A project that uses art to tell the stories of queer and gender diverse people’s experiences and hopes for New Zealand’s mental health and addiction services. Out of this project, a report was created that outlines the themes and recommendations found through the stories shared. The report was then submitted […]
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Guidelines for Gender Affirming Healthcare 2018 (low resolution version) Guidelines for Gender Affirming Healthcare 2018 (high resolution version) Click the links to read these important guidelines about providing gender affirming healthcare in New Zealand. Relevant to anyone working in health services (primary, secondary, youth, mental health, specialist care). Aims to […]
The All of Us Project is a resource booklet aiming to start a conversation around increasing access and inclusion for intersex, gender diverse and queer young people who also have other minority identities. It aims to uplift the voices of people who’s perspectives and experiences are not often visible or […]
New and compelling research out of Australia! Trans Pathways is the largest study ever conducted of the mental health and care pathways of trans and gender diverse young people in Australia (859 participants). It is also the first Australian study to incorporate the views of parents and guardians of trans young people […]
This is aimed at anyone working in primary care and contains very useful information about how to have conversations about gender transitioning, including what kind of questions to ask about names and pronouns and the goals for that person in their transition. It also contains technical information about medication and […]
Across the Auckland Region, the two main service providers are Centre for Youth Health for young people and adolescents, and Auckland Regional Sexual Health Service for adults. These two services have multiple clinics across Auckland. They provide support around exploration of gender identity and social transition, family/whānau support, puberty blockers, hormone therapy and referral […]
Julia Serano wrote an essay about the problematic aspects of separating sex from gender, when sex categories are viewed as being ‘purely biological’ and therefore more truthful or accurate, and gender is regarded as ‘entirely social’ or constructed. This argument is used to invalidate trans women as women, which is […]
Joey was fortunate to be invited to speak about non-binary identities and access to health services at the National Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (ICAMHS) Leaders Day in Wellington on Friday 21st April 2017. This is an excerpt from that presentation, focusing on the nuances of non-binary gender. The longer presentation also […]
Youth’12: Fact Sheet about Transgender Young People (Click to open) This fact sheet presents selected findings on the health and wellbeing of secondary school students who identified as transgender. It is based on the Youth’12 health and wellbeing survey of 8,500 New Zealand secondary school students undertaken in 2012.
Same or Both-Sex Attracted & Transgender Infographics (Click to open either) These two infographics show us the numbers that young LGBTIQ people face, both the challenges and the positives. Created for Ara Taiohi http://www.arataiohi.org.nz by Sam Orchard http://www.thesamorchard.com
“Wherever you live in Auckland, you can now access gender affirming health care through several different health clinics, all of which accept self-referrals. If you are a health provider you can also refer someone to these services or seek more support for providing transition related care (information on healthpoint link below).” Northern […]
Joe talks about mental health, transgender health care and informed consent. Go here for more: https://dpsn.net.nz/2016/10/10/vlog-mental-health/ Credits go to: Sam Orchard, creator and vlogger at DPSN (Diversity Promotion through Social Networking). Check out DPSN for more blogs here: https://dpsn.net.nz/ Check out Sam’s work here: http://www.thesamorchard.com/
I was pleasantly surprised to see that the latest Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People (August 2015) from the American Psychological Association begins with an acknowledgement that “gender is a non-binary construct that allows for a range of gender identities and that a person’s gender identity […]
Read here: World Medical Association statement This statement emphasises that “everyone has the right to determine one’s own gender and recognises the diversity of possibilities in this respect. The WMA calls for physicians to uphold each individual’s right to self-identification with regards to gender.” It also reinforces the need for access […]