Transgender Network Switzerland
| Transgender Network Switzerland (TGNS) |
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| purpose | Representation of interests, networking and information for transgender people and their environment, mainly in Switzerland |
| President: | Stefanie Hetjens |
| Establishment date: | 2010 |
| Number of members: | 400 (December 2016) |
| Seat : | Zurich |
| Website: | www.transgender-network.ch |
Transgender Network Switzerland (TGNS) is a Swiss organization founded in 2010 by and for transgender people . The association is based in Zurich , operates nationwide in Switzerland and claims to be internationally networked.
History and concern
The association represents the interests of transgender people in Switzerland, advocates their social recognition and legal equality , and networks both individual affected persons and local groups and organizations.
It is the first such umbrella organization across Switzerland. In Switzerland, the organization is now also considered a specialist agency for trans issues at the political level. She is a member of Transgender Europe (TGEU) .
Content and projects
The most important goal of the association is the political work to end the discrimination of transgender people, to educate the public through specialist knowledge and experience, also in cooperation with other LGBT organizations. The main task of the association is the information of transgender people and their support in their environment. A group of young people and relatives was founded, and the association also offers legal advice and parenting advice .
In 2012 TGNS initiated the specialist unit for transgender people and partners in the health centers Checkpoint Vaud and Zurich .
The society appears at specialist conferences and in public, for example at the specialist conference Transmenschen 2012, on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) 2014 in Bern and at the Zurich Pride Festival .
On September 7th and 8th, 2013 TGNS organized the first Swiss trans- conference in Bern , attended by 130 people. The fifth Swiss trans-conference took place on September 2nd and 3rd, 2017 in Sursee under the motto “I am I - je suis moi”. It was opened by National Councilor Karl Voger (CVP) and consisted of 30 workshops.
In 2014/2015 TGNS conducted a survey among trans people and employers on the subject of trans * in the working world. The results of the survey were incorporated into a study that is now being carried out under the name “Trans-Fair” as a project of the Swiss Office for Equality between Women and Men (EBG) for three years. The aim is to sensitize the work environment to the topic and to provide trans people as well as employers with information for a successful coming-out at the workplace.
Awards
In October 2014, TGNS's legal advice, which was set up by the lawyer and former co-president Alecs Recher , received the 2014 Equal Opportunities Award from the City of Zurich.
Web links
- “… That I'm a lot happier today” - Interview with three founding members, Bettina Dyttrich in weekly newspaper No. 38/2010, September 23, 2010.
- “It was always inside me” - Interview with President Henry Hohmann, Rahel Bucher in Der Bund online, November 23, 2012.
- When the diploma reveals the most intimate - Interview with founding member and former Co-President Alecs Recher , Anna Chudozilov in NZZ Campus, January 21, 2013.
- “Trans people: Society's perspective is changing” - Interview with President Henry Hohmann and Urs Gilgen on SRF 4 News, November 17, 2014.
- “A prize of great importance for trans people” - Interview with Alecs Recher in the regional journal Zurich Schaffhausen by Radio SRF 1, November 17, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The woman who cannot be a woman. Infobox Own lobby: Transgender Network Switzerland . Liliane Minor in BaslerZeitung online, May 21, 2011.
- ↑ Extension of the mandate of the Equal Opportunities Office to include topics relating to sexual orientation and gender identity in the City of Zurich ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, stadt-zuerich.ch, accessed on August 28, 2014).
- ↑ Membership list of Transgender Europe (TGEU) ( Memento of the original from August 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , tgeu.org, accessed August 26, 2014.
- ^ Website of Transgender Network Switzerland , accessed on August 26, 2014.
- ↑ Anna Luethi: Wrong Gender - Transgender: Children are often clarified . In: 20min.ch, January 24, 2013.
- ^ Trans * offer , Checkpoint website, accessed August 26, 2014.
- ↑ Conference "Trans people in Switzerland" a success. In: humanrights.ch. November 27, 2012, accessed August 28, 2014 .
- ↑ Program: IDAHOT 2014, May 17, 2014 , IDAHOT Switzerland (current content, accessed on August 28, 2014).
- ↑ Partner organizations ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Zurich Pride Festival 2014, accessed on August 28, 2014.
- ↑ 5 . Swiss Transtagung , website of the Transtagung 2017 (archive), accessed on June 28, 2018.
- ↑ 20% of trans people in Switzerland are unemployed , website of Transgender Network Switzerland, accessed on December 12, 2015.
- ↑ Transgender Network Switzerland wins the Gender Equality Prize , media release from the City of Zurich of October 1, 2014, accessed on October 1, 2014.
- ↑ “A prize of great importance for trans people” , interview with Alecs Recher from November 17, 2014, accessed on November 18, 2014.
