New guidelines for physicians to enable them to increase their knowledge and sensitivity towards transgender people and the unique health issues they face have been approved by the World Medical Association. At its annual General Assembly in Moscow, the WMA emphasised that everyone has the right to determine their own gender and that gender incongruence
Read More ...National LGBT Hate Crime Partnership Hate Crime Awareness Week Hate Crime Campaign – Action Needed The LGBT Hatecrime Partnership, of which GIRES is a member are launching a campaign today 9th October 2015 from noon, and we need you to be part of it… involving selfies with a speech bubble to push out through social
Read More ...This short report exists to summarise the key statistics and feedback surrounding Sabotage Theatre’s rural tour of ‘Owlers’, which toured Kent and Sussex between May and August 2015. At all performances GIRES publicity and information was available before and after the show, and during the interval. The company invited the audience to discuss the play
Read More ...Stop Online Abuse: Know Your Rights: Report, Complain, Campaign Stop Online Abuse is a website tackling online abuse aimed at women and LGBT+ community. Stop Online Abuse, the government funded site was created by Galop, an LGBT anti-violence charity, in consultation with Trans Media Watch, the Women’s Resource Centre, Gender Identity Research and Education Society,
Read More ...The LGBT Consortium is proud to have worked with 30 of its member organisations to develop a campaign centred on tackling Hate Crime across England, Wales and Scotland. It is estimated that over 39,000 people suffer some form of harassment, abuse, graffiti and other crime motivated by homophobia, biphobia or transphobia, yet only 6% of
Read More ...Transgender NI, have released a guide to trans healthcare in Northern Ireland. They provide healthcare for trans people, throughout NI, with information on Gender Identity Services Child & adolescent services, adult and sexual health services. See this link for more information : Trans healthcare in Northern Ireland
Read More ...Press Release from the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Consortium of LGBT VCOS Hidden ‘scandal’ of LGB & T hate crime exposed Fear of how they will be treated is leading to thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGB and T) not reporting hate crimes. As a result perpetrators are evading justice,
Read More ...Welcome to the classroom lesson plans section. This section offers you a series of lesson plans and supporting slides to enable you to include the trans experience through a variety of lesson plans in all key stages. The Penguin Stories Lesson Plan for the Penguin Land Books: Gender Diversity for Nursery and Primary School Children Age:
Read More ...These factsheets were prepared by members of the National LGB&T Partnership in collaboration with cliniQ, Mermaids, TransForum Manchester, with support from Public Health England. The Factsheets have the following objectives: To promote the health and wellbeing of trans people To provide trans people with basic information about key aspects of good health and wellbeing and
Read More ...Writer, television personality and transgender activist Paris Lees was honoured with the special gold award at last night’s MHPC’s 30 TO WATCH awards. Paris was named Young Campaigning Journalist of the Year at the prestigious industry event – held at BAFTA – for her work to improve life for trans people. Now in their fourth
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