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14 August - WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM MY TRANS, NON-BINARY AND FLUID FRIENDS

To write and think about transgender people, today, is impossible outside of an “us”, in which everyone is now placed. At a time when almost all the centers of power are mobilized to deny the possibility of one group to exist, the commonality of all the “outcasts” from the “guardians of no...

06 August - BRAVERY IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE TRANS COMMUNITY’S MENTAL HEALTH, BUT FEAR IS WHAT KEEPS FOLLOWING IT

Interview with Ida Markovikj. The interview was conducted by Kai Gladkova and it was translated into Macedonian by Ivana Dragshikj. Ida Marković is a holder of a Master’s Degree in psychology, a licensed Gestalt Therapist and a doctoral student at the Faculty of Media and Communications at the De...

24 July - AN UNTOLD STORY: TOWARDS THE BEGINNINGS OF TRANS ACTIVISM IN MACEDONIA

I remember my older sister putting a tape in the video player, the 7-year-old me standing next to her and excitedly tapping my feet. Eurovision is starting to be broadcast on Macedonian Television, my sister presses the rec button. “Are you sure you pressed? Are we filming? Are we recording?” &#...

14 July - Tranzine – A magazine about the history, identities and experiences of transgender people

“A brief notice on the title “Tranzine”. After several attempts to give this publication a name that not only reflects the diverse content, but also the exuberant and powerful existence of trans people, we decided that such a playful linguistic coinage and a word that de facto does not exi...

29 May - Analysis of the Accessibility and Availability of Healthcare Services for Transgender People in the Republic of North Macedonia

As part of the project Ensuring Human Rights for Trans Communities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, funded by TEGU, TransForma, with administrative support from Coalition Margins, conducted a study on the accessibility and availability of healthcare services for transgender individuals in the Rep...