Together with the Transgender Infopunt and with he kind support of Ghent city Council, we will organize a public event entitled: “Transgender health care from a human rights perspective”. This public event is free and open for a broad public and will take place on Wednesday 29/06/2022 in the Sint-Pieters Abby (Ghent Centre), from 7pm until 10pm.

The roundtable discussion will cover the (r)evolution of transgender healthcare guidelines and the societal and legal challenges from a human rights perspective, such as the depathologisation movement, role of diagnoses, insurance coverage, legal gender recognition,…). The discussion will be followed by a reception.

The participants of the summer school are obliged to attend the public event.

Registration for the general public will follow soon.

Speakers:

• Opening word: Deputy mayor Astrid de Bruycker
• Ben Vincent (Open University: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK)
• Masen Davis (TGEU)
• Petra De Sutter (federal Deputy Prime Minister, BE)
• Guy T’Sjoen (UZ Gent/UGent, Past-president EPATH, BE)

Moderation by Jonas Roelens