This National Coming Out Day (which is international, despite the name), our website is “coming out” with a new look! Our volunteer designers and web developers have been hard at work to overhaul our look and deliver a fresh, sleek, functional design. We crafted the new website as an autonomous platform—a digital space built by us, for us. This meant divesting from Wix, which is on the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign boycott list. Our website will remain updated with info about THA and our volunteers, our larger projects, resources for the community, and important news.
To celebrate thus change, we’re opening a digital scavenger hunt challenge to our supporters! Sleuth through our new website and find the answers to our 5 questions for a chance to win printed copies of our “Trans Survival Guide” zine series! The first person to send us the correct answers will be the winner, and we’ll post them straight to you. Are you ready? The questions are:
1. How many "Irish Trans Survival Guide" resources are on our website?
2. What was the title of the earliest "News" post on our website?
3. Name two other organisations that are members of the "Progressing Trans Healthcare Coalition" project?
4. In what year did Trans Healthcare Action begin?
5. How many sections are in our privacy policy?
Email your answers to action@transhealthcare.ie, with the subject “Scavenger Hunt”, and we’ll let you know if you are the winner!
About “Coming Out Day”
National Coming Out Day was started by Robert Eichberg and Jean O’Leary in America, 1988, on the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. It aims to promote positivity in the LGBTQ community, and recognise the power we have by “coming out” to those around us.
In the words of Robert Eichberg himself:
“Most people think they don't know anyone gay or lesbian, and in fact, everybody does. It is imperative that we come out and let people know who we are and disabuse them of their fears and stereotypes.”
In recent years, the concept of coming out itself has been discussed at length: it hinges on the assumption that everyone is cisgender and heterosexual, as if those identities are the “norm”. As a community, we aim to change this so that, one day, the world can stop assuming anyone’s sexuality or identity. Coming out shouldn’t have to be a special event anymore.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the society we live in. If we stay hidden, stay "closeted", ignorance about us grows. It is easy for someone to believe stereotypes about faceless people they’ve never met, but harder to hate their own friends and family. By coming out, we are being open and forthright about who we are. We show those around us that queer people aren’t a group to be scared off – we’re neighbours, co-workers, acquaintances, and above all, we are normal.
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See All NewsThe Year of “Firsts” - Pride 2026
2026 has been a year of growth, development, and new beginnings for queer communities across Ireland. Soon after opening the first peer-led trans health clinic in Ireland, our volunteers got busy planning how to show up and support as many Pride events as possible. While we couldn’t get to every Pride in Ireland, you might have heard us speaking at Trans & Intersex Pride Dublin, picked up printed Trans Survival Guides from our table at Wexford Pride, or saw us representing Kindred at Cork Community Pride.
Announcing Kindred Clinic Cork!
**Trans Healthcare Action is proud to announce the launch of Kindred Clinic Cork, the first peer-led trans health clinic in Ireland!** Created in partnership with the Sexual Health Centre, Kindred Clinic Cork is a small pilot clinic that offers care that is free, safe, local, gender-affirming, and de-pathologised to trans adults living in Cork City & County. Services are centred on self-determination, created by and for trans people, to reduce barriers to health and wellbeing that trans people experience. Care is provided by licensed clinicians working within their professional competency, and viewed through the lens of harm reduction. This allows those who face barriers in accessing services to avail of care friendly, community setting.
Volunteer
We are looking to fill volunteer roles across the organisation. Commitment will vary depending on the role, but is generally 4+ hours per month. Most communication and collaboration takes place online, with in-person socials and co-working. To find out more about volunteering with us, email join@transhealthcare.ie.
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Have questions about Trans Healthcare Action or requests for partnership, research participants, or media spokespeople? Reach out to us by emailing action@transhealthcare.ie. Keep in mind that we are a fully volunteer team so we'll get back to you as soon as we're able.
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