FINANCE 6
SUPPORT 6
HEALTHCARE 7
GIST 7
EDUCATION CONFERENCE 9
MISSION STATEMENT:
Transgender Equality Network Ireland Ltd. (TENI) is a non-profit organisation supporting the trans community in Ireland. TENI seeks to improve the situation and advance the rights and equality
of trans people and their families.
Our vision is an Ireland where trans people are understood, accepted and respected, and can participate fully in all aspects of Irish society. Ireland remains a place where it can be difficult for trans people to lead safe, healthy and full lives. TENI is dedicated to ending transphobia, including stigma, discrimination and inequality and continues in the struggle for social, political and legal recognition of trans people in Ireland.
STAFF
Family Support & Hannah Solley Education Officer
Administration Steven Harris Officer
Policy & Research Officer Ellen Murray (departed August 2019)
Administration Officer Andy Martin (departed March 2019)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Vice Chair Cearbhall Turraoin
Company Secretary Fionnuala Power Finance Director Denise Breen Director Dan O’ Connor
Director Lynne Tracey
Director Simon Blanckensee
Director Ben Power
Director Aoife Martin
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FOREWORD Hello and welcome to our 2018 Annual Report.
TENI has had an active and productive year. It’s also been an interesting time for us. We have achieved much under sometimes difficult circumstances.
TENI lost a number of key members of staff, with extensive institutional knowledge and experience in supporting the trans community and educating wider society. We would like to thank Andy, Catherine, Ellen and Stephen for their hard work and dedication throughout their time in TENI.
With reduced resources, the organisation has continued to build upon its successes of the past; providing increased support for our community and made significant achievements in all areas of our work.
TENI hosted our 6th annual TransParenCI family residential weekend in November 2018; held our first conference for educators in February; launched the award-winning ‘Call It Out’ campaign in May; and welcomed our community and the general public to the TRAN-FUSION arts festival in June. TENI was recently awarded funding through the Mná na hEireann, Women of Ireland Fund, which will see us taking on a three-year project aimed at getting trans women into employment. This is just one of many exciting projects on the horizon for TENI.
We want to thank the current TENI staff for their commitment over the past couple of months. Gordon,
Hannah, Keeva Lilith and Steven have been flexible, imaginative and passionate, guaranteeing TENI can maintain its output, meet demands and achieve its goals, but most of all, setting the foundations of things to come.
We are looking to the future. TENI was formed by the community, formed for the community and must listen and support our community in every endeavour. Ireland has changed so much since we started. TENI has been central to that change and will continue to be. In many ways, Ireland is now a world leader in trans legal rights, yet our community is often still marginalised in society. The healthcare system has taken a step backwards, to a time when trans identities were pathologized. As the World Health Organisation removes Gender Dysphoria from the mental health sections of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD11), Ireland continues to see being trans as a psychiatric condition.
We have an opportunity to change this. As TENI commences our 5-year strategic plan, we need to hear your opinions, listen to your needs and ensure you have every opportunity to be involved. We will be reconnecting, improving our communication, stepping out of our office, inviting you in and reaching out across the country to hear and include the voices of every member of our beautiful, diverse community.
Denise Breen, Gordon Grehan & Sara R Phillips TENI Interim Management Team
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The TENI Board of Directors consists of 12 voluntary activists, drawn from many parts of a diverse community. As a Board we try to ensure that this diversity is as broad as we can achieve, ensuring both young and old voices, diverse gender identities, parents, allies and as important, the key skill sets to run an organisation like ours, are available to us. The Board give of their time freely, provide passionate opinion and support the work of the staff where and when necessary. 2018 saw 4 new members elected to the Board and 2019 will see continued change at Board level, with 6 seats available. This will bring new challenges, embedding new voices, new ideas to the Board table. Over the past 12 months, with so many discussions, so many changes, the Board has focused on supporting our staff, identifying a strategic vision, establishing a reconnection to the community and more recently, resetting the clock. The remainder of 2019 and into 2020, we will concentrate on creating a strategic plan for the next 5 years. This is well overdue and necessary to provide clear guidance to the work of our operations and staff.
As we approach another annual election process, we find ourselves saying goodbye to 2 Board members who have served the community over the past 6 years. Both have dedicated their time and commitment with a fervent attitude and belief that our community, our family should no longer be marginalised. I want to thank both of them for their commitment, passion and dedication to TENI and our community.
