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PATHSA is an interdisciplinary health professional organisation working to promote the health, wellbeing and self-actualisation of trans and gender diverse people.

28/11/2025

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

28/11/2025

🟣 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

26/11/2025

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.

21/11/2025

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.

20/11/2025

🟣 PATHSA Symposium 2025
Trans Rights in Transition

📅 Saturday, 29 November

🕗 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM SAST

📍 Online | Zoom access via Mighty Network

🎟️ Members only – become a member to attend for free

🔗 Register via the form – see link in bio

Join us for a morning of presentations, reflections, and dialogue on the evolving landscape of trans rights and gender-affirming healthcare.

20/10/2025

🟣 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)

05/10/2025

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.

10/09/2025

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)

30/08/2025

The PATHSA Symposium 2025 is around the corner, and we’re calling for abstract submissions!

📅 Symposium Date: Saturday, 22 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: Monday, 6 October 2025, 5:00 PM

📧 Send abstracts to: secretary@pathsa.org.za

Subject line: PATHSA 2025 Abstract Submission

📣 Notification of acceptance: 20 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.

17/08/2025

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

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