TransCare Trust

Registered chartiable Trust 1932541

TransCare is a charitable trust based in Auckland, New Zealand. The trust has been set up specifically for the support and recognition of transgendered people in New Zealand

Who we are
TransCare is run by a group of transsexuals who are concerned by the lack of understanding and support regarding transgender issues both within the trans community and outside it.

Our aim is to provide the resources needed for informed choices before, during and after transition. To this end we have established a list of resources and contacts throughout New Zealand.

As funding becomes available we aim to assist those who are in need with access to suitable counselors and health professionals

We work as much as possible within the Harry Benjamin Standards and strongly advocate counseling at all stages.

We provide a helpline with experienced people to listen and give advice or referrals from a balanced viewpoint.

The trust has a membership organisation provided by Transhelp which includes social events and an email list.

How can we help you?

We can listen, offer advice and also provide referrals to medical, counseling and other services or resources.

Contact Us
phone: 0800 transcare (0800 872 672)
web: www.transhelp.net.nz
email: transhelp(at)slingshot.co.nz
mail: PO Box 68402,Newton,Auckland

Transgender
includes any person diagnosed or likely to be diagnosed as having gender dysphoria and also includes crossdressers and/or transsexuals whether female to male, male to female, hermaphrodite or indeterminate regardless of sexual orientation.

Harry Benjamin Standards
are the standards of care for gender identity disorders set out by The World Professional Association for Transgender Health medical, counselling and other services
More information can be found on our website or by visiting HBIGDA

OBJECTS AND PURPOSES
(As stated in our Trust Deed)
1 To promote and assist educational and support services for Transgendered people
2 To promote, assist and support educational programs and activities in the field of Transgender awareness, and to make public statements in relation to any matter affecting Transgender issues
3 To promote, assist and support Transgender services in the education of the general public and the Transgender community, in gaining public awareness of Transgender issues and acceptance of Transgender people.
4 To promote awareness of the Harry Benjamin Standards and work within their guidelines wherever possible
5 To promote, assist and support in the education of the general community in matters of sexual discrimination, sexual harassment, the status of family, and domestic violence towards Transgender, and other social and human rights issues where Transgender are concerned.
6 To consult, co-operate and assist with other persons and bodies concerned with the education and provision of services in the field of Transgender housing, Transgender health education, Transgender alcohol and drug abuse education and support networks to deal with such issues
7 To raise money by all lawful means and to solicit, receive and enlist financial or other aid from individuals and from other organisations and to conduct fund raising campaigns for the express purpose of furthering the exclusively charitable objects and establishing a reserve fund and to set aside such amounts for the furtherance of the charitable purposes contained herein, as may be necessary
8 To promote, assist and support any recognised charitable object or purpose deemed appropriate.
9 To use the funds of the Trust as shall be necessary and proper in furthering its objects and purposes and generally to do all such acts matters and things and enter into and make such arrangements as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of any of the aforesaid objects .

Gender Terminology Borrowed from Human Rights Commision
Sex: A person’s biological make-up (such as their body and chromosomes), usually defined as either “male” or “female”.
Gender: The social and cultural construction of what it means to be a man or a woman including roles, expectations and behaviour.
Gender identity: A person’s internal, deeply felt sense of being male or female (or something other or in between). A person’s gender identity may or may not correspond with their sex.
Gender expression: How someone expresses their sense of masculinity and/or femininity externally.
Transitioning: Steps taken by trans people to live in their gender identity. These often involve medical treatment to change one’s sex through hormone therapy and may involve gender reassignment or realignment surgeries.
Sexual Orientation: An innate attraction to the same, different, or both sexes: may be heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual.
Cross-dresser (Transvestite): A person who wears the clothing and/or accessories that are considered by society to correspond to the “opposite gender”.
Fa’afafine, Fakaleiti, Akava’ine, Mahu, Quari: Some Pasifika terms to describe trans people, which are best understood within their cultural context.
Female-to-male FtM / trans man: someone born with a female body who has a male gender identity.
Genderqueer: People who do not conform to traditional gender norms and express a non¬standard gender identity. Some may not change their physical sex or cross-dress, but identify as genderqueer, gender neutral or androgynous.
Intersex: A general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not seem to fit the typical biological definitions of female or male. Some people now call themselves intersex.
Male-to-female MtF / trans woman: someone born with a male body who has a female gender identity.
Transgender: A person whose gender identity is different from their physical sex at birth.
Transsexual: A person who has changed, or is in the process of changing, their physical sex to conform to their gender identity.
Takatäpui: An intimate companion of the same sex. Today used to describe Mäori gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people.
Queen: A MtF / trans woman (common usage).
Transvestite (Cross-dresser) : A person who wears the clothing and/or accessories that are considered by society to correspond to the “opposite gender”.
Whakawahine, Hinehi, Hinehua, Tangata ira tane: Some Mäori terms to describe trans people, which are best understood within their cultural context.