Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE) is an organisation and

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gender identity Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender. Gender identity can correlate with a person's assigned sex or can differ from it. In most individuals, the various biological determinants of sex are congruent, and consistent with the ...

sex characteristics Sexual characteristics are physical traits of an organism (typically of a sexually dimorphic organism) which are indicative of its biological sex. These can include sex organs used for reproduction and secondary sex characteristics which disting ...

and bodily diversity (

transgender A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through ...

and

intersex Intersex people are individuals born with any of several sex characteristics including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical bin ...

) issues. The current executive director is Mauro Cabral Grinspan. Cabral Grinspan is an Argentinian

and

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activist, and signatory of the

Yogyakarta Principles The Yogyakarta Principles is a document about human rights in the areas of sexual orientation and gender identity that was published as the outcome of an international meeting of human rights groups in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in November 2006. Th ...

Founding

Former co-directors included Justus Eisfeld, a co-founder of

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and a contributor to the Activist's Guide for the Yogyakarta Principles in Action and

Masen Davis Masen Davis (born March 29, 1971) is an American transgender rights activist who is currently the interim executive director of Transgender Europe, and was previously the executive director of Freedom for All Americans and of the Transgender L ...

, also formerly Executive Director of the

Transgender Law Center The Transgender Law Center (TLC) is the largest American transgender-led civil rights organization in the United States. They were originally California's first "fully staffed, state-wide transgender legal organization" and were initially a fisca ...

. The organization was founded in 2009.

Activism

The organization works on reform of medical protocols, HIV response, and access to funding. In 2014, GATE and American Jewish World Service published the first study on transgender and intersex groups' access to funding. GATE also has a connection with Julia Ehrt of Transgender Europe in Germany and Tamara Adrian of International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex Law Association in Venezuela. It also maintains a durable relationship with United Nations Special Rapporteurs and NGOs, and tries to advance its political agenda through

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at the United Nations and

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. On 17 June, GATE contributed to the resolution of

UN Human Rights Council The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), CDH is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. The Council has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis ...

presented by South Africa along with Brazil concerning human rights on sexual orientation and gender identity. On 30 June 2011, Cabral Grinspan, held a speech at the

European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights The Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) is a subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament. It is responsible for issues of human rights and democracy, including ensuring their implementation in European Union policy, ...

for the trans and intersex rights. In 2022, GATE released a report mapping anti-trans actors in the United Kingdom. According to the report there had been a "dramatic increase in anti-trans content and activity in UK media and politics" since 2015, and that the most influential group in this rise was a "large coalition of the right/media", though some centrist and leftist actors were also involved.

Awards and recognition

In July 2015, Cabral was a co-recipient of the inaugural Bob Hepple Equality Award, alongside Pragna Patel of

Southall Black Sisters Southall Black Sisters (SBS) is a non-profit organisation based in Southall, West London, England. This women's group was established in August 1979 in the aftermath of the death of anti-fascist activist Blair Peach, who had taken part in a de ...

. The award is named for Bob Hepple, the former lawyer of Nelson Mandela. The Oxford Human Rights Hub comments, "Cabral was crucial in the process leading to the enactment of Argentina’s Gender Identity Law in 2012, a law which has been extensively cited in court decisions on gender identity cases, including the Indian Supreme Court, and which has inspired legislation reform in countries including Malta, the Netherlands and Sweden."

References

External links

GATE Official Site
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Founding

Activism

Awards and recognition

See also

References

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