groups from every region of the world have signed a joint statement to the World Health Organization condemning the repathologisation of intersex variations as “disorders of sex development” in the WHO International Classification of Diseases 11 (ICD-11), and medical classifications that promote early surgical intervention to “fix” intersex bodies.
Press Release: Gender is not an illness
Today, GATE is very proud to release the publication Gender is not an illness. How pathologization violates human rights law. This paper was conceived and produced as a contribution to the ongoing process of depathologizing trans and gender diverse people through the reform of classification systems, legal frameworks and social attitudes. Read More »Press Release: Gender is not an illness
Press Release on The State of Intersex & Trans Organizing Reports
Global Surveys of Intersex and Trans Groups Reveal Critical Funding Gap Intersex and trans groups are fighting violence and discrimination around the world, but surveys… Read More »Press Release on The State of Intersex & Trans Organizing Reports