Fionnuala Power has served as a Director and Company Secretary since June 2013. Fionnuala also served, for a number of years, on the Governance committee and as the Chair of the Human Resources Committee, giving of her time freely at critical moments throughout her tenure. She provided crucial counsel to me as Chair and her experience and steadfastness will be missed.
Simon Blanckensee has brought enthusiasm and zeal as a Director of the Board since his co-option in September 2013. Simon has been significant to the success of many of the events we have run over the
past 6 years. He has always been the first to volunteer in all our endeavours and has been indispensable in ensuring Transfusion has been a success for the past 7 years. Simon will be missed on the Board but no doubt will continue to volunteer with TENI into the future.
Sara R Phillips TENI Chair
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FINANCE
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the organisation has not been able to complete the 2018 audit in time for the Annual General Assembly. Due to changes in staffing and delays in the preparation of our internal accounts, the final accounts are not available for our auditors to audit. The interim management committee will make every effort to complete our accounts over the coming weeks and audited accounts are duly lodged with the company’s office.
TENI’s financial situation over the past 12 months has been stable and as we begin to consolidate and rebuild, we will need to embed some of our funding streams and stabilise our cashflow. 2020 will be a challenging year with the ending of a number of funds. However, we will continue to diversify and identify new funding streams as before. Financially the future will remain challenging but we are confident that we will achieve our goals and continue to build on the work we do.
Denise Breen Finance Director
SUPPORT
TENI is often the first point of contact for people seeking support. We provide support in many forms including online, over the phone and in person. People contact us for many reasons. They may be a trans person looking for advice regarding their own transition or they may be someone calling on behalf of a friend or family member; a parent whose child has just come out to them and needs some advice and reassurance; or a crossdresser who is seeking information and to connect with others because they may not have the support they need at home. Sometimes we even hear from a support worker or carer who wants to do the best they can to support their client. Whatever a person’s needs, we are here to listen, to reassure them, and to signpost them toward the appropriate services where necessary.
“I enjoy all areas of my work, but the most rewarding part for me is that I get to help people in my community. I am often the first point of contact for someone seeking support and, whether that be a trans person or a family member; it’s a real privilege to be able to offer help and reassure someone going through a difficult time in their life.”
Steven Harris Administrative Officer
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HEALTHCARE
Healthcare remains a priority for TENI. We are participating in the Steering Committee on the Development of HSE Transgender Identity Service. The aim of this Committee is to “develop a seamless and integrated service for those who present with gender identity issues with clear pathways of care such that the needs of the patient and their families at the centre of service delivery”.
One of the key parts of TENI’s healthcare work is educating healthcare professionals. We continued to deliver HSE-funded training this year. In six months, 24 full-day trainings were delivered across Ireland. The objective of these trainings is to upskill healthcare professionals and inform them of evidence-based, international best practice.
“I am delighted to be back and part of a re-energised team TENI. We have had a very positive year in terms of healthcare, education and family support. In terms of healthcare, it has been a series of great wins but they are often coupled by the incomprehensible delays and the solely psychiatric focus on trans healthcare”
GIST
TENI’s Gender Identity Skills Training (GIST) is part of a strategy to develop a regional service of trans healthcare. In 2017, we developed this training model in partnership with both international and national trans healthcare providers, with funding from the HSE. The initial 3-day training in 2017 was oversubscribed and the evaluations were extremely positive. We presented the GIST model at the European Professional Association of Transgender Healthcare (EPATH) Conference 2019 and it was well received by international experts. We are also delighted that GIST will be delivered in November 2019, again funded by HSE. GIST is now a 3-day training focused on the healthcare needs of trans children, adolescents, adults and their families. We plan to apply for further funding for GIST to ensure this is an annual training event.
OUR HEALTHCARE LETTER
Late September and early October saw a number of articles and interviews across Irish newspapers and radio - not all of which were positive. Some commentators likened the exchange to a “war” - language which is not helpful. In response to various media requests, TENI published a Healthcare Statement which outlined our position. At the time of publication of this Annual Report the Statement has attracted over 1,000 individual and organisational signatories.
