TENI are happy to inform the community that this week, we have met with Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD.During this meeting, we discussed the provisions of gender affirming healthcare in Ireland for adults and for children and adolescents. We also discussed Ireland’s last place ranking in the TGEU Health Map 2022.We thank the Minister …
TENI met with Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD Read More »
On occasion of the International Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR), TGEU has released the 2022 update of Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM). The year 2022 saw 327 reported murders of trans and gender-diverse people between 1 October 2021 and 30 September 2022. With 222 cases, Latin America and the Caribbean remains the region that reported most …
327 trans people reported murdered – one in Northern Ireland Read More »
We’ve seen great strides for equality in Ireland however, we know that trans people still face huge challenges in school, at work, in accessing healthcare, and in living our daily lives. We want trans people to thrive. At TENI supporting our community is the most important for us and we believe that education is key …
TENI is aware of the concerns that have been raised around the filing of our audited accounts for 2021. We also know that the trans community as a whole has come under increased scrutiny recently and so we wanted to provide some information to the community on the actions that we are taking to ensure …
Across the globe, trans people lack access to basic, quality trans-specific healthcare. Backlash that attacks existing care hurts real people. As of June 2022, we mark three years of the formal depathologisation of trans and gender-diverse identities in the WHO’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) and the removal of gender incongruence from the list of …
Calling for complete depathologisation of trans identities – Joint statement Read More »
I remember it so vividly. It was a dark September evening. The past month or so had been a whirlwind and my whole life as I knew it had been turned completely upside down. I had finally faced up to what had been haunting me my entire life. I’d come out to my long term …
On Thursday 28 July, NHS England announced that the current sole provider of gender identity health services for children and young people in England, NHS Tavistock and Portman (known by many simply as the Tavistock), will be replaced in Spring 2023 by two regional centres – one in London, and another in the North West. …
TENI’s response to the news that the Tavistock are closing their doors Read More »
A research was launched into conversation practices to inform legislation that will prohibit the practice of conversion therapy You have been invited to take part in this research because you are a member of the community and may have been exposed to conversion practices. This short survey is open to everybody, those who have not …
After 10 years of service, Sara R Phillips will be stepping down as Chair of TENI on the 30th of June 2022. Sara’s term on the TENI Board of Directors was due to end in October 2021. Sara continued in the position of Chair to assist the Board in finding a replacement and support the …
Sara Phillips to step down as TENI Chair, Sam Blanckensee is appointed as new chair Read More »
