My Voice, My Rights, My Way - Self-Advocacy Workshop Series

My Voice, My Rights, My Way is a series of self-advocacy workshops designed with trans and gender diverse individuals through focus groups back in 2024. This series of workshop deliveries is exclusively for trans and gender diverse individuals, creating a safer more comfortable environment for trans and gender diverse individuals to learn about self-advocacy in the context of mental health and beyond. These workshops will occur on the first Sunday of the month for 4 weeks, and will cover the following topics: • Self-Advocacy 101 - 6 September 2026 An introduction to Self-Advocacy, including understanding healthcare rights and maintaining wellbeing. • Communication for Self-Advocacy - 4 October 2026 Focuses on communication for Self-Advocacy, including navigating conflict and identifying barriers to speaking up. • Preparing for Appointments - 1 November 2026 Covers practical strategies for appointments, asking questions about treatment, and using a support person and/or advocate. • Navigating Complaints - 6 December 2026 Supports participants to understand complaint processes, as well as how to prepare and write complaints effectively. Participants can choose to attend all of these workshops, or choose to come to the workshop/s which cover topics they are most interested in. The workshops will be facilitated by trans and gender diverse facilitators, so everyone in attendance will be people who identify as trans and gender diverse. If you have any questions about the workshops, please reach out to the Transfolk WA team via [email protected] or to our workshop lead facilitator, Jeannie, at [email protected] If you sign up for this event and later realise you cannot attend, please let us know so that we can open the event up to others in the event that this is 'sold out.' This event is free, but please book a free ticket to help us ensure we have enough resources and facilitators prepared to accommodate everyone who wish to attend. Venue accessibility information will be shared via email upon signing up.