Services offered at the Center:
The Trans Center offers services that encompass various areas of life: a communal space with workshops, events, groups and social gatherings, along with services for individuals on the transgender spectrum and their families. Services provided by the center include: Access to information, assistance in realization of rights, legal aid, nursing services, occupational guidance, access to medical services, and more. The services are provided in a flexible and customized format, according to the specific needs of each applicant.
Is there a course, a workshop, or a lecture you want to see at the center? Share your thoughts with us! Is there an activity you would like to organize? Let us know! The center is meant for us, and has a place for all of us!
Accompanying staff at the trans center
We invite you to contact us with any issue or concern you may have, and we’ll be happy to help! Our assistance team includes two mentors and a social worker. We know that sometimes, it can be challenging to find someone to ask or consult with about issues in our lives. Our assistance team is here to help you with questions, connect you with relevant people, and build a plan with you, according to your specific needs. Our main areas of assistance are information accessibility, exhaustion of rights, and personal assistance and support. At the Trans Center, you can receive personal assistance from a trans mentor, according to your specific needs and goals.
Personal assistance at the Trans Center is provided based on the experience, lives, and insights of people from within the trans community, people you can to talk at eye level, explore, reflect, and ask questions in a space that is supportive, accepting, and non-judgmental. In addition, our team can also assist you with obtaining and exhausting your rights as trans people across the gender spectrum. We will be happy to help you in various areas, such as National Insurance claims, letters required to begin transition, and more. In addition, the Trans Center believes that reliable and up-to-date information should be accessible to the community, including various topics relevant to trans people, such as gender affirming processes, procedures and bureaucracy concerning trans people, dedicated services and programs for the trans community, and more.
The trans center will soon return to operating nurse services.
The center has a qualified nurse who receives an audience once a week. The nurse offers advice and guidance, as well as medical treatment in the cases listed below. It is advisable to make an appointment with the nurse in advance,Through this system, But you can also simply come to the center during the nurse's activity hours. In such a case, it is recommended to contact the center and verify that there have been no changes to the schedule.
If you find it difficult to physically get to the center, you can schedule consultations via phone/video during those hours.
Maya Orabi is currently the nurse at the trans center.
The nurse services provided at Mr27:
• Advice on general medical issues, including guidelines for maintaining health and preventive medicine.
• Consultation on any issue related to medical processes for gender adjustment - hormonal therapy, surgeries, voice training and more.
• Training before and after surgeries, including training on performing dilations (vaginal training).
• Medication injection and training for self-injection (please come with a medical instruction to perform the operation).
• Dressing change and/or treatment of scars after surgery.
• Removal of stitches / staples (please come with a medical instruction to the nurse to perform the operation).
• Advice on safe sex and sexually transmitted diseases.
Nursing services
legal aid
The Trans Center offers legal aid free of charge to trans community members, as part of our cooperation with the Kalai, Rosen & Co. Law Office and the Haifa University Civil Litigation Clinic. Both these entities specialize in all relevant areas, have many years of experience working with the trans community, and regularly work with our team.
Legal aid is provided as needed in various legal areas, including matters not directly related to gender identity. You can obtain legal advice and aid in areas such as:
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Discrimination
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Workers’ rights
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Financial issues
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Debt arrangement
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Bureaucratic barriers
You can contact the Trans Center’s legal aid services in one of three ways:
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You can contact the center’s assistance team, and they can connect you with the relevant person for legal aid.
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You can attend our open consultation nights, which take place once per month at the Trans Center, and see a legal professional for a short meeting of about 15 minutes.
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If you’re dealing with issues related to trans health and healthcare barriers, you are also invited to contact us directly by email at: transhealth@gilaproject.org
how to contact?
AMAB/MTF bottom surgery consulting for trans women
A poemof the Gila project and the trans center, which aims to provide guidance, knowledge and support around bottom surgery for trans women, the complex recovery from it, and life after. The personal consultation was given by Nina Halevi, a trans*doula who has accompanied dozens and hundreds of women and women in this process in recent years.
Over the years, our community has accumulated a lot of knowledge and rich experience on extensions, self-care and connection to the body. Nina will be able to hold conversations with you, guide you, answer any questions you may have, help you prepare yourself for the surgery and recover from it successfully. The consultation is suitable for any stage at which you are in the process: if you are thinking about bottom surgery and want to hear more, if you have concerns or doubts before the surgery, if you have already undergone the surgery and are having difficulty with extensions or connecting to your new sexuality - Nina is here for you, to help you cope With the challenge, to come out of it intact and empowered, and to be a better friend to yourself and your body.
The counseling call can take place physically at the trans center, by phone or by video call.
You can make an appointment for a consultation with Nina Derech Queue management system.
For additional questions, you can contact the accompanying staff of the trans center.