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A University of Waikato study has found that transgender people who have experienced stigma, including harassment, violence, and discrimination because of their identity are much more likely to have poor mental health outcomes. Based on the responses of 1,178 people who completed a national Aotearoa/New Zealand survey, the findings published in the International Journal of Transgender…

The University of Waikato’s Transgender Health Research Lab strongly welcomes today’s announcement that the 2023 Census will collect data on sexual orientation and gender identity. In 2018, the Transgender Health Research Lab conducted New Zealand’s first comprehensive national survey of the health and wellbeing of trans and non-binary people living in Aotearoa / New Zealand….

The Counting Ourselves research team has just released its ground-breaking report showing that trans and non-binary people in Aotearoa New Zealand experience alarmingly high levels of psychological distress, suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts. They also face high levels of discrimination and violence, as well as significant barriers when trying to access health services. Counting Ourselves…

The Organising Committee for the Aotearoa NZ Trans Health Symposium has been fundraising for scholarships for trans and non-binary people who want to attend the 4 May Symposium in Hamilton. At the moment they have enough funding for 2 full scholarships and some partial scholarships. THESE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO: * are trans or…

We are really excited to announce that registrations are open for the Aotearoa New Zealand Trans Health Symposium at the University of Waikato on Saturday 4 May. The Symposium will include the first presentation of initial findings from the Counting Ourselves survey.The Symposium  runs from 9-4.30pm and will be followed by a meeting at 5pm about…

This week is your last chance to have your voice counted in the Aotearoa New Zealand Trans and Non-binary Health Survey, Counting Ourselves. If you haven’t started the survey yet, now is the perfect time to start.  Just 10 minutes each day, and you will get the survey finished by Sunday. Over 150 people are part…

19 September 2018 Media release Researchers at the University of Waikato have been overwhelmed by the huge response to Counting Ourselves, a community-led survey on the health and wellbeing of trans and non-binary people in Aotearoa. In three months, the online survey has been completed by more than 1000 people. This is already more than five times…

The Counting Ourselves survey closes in exactly 1 month – on 30 September. In the 10 weeks the survey has been live, we have already received over 900 submitted surveys. We are really excited that they come from almost all parts of Aotearoa, and from very diverse parts of our communities.  Lots of young people (aged…

Thank you so much to the 156 people who completed the survey in our first 8 days. That is such a wonderful start! We know that there are also people who have started the survey who have not completed it yet. As long as you have ‘cookies’ enabled in your browser, you have 4 weeks from…

Titiro whakamuri, kōkiri whakamua. Kia ora koutou. Today is a huge day for the small project team and the Community Advisory Group that have been working on this survey. We are nervous and excited as we launch Counting Ourselves. There is a long history of takatāpui, trans and non-binary people trying to improve the health…