TransgenderNI is the regional trans human rights organisation for trans and gender diverse people in Northern Ireland, established by experienced activists and human rights professionals in 2018. We run the Belfast Trans Resource Centre, the only dedicated trans community centre in the UK & Ireland, and lead a number of key projects in healthcare rights, […]
The Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) is conducting ongoing consultation on changes to Gender Identity Services in Northern Ireland. They have recently published 14 draft objectives that they propose new gender-affirming healthcare services should meet, and are seeking input from interested individuals and groups. We encourage trans individuals and organisations as well as allies […]
TransgenderNI is pleased to see today’s news from Ava Moore and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland that Debenhams has settled a case on sex discrimination in recruitment. Trans people are covered under the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, meaning that discrimination against an individual on the basis of their trans status may be […]
We welcomed the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 being passed earlier this year, mandating the UK Government to provide access to abortion services in line with the UN CEDAW Committee’s recommendations in Northern Ireland by 31st March 2020. This legislation decriminalised abortion, repealing Sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person […]
Tuesday the 3rd of December is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a worldwide day to celebrate, consider and campaign for disability rights. We’re a trans rights organisations primarily, but we do a large amount of work in the field of disability rights due to the histories and contemporary realities of trans rights in Europe. […]
BEGINS Legal gender recognition is an important tool for trans people of all ages and backgrounds to affirm their identity in public and in private, to protect their rights to private and family life, and to enable them to live their lives more easily. The Republic of Ireland went from trailing Europe in 2014 to […]
Today, TransgenderNI announces a new vision for healthcare services in Northern Ireland for transgender people, laying out a plan of action for bringing healthcare in the region into compliance with human rights standards and global best practice. The current Health & Social Care system in Northern Ireland fails to support trans and non-binary people in […]
It is reported today that the Education Authority in Northern Ireland is working on guidance for schools who are supporting or are likely to support a transgender pupil, to address the current guidance vacuum that faces schools today. We welcome this move from the EA, and are pleased that our Executive Director, Ellen Murray is […]
We’re pleased to welcome the new provision of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to people at risk of acquiring HIV in Northern Ireland through local GUM clinics across the 5 Health & Social Care Trust areas. The HIV Prevention / Risk Reduction Clinic will operate several times per week through the Belfast area GUM clinic at the […]
For the past several years, trans rights advocacy across Northern Ireland has developed enormously. The efforts by many across the community of trans people and their families have been tireless and passionate, and successful in many ways. Trans advocacy work in Northern Ireland has spread to international human rights work, direct work with health services, […]