I am delighted to be back and part of a re-energised team TENI. We have had a very positive year in terms of healthcare, education and family support. In terms of healthcare, it has been a series of great wins but they are often coupled by the incomprehensible delays and the solely psychiatric focus on trans healthcare. Vanessa Lacey Health & Education Manager
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TENI HEALTHCARE STATEMENT
Recently, a lot of attention has been focused on healthcare for trans people. Often this commentary is unhelpful, and even damaging. The media is not the appropriate space for this discussion. Every trans person has the right to essential healthcare. This is not up for debate.
Trans people deserve appropriate, accessible and timely healthcare; care that is person-centred and based on international best practice. Ireland’s healthcare system is not meeting the needs of our community. This has a negative impact on our mental wellbeing. We are waiting too long, we are navigating an often inaccessible system and our identities are being questioned.
This must change.
A lot of work must be done to make this change happen. TENI is committed to doing that work. We are participating in the HSE Transgender Identity Service Steering Committee, which aims to develop a seamless and integrated service for transgender people in Ireland. Since TENI began, we have, and will continue to, engage with all necessary stakeholders, not least the trans community itself, to ensure that we achieve the change we need to see.
TENI was founded by our community to serve our community, and we will continue to advocate on its behalf. In many respects, Ireland can be proud of the rights it has afforded its trans citizens. Many countries look to us as a role model. We believe that Ireland can also lead the way in healthcare. You can help us to make this belief a reality. The time for change is now.
Please show your support for a better healthcare service for trans people by signing your name and/or your organisation’s name in the comments below.
October 2019
TENI LGBT Ireland This Is Me - Transgender Healthcare Cam- paign Irish Trans Support Alliance - ITSA Dublin Trans Peer Support Group Trans Pride Dublin BeLonG To ShoutOut Outhouse LGBT+ Community Resource Centre Gender Rebels Cork Intersex Ireland Youth Work Ireland Gay Men’s Health Service Stonewall UK National LGBT Federation Hate and Hostility Research Group ACT UP Dublin ESB Bank of Ireland Abortion Rights Campaign Sex Workers Alliance of Ireland
ABRAI – Intersex Brazil Association ABRAI - Intersex Brazil Association Queer Greens / Glasa Aiteacha Connolly Youth Movement Standing 4 Women* Queer Health Limerick Institute of Technology NCAD NUI Galway University of Limerick Dublin City University University College Dublin Technical University Dublin Limerick Institute Of Technology IT Sligo Trinity College Dublin LGBTQ Society People Before Profit Green Party Socialist Party Labour Youth Dublin Bay North Labour Party Social Democrats Trinity College Labour Party
Transgender Strategies Consulting, LLC University College Cork Maynooth University OutLaw Network Dreamfeel Arthur Cox Dublin Lesbian Line University of Nottingham Feminist Ire Parents for Choice LINC Gossip GCN Irish Maternity Support Network University of Amsterdam Accenture Bi+ Ireland Cork LGBT Archive The Rainbow Project Lesbian Lawyers Network University of Bristol Dundalk for Change
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EDUCATION AND FAMILY SUPPORT
This year saw Hannah Soley join Team TENI as Family Support and Education Officer. Her role includes offering support, advising and signposting to parents and family members of transgender young people. She helps to link parents to the support groups located throughout the country in Dublin, Cork, Kerry and Waterford, and advise on how best to approach a school when needing support in making a social transition. She organises events, both fun and informative in order to give continued support to the whole transgender community.
Hannah also works with schools to increase awareness about gender non-conforming students and their needs within a school context. She helps principals to develop best practice guidelines for students making a social transition whilst in school and gives teacher trainings so that the whole school community can best support a gender non-conforming student.
Since starting at the end of August, Hannah has been in discussions about the possibility of creating four new TransParenCI parent support groups around the country in Kildare, Donegal, Galway and Dublin city centre. Its is so important for parents and family members to access support and these groups help to create a community network that can be incredibly beneficial to families in times of need.
In October we are hosting a family event for Halloween which gives younger members of our community the opportunity to meet and have fun together. We are going pumpkin picking and having tractor rides as well as some team building activities for families with older children.
In the spring we will be organising a family residential weekend. These have been a fixture for the past few years and are always well-attended due to the extensive workshops tailored to the needs of the whole community, parents, family members and young transgender people.
