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1 Day to Go! The PATHSA Symposium 2025 is happenin 1 Day to Go! The PATHSA Symposium 2025 is happening tomorrow! 🔍 Theme: Trans Rights in Transition The programme includes presentations on trans refugees, masculinities, public health integration, group psychotherapy, social work practice, and a keynote on evangelical anti-rights movements in trans health . There’s still time to register - we look forward to seeing you there! 📅 Saturday, 29 November 🕗 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM SAST 📍 Online | Join via Zoom (link shared after registration) PATHSA members join via Mighty Network
🟣 KEYNOTE SPOTLIGHT We’re honoured to welcome 🟣 KEYNOTE SPOTLIGHT We’re honoured to welcome Pontsho Pilane as keynote speaker at the PATHSA Symposium 2025. 📣 The Politics of Faith and the Right to Care: Confronting Evangelical Anti-Rights Movements in Trans Health Pontsho’s keynote will explore how evangelical organising shapes resistance to gender-affirming care and how health professionals, advocates, and communities can respond. Drawing on her expertise in health journalism and social justice, this talk will examine the intersections of religion, politics, and access to care in the South African context. 📅 Saturday, 29 November 🕗 8:00–12:00 🔗 Open to all | Register via the link in bio
PATHSA stands with trans and gender-diverse young PATHSA stands with trans and gender-diverse young people in Aotearoa New Zealand following the government’s decision to ban new prescriptions of puberty blockers. This policy denies youth access to safe, evidence-based care and ignores decades of clinical expertise, international research, and the lived realities of affected young people and their families. Puberty blockers are a well-established medical intervention used safely across paediatric healthcare. Restricting access does not change who young people are - it only increases distress, dysphoria, and the risk of turning to unsafe alternatives. As anti-gender movements escalate globally, decisions like this create avoidable harm, politicise essential healthcare, and set dangerous precedents for countries where access is already fragile. PATHSA stands firmly in solidarity with the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA) and calls for the immediate reversal of this discriminatory ban. Trans youth deserve autonomy, dignity and developmentally appropriate care - everywhere. See link in bio for full statement.
PATHSA Annual General Meeting 2025 📅 Saturday, PATHSA Annual General Meeting 2025 📅 Saturday, 29 November 2025 🕧 12:30 PM SAST (immediately after the symposium) 📍 Online | RSVP & join via PATHSA’s Mighty Network 🎟️ Members only All current PATHSA members are invited to attend the AGM. The Chair and Treasurer will share annual reports, with space for reflection and discussion as we close the year together.
🟣 PATHSA Symposium 2025 Trans Rights in Transit 🟣 PATHSA Symposium 2025 Trans Rights in Transition 📅 Saturday, 29 November 🕗 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM SAST 📍 Online | Zoom link will be sent to registrants. 🔗 Register via the form – see link in bio. Members can RSVP on Mighty Network. Join us for a morning of presentations, reflections, and dialogue on the evolving landscape of trans rights and gender-affirming healthcare. #PATHSASymposium2025 #TransRightsInTransition #TransHealthcareIsHealthcare #AffirmingCare #QueerHealthJustice #PATHSA
🟣 October CPD Meeting 🏳️‍⚧️ An App 🟣 October CPD Meeting 🏳️‍⚧️ An Approach to the Care of Non-Binary Individuals with Dr Michael S. Irwig (he/him) What does affirming, evidence-based care look like for non-binary people? Join us for a session exploring clinical considerations, hormone protocols, and respectful engagement with gender diversity beyond the binary. 📅 Tuesday 28 October 2025 🕖 7–8pm SAST 🔗 Members only | Zoom link via PATHSA’s Mighty Network (Join PATHSA – see link in bio)
The PATHSA Symposium 2025 is around the corner, an The PATHSA Symposium 2025 is around the corner, and we’ve extended the deadline for abstract submissions! 📅 Symposium Date: Saturday, 29 November 2025 🎯 Theme: Trans Rights in Transition We welcome contributions from researchers, clinicians, activists, educators, support groups, and community members — including both traditional and creative formats. Whether you’re presenting data, reflecting on practice, or sharing lived experience, we want to hear from you. 📝 Submission Deadline Extended to: Friday, 17 October 2025, 5:00 PM 📧 Send abstracts to: secretary@pathsa.org.za Subject line: PATHSA 2025 Abstract Submission 📣 Notification of acceptance: 31 October 2025 ✨ Presentation formats include: – Oral presentations (research, case studies, policy, reviews) – Alternative formats (personal narratives, creative performance, lived experience) – Poster presentations (visual + short recorded talk) Abstracts: 300–450 words | Must include background, rationale, method/design, evaluation, conclusion, and presenter info. All submissions will be reviewed for clarity, rigour, relevance, and connection to the theme.
