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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.

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

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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
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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

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16/07/2025

July CPD Meeting: Revising PsySSA’s Affirming Practice Guidelines: Processes, Methods & New Considerations

This session explores the newly revised PsySSA Affirmative Practice Guidelines for Psychology Professionals Working with Sexually and Gender-Diverse People, with a focus on the process of revision, shifts in approach, and the complexities that shaped the new edition.

🎙️ Presenter: Suntosh R. Pillay (he/him)
Clinical psychologist, published researcher, and co-author of the revised guidelines. Suntosh is part of PsySSA’s Sexuality & Gender Division’s African LGBTQIA+ Human Rights Project and brings over 15 years of experience in public sector mental health.

📅 Tuesday 29 July 2025
🕖 7–8pm SAST
🔗 Members only | Zoom link via PATHSA’s Mighty Network

(Join PATHSA – see link in bio)

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Glendinningvale
Port Elizabeth
6001

Website

http://www.pathsa.org.za/

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