EDUCATION CONFERENCE
We were excited to organise and deliver the first National Transgender Education Conference in Waterford in February. This conference was oversubscribed with over 200 educators from all over the country in attendance. Expert attendees included:
• Dr Michael Redmond, Director, Research and Development, Joint Managerial Body,
• Dr Aoife Neary, Lecturer in Sociology of Education in the School of Education,
• Dr Tanya Ni Mhuirtile, Assistant Professor in the School of Law and Government in Dublin City University,
• Dr Aileen Murtagh, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist in St Patricks Mental Health Services,
• Sandra Irwin-Gowran, Education Manager with Educate Together.
TENI Health and Education Manager Vanessa Lacey, TENI Education and Family Support Officer, Catherine Cross, along with 14-year old secondary school student Kayden also attended and participated in workshops on the experiences of trans people in education.
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I am delighted to be the newest member of the TENI team and I already feel at home in my new role and within the organisation due to the warm welcome I have received. I have always been passionate about creating positive outcomes for young people and their families. Before coming to TENI I worked in the area of youth mental health, designing and implementing mental health awareness and anti-bullying programmes for schools and working as a Dramatherapist. I have also worked in the youth work sector supporting young people and their families through times of difficulties and helping them find ways to reach their full potential. I have already visited many schools with more booked in for staff training. I enjoy building positive working relationships with principals, teachers and schools because it creates better awareness which in turn creates more positive outcomes for transgender students. Hannah Solley, Family Support & Education Officer
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TENI has also partnered with various stakeholders in education, including school managerial bodies and teachers’ unions to explore the development of school policies focused on the needs of trans and gender non-conforming young people.
TENI consulted on the development of a new Relationship and Sexual Education Curriculum, which we hope to see in place in the near future.
TRANSPARENCI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
Our sixth annual TransParenCI residential was hugely successful and was attended by 171 family members. We were delighted to welcome some key Irish health professionals on the opening night for a mini-seminar, which is vital in linking families to the professionals providing relevant services. During the Residential, parents, siblings and the young people themselves took part in a number of workshops, and the weekend culminated in a Christmas-film themed dinner dance. Feedback from participants was overwhelmingly positive.
FAMILY SUPPORT LINE
The Gender Identity Family Support helpline (01 907 3707) is a phone line run by fabulous volunteers to support family members of the transgender community. Since summer 2019, this helpline is now running weekly which is fantastic news. It runs every Sunday evening from 6pm to 9pm, and we are considering expanding to running it one morning a week as well in the near future. Our volunteers give up their valuable time to help other families and we thank them for their tremendous commitment.
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EMPLOYMENT
TENI continues to work with employers across Ireland, by offering advice, helping to develop or review policy and by providing training on transgender awareness. Some of the employers we have worked with over the last 12 months include the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Bank of Ireland, the Industrial Development Authority, Grant Thornton, Aramark, Sigmar Recruitment, Dublin City Council and Accenture.
During Pride month 2019, we were pleased to see the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation issue a position statement calling for trans inclusion in healthcare workplaces.
“I firmly believe that being able to access employment allows people to become financially independent and can have significant mental health benefits. Trans people face barriers in getting into work and achieving their potential at work, simply because they are trans. This must change and I am doing my part to make this change happen. One of the most rewarding parts of my job is hearing that someone is now transitioning at work, because a policy I worked on or a training I delivered, helped make them feel more confident and comfortable to be their true self at work. Working with the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) has been one of my highlights of the last year. I delivered a presentation on trans inclusion to over 100 GAA volunteers at their
annual child safeguarding conference and I was then asked to join their newly formed Gender Diversity Working Group, which is tasked with creating a trans inclusion policy for the GAA. I can safely say that both the GAA and I are learning a lot; they are learning about trans issues and I am learning about hurling!” Gordon Grehan, Operations Manager.
Superwomen: Encouraging Trans Women into the Workplace Social Innovation Fund – Mná na hÉireann, Women of Ireland Awards
On 4th of October, TENI were delighted to attend the award ceremony for the Mná na hÉireann, Women of Ireland Awards. TENI were one of only 6 awardees from 75 applications to receive funding. The overall program focuses on improving access to employment for 1000 women over the next 3 years. TENI’s project Superwomen: Encouraging Trans Women into the Workplace will provide personal development training, career development training, mentorships and advice, while also working with employers to improve policies and provide greater opportunities for trans women and trans feminine people to access employment. TENI will be shortly announcing the details of this program and will be looking for candidates to sign up to the year 1 program.
