Global Action For Trans Equality Inc

Human rights: toolkits published: recognizing, documenting and addressing anti-gender opposition & turning the tide: a toolkit to combat anti-gender extremism. Gate hosted the 8th un trans advocacy week along with our partners, 13 trans and gender diverse activists from around the world were brought to the un headquarters in geneva to attend the 56th session of the human rights council. Gate collaborated with global network of sex work projects (nswp) and other sex worker-led organizations to plan joint advocacy actions in response to the uns special rapporteur on violence against womens harmful reports. Gate supported the drafting of declaration 25+ that increases protections for human rights defenders, including trans and gender diverse activists. Gate supported three national trans-led organizations in estonia, guinea, and kenya to prepare reports on trans rights for submission to un human rights mechanisms, highlighting critical issues faced by the communities in the respective countries.

Program health: gates leadership in the whos gender affirming care guidelines process marks a historic step toward addressing these disparities and promoting inclusive healthcare systems that prioritize community needs. Gates community rights and gender (crg) project aims to strengthen the participation and inclusion of the trans and gender diverse community in national hiv, tuberculosis (tb) and malaria responses. Gates is a member of the guideline development group (gdg) of the world health organizations (who) gender-affirming healthcare guidelines and is supporting the development of the first who guidelines on the health of trans and gender diverse people. Gates presence at the world professional association for transgender health (wpath) symposium in lisbon provided us with an opportunity to gather together the latest research and trans- and gender diverse-led initiatives in this global space. The international working group on transmasculine people & hiv, coordinated and funded by gate, seeks to address the exclusion of trans men and transmasculine people from hiv responses by producing and disseminating critical knowledge on trans men and hiv and developing strategies to increase the meaningful engagement of this community in the global hiv and other health responses.