September CPD Meeting Indigenising Gender-Affirmin September CPD Meeting Indigenising Gender-Affirming Healthcare with Dr Sakhile Msweli (he/him) What does it mean to practise gender-affirming care in rural and indigenous South African contexts? How can healthcare providers move beyond imported models to deliver care that is rooted, relevant, and responsive? Join us for a powerful session led by clinical psychologist, researcher, and PATHSA founding member Dr Sakhile Msweli, whose work spans community-based mental healthcare, trans-affirming clinical practice, and culturally grounded approaches to gender and sexuality. 📅 Tuesday 30 September 2025 🕖 7–8pm SAST 🔗 Members only | Zoom link via PATHSA’s Mighty Network (Join PATHSA – see link in bio)
August CPD Meeting Power & Prejudice: The Neuroph August CPD Meeting Power & Prejudice: The Neurophysiology of Hate with Dr. Madeleine Muller This talk will take an in-depth developmental and neurophysiological look at what drives prejudice, bias and the formation of elitist and authoritarian societies. A critical exploration of what healthcare providers need to understand about the roots of bias - within ourselves, our systems, and society. 📅 Tuesday 26 August 2025 🕖 7–8pm SAST 🔗 Members only | Zoom link via PATHSA’s Mighty Network Join PATHSA – see link in bio
July CPD Meeting: Revising PsySSA’s Affirming Pr July CPD Meeting: Revising PsySSA’s Affirming Practice Guidelines: Processes, Methods & New Considerations This session explores the newly revised PsySSA Affirmative Practice Guidelines for Psychology Professionals Working with Sexually and Gender-Diverse People, with a focus on the process of revision, shifts in approach, and the complexities that shaped the new edition. 🎙️ Presenter: Suntosh R. Pillay (he/him) Clinical psychologist, published researcher, and co-author of the revised guidelines. Suntosh is part of PsySSA’s Sexuality & Gender Division’s African LGBTQIA+ Human Rights Project and brings over 15 years of experience in public sector mental health. 📅 Tuesday 29 July 2025 🕖 7–8pm SAST 🔗 Members only | Zoom link via PATHSA’s Mighty Network (Join PATHSA – see link in bio)
PATHSA’s June 2025 CPD Meeting: Paediatric & Ado PATHSA’s June 2025 CPD Meeting: Paediatric & Adolescent Gender-Affirming Care How can healthcare providers best support transgender and gender-diverse children and adolescents in ways that are ethical, developmentally appropriate, and grounded in evidence? Join us for a special session with internationally recognised expert, Scott Leibowitz, MD! Dr Leibowitz is a child & adolescent psychiatrist, educator, and global leader in TGD youth care. He serves on the WPATH Board of Directors (2022–2026) and has been honoured by the Human Rights Campaign for his leadership in advancing affirming care. 📅 Tuesday 24 June 2025 🕖 7–8pm SAST 🔗 Zoom link via PATHSA’s Mighty Network | Members only (Become a member – see link in bio)
June marks International Pride Month — a time to June marks International Pride Month — a time to celebrate, reflect, and recommit to the work of justice, equity, and belonging for LGBTQIA+ people everywhere. This year, WorldPride has announced the theme “The Fabric of Freedom” — a celebration of the threads that unite us all. At PATHSA, we are reminded that one of those threads is healthcare. Access to gender-affirming care remains uneven and uncertain, especially for those facing poverty, discrimination, or institutional neglect. Yet care is not a luxury — it is a lifeline. Pride is not only about expression, but about dismantling the barriers that prevent people from living full, self-determined lives. As a professional association, our work centres on supporting healthcare providers to offer care that is ethical, evidence-based, and affirming of trans and gender-diverse people. We do this not in isolation, but as part of a wider effort to ensure that LGBTQIA+ people can access healthcare that is competent, safe, and responsive to their needs. This Pride Month, we reflect on how far healthcare has come — and how far it still has to go. We remain committed to strengthening the fabric of care: care that affirms, respects, and supports trans and queer people across all contexts. #PrideMonth2025 #TheFabricOfFreedom
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