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National College of Ireland International day of Trans Visibilty Gordon Grehan @Bristol Meyers Squib
Sara & Gordon @ Bristol Meyers Squib Genered policing & Policing Gender Report Launch
Cearbhall Turraoin
PRIDES 2019
TENI participated in a number of Pride parades throughout the country, including Dublin LGBTQ Pride, Dublin Alternative Pride, Drogheda and Cork.
Dublin LGBTQ Pride In June, RCSI, once again hosted our successful TENI breakfast where community members were joined by staff and students of the college to start the day of celebrations. TENI joined over 70 LGBTQ+ organisations and community groups as we marched from O’Connell Street to Merrion Square. This year TENI was represented on the Pride stage, by our Finance Director Denise Breen. This year’s theme was Rainbow Revolution and saw people, dogs, shops, the GPO, City Hall and more covered in rainbows.
Alternative Pride In direct opposition to Dublin Pride, Alternative Pride held its first rally. Many people gathered on Rosie Hackett Bridge in Dublin, protesting against the corporatisation of the main Pride event as well as the participation of uniformed Gardaí in the parade. TENI Vice Chair Cearbhall Turraoin spoke on behalf of the organisation.
Trans Pride July saw an increased number of activists, community members and allies take to the streets for the 2nd annual Trans Pride. Marching from the Garden of Remembrance, on Parnell Square to Merrion Square, over 1500 people participated . Our Vice Chair Cearbhall Turraoin and Chair Sara R Phillips delivered speeches.
Drogheda Pride In July, Sara R Phillips provided the keynote speech at the launch of the first ever Drogheda Pride. A small contingent of TENI members attended on the day.
Cork Pride Cork Pride hosted its largest ever parade in August and this year it honoured the trans community as Grand Marshall. The theme was Stonewall: 50 Years Proud, marking 50 years since the Stonewall Riots in New York, the birth of the Pride movement. Representing the community our Chair Sara R Phillips and the This is Me campaigns Noah Halpin lead the parade with members of Gender Rebels. The sight of blue, pink and white trans flags leading the parade was wonderful to see.
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COMMUNITY
TENI is in the process of opening up our physical space, TENI HQ, as a community resource. This has taken on the form of encouraging the use of our premises for support groups and community events as well as creating a dedicated community space for drop ins and as a place for the community to gather in a welcoming, safe and trans inclusive environment.
This year the Dublin trans peer support group (TPSG) has moved its’ location and is now holding meetings twice a month at TENI. The group offers a space for transgender and questioning individuals to seek support from their community through peer led discussion, friendship, understanding and social events. The Irish Trans Support Alliance (ITSA) has also made its new
home in our community space and has regular monthly meetups where trans people can chat, listen to music, play board games and socialise. Other organisations that have used our space include Trans Pride Ireland in their consultations coming up to Trans Pride 2019, Intersex Ireland who are in the process of becoming a formal organisation dedicated to intersex rights in Ireland and our Vice Chair CearbhaIl Turraoin has been holding dedicated meetups for nonbinary folk.
“In the coming year I’m committing to a renewed focus on capacity building and facilitation training within the community. In the past twelve months I have done training courses in sexual health, facilitation skills, suicide prevention, understanding self-harm and community organising and my plan is to reconvene the trans groups alliance and offer facilitation training for volunteers in the community nationwide. This year TENI have also offered placements in Spain in partnership with ULEX for members of the community we have identified as potential leading lights in community development and activism.
In terms of my work with TENI although big ticket items can be exciting, it’s the individual moments that provide the most personal satisfaction. This year some of those moments that stand out include receiving a text message from a trans woman who finally got herself a home after a period of homelessness. I was heartened when I was able to recognise the signs and intervene with a trans person who was having thoughts of suicide and point him towards supports that are available. I was also delighted when I was able to secure training for a facilitator from a rural support group in Spain. As well as helping her to grow in her activism, it was the first time she had ever been able to travel outside of Ireland or the UK.”
Keeva Lilith Carroll National Community Development Officer
Chrysalis Art Exhibition
In May, artist Eva O’Donovan launched ‘Chrysalis,’ a collection of paintings depicting trans-feminine subjects contacted through TENI. In an attempt to redress the lack of visibility of trans people in the visual arts, and portraiture in particular, Eva collab- orated with TENI to find subjects for the ‘Chrysalis’ series. The artist and sitters aimed to promote positive visibility and the rights of trans people (and their families) by presenting a collection of powerful portraits featuring members of our community.
