Over the years we have worked with transgender people, providing psychological, legal and medical assistance and offering counseling to trans people, we have published a number of explanatory materials and studies and have collected personal stories. You are unlikely to find a fuller or more comprehensive collection…
Learn about transgender families in our research The existing terminology of transgender identity carries a pathologizing and binary discourse within it. Activists who take a depathologizing stance and dismantle gender binaries need a new terminology, free of the additional meanings that contradict the ideology we…
A selection of the best materials about coming out from the psychological service of Insight NGO . All the materials are available in audio and text versions at the links below. Which questions you can ask, which phrases are off limits and how not to end up in an awkward situation when someone opens up to you What…
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16 forms of violence that are still present in society, and how everyone can protect themselves Read the file in pdf
Audiovisual project about the connection between identity and family
Introduction 2016 became a landmark year for transgender people in Ukraine, because that was the year when the regulatory framework governing the transition procedure in general and, in particular, legal gender recognition – that is, obtaining personal documents in which the name and gender marker correspond to the…
Insight NGO took part in the public consultation on the medical and technological documents standardizing medical care for gender dysphoria, which ran for a month starting on February 22, 2016. Unfortunately, in the version of the document “Unified Clinical Protocol of Primary, Secondary (Specialized) and Tertiary…
LGBTQI+ parenthood turned out to be a very important topic, and one our readers really wanted to hear about — some of them decided to share their own experience and advice as well. Below is the story of two moms, Kateryna and Nataliia, told in the first person. We became parents only because we wanted it so badly. We…
Even without going through the sex correction procedure, transgender people have the right to change their first and last name — yet at civil registry offices (RATsS) they may be told otherwise. The official procedure for obtaining permission to change the “sex” field in official documents in Ukraine can take several…
Part 1. Pregnancy in a same-sex family Part 2. 38 weeks of waiting Part 3. The birth of our son With heartfelt thanks for the help, the support, and the wise advice of our friends — wonderful moms: Liudmylka, Katenka, Natasha, and Ira. Special thanks and gratitude to my dear New York friend, the wonderful mommy…
One lesbian couple's path to happy parenthood — a story told in the first person. Part 1. Pregnancy in a same-sex family Part 2. 38 weeks of waiting With sincere gratitude for the help, the support and the wise advice of our friends — wonderful moms: Liudmylka, Katenka and Natasha. In childbirth preparation classes…