Andy Martin
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CALL IT OUT
In May, TENI, along with our colleagues in the Hate and Hostility Research Group at the University of Limerick, launched the ‘Call It Out’ campaign. This was a new civil society campaign to highlight and address the harm caused by homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in Ireland.
Despite recent positive changes for LGBT+ people in Ireland, many still experience harassment and intimidation simply because of who they are. This needs to change. LGBT+ people are so used to living with a background of prejudiced behaviour that they put up with abuse and insults. For many it feels like it is part of being who they are. We wanted to send a clear message to the LGBT+ community that homophobia, biphobia and transphobia are not acceptable. We wanted to tell people; no, you don’t have to stand for it. The campaign ran throughout May and June this year including on TV, radio, online, through social media, on billboards, in washrooms, on merchandise and at events around the country. The response to the campaign was phenomenal both from the general public and from our LGBT+ community:
- 5 million digital impressions - 1 million views for the campaign video across
Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat - Over 200 pieces of media coverage & over 1 million
reach through Influencers
PRIME TIME
Over 4,000 people signed a petition in January to protest the inclusion of lay-contributors and the lack of specialists in a special edition of the RTE TV programme, “Prime Time”. This edition was a special programme dedicated to “trans youth” and included an edited contribution from our chair, Sara R Phillips. A protest was also held outside RTÉ on the night of transmission. The programme went ahead as planned. RTÉ received many complaints, but made no formal comment or apology about the petition or protest.
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TRANS-FUSION
June saw the return, after a 2-year absence, of our trans arts festival TRANS-FUSION. Based on the benefits of Art and Performance on our positive mental health, TRANS-FUSION consisted of a mix of workshops, talks, performances and an Art Gallery. The TRANS-FUSION festival aims to empower, build confidence and improve the mental health of trans people through positive visibility and the celebration of the trans community in Ireland. TRANS-FUSION provides a platform to share our stories, experiences and history with family, friends, colleagues and most importantly the general public. We hope through this positive engagement that TRANS- FUSION will inform and educate whilst empowering the trans community.
This year’s event spanned eight days. It reached a wider array of our community but also engaged more of the general public in an effort to share our stories, our experiences and educate in a more positive way. More trans people than ever shared their stories, displayed their art, and performed through many different mediums such as spoken word, song, comedy and poetry. With a new home in CHQ on customs house quay, we were able to showcase the talents of the community but also created more positivity and understanding.
On the 31st of May, we welcomed Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty to open the festival in CHQ on Custom House Quay. To a full house, the evening provided the launch of the festival, opened the gallery and showcased a number of trans and intersex community members sharing their stories and their struggles with mental health.
On the 1st of June, we were joined by the Dublin Roses who spoke to our Chair Sara R. Phillips about the trans community and our festival. This was a wonderful event, marrying an institution of Irish cultural society with a marginalised community. Throughout the festival our campaign ‘2500 Women and Me’ attracted many visitors and asked them to take their picture and share it across social media in support of the trans community.
Through a film night in Irish Film Institute, a trans history talk in EPIC Museum, a comedy night in A4 Sounds, mental health workshops in TENI HQ, and culminating in an eclectic performance night in CHQ, TRANS-FUSION was the biggest and widest-ranging festival we have held. Providing positive mental health support to our community, it is an important part of our calendar. We look forward to TRANS-FUSION continuing into the future.
TRANS FUSION Trans Festival
UCC Gender Identity and Expression Policy launch
TENI Staff & Chair at TENI HQ
Call IT Out Campaign
Irish Medical Professionals @ EPATH
Vanessa Lacey @ EPATH Conference conference in Rome
Peter Dunne presents @ EPATH in Rome
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TENI’s work is only possible through the dedication of all our staff, Board Directors, our members, volunteers, activists, allies and partner organisations who strive to secure trans rights and equality in Ireland. Thank you all for your support.
We would not be able to do the work that we do without the generous financial support of our funders. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the HSE, National Office of Suicide Prevention, Sigrid Rausing, Social Innovation Fund – Mná na hEireann, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, EU – Leargas, and The Healthy Ireland Fund.
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