At Trans+ Health Research UK, our mission is to co-create meaningful, publishable health research that centres trans+ lives, challenges inequality, and drives change in how care is designed and delivered.

We believe that evidence grounded in lived experience is essential to building a healthcare system that is inclusive, accountable, and transformative. Through collaboration with trans+ communities, researchers, and healthcare professionals, we are working to shape research that reflects the experiences of trans+ people, healthcare specialists and allies - and creates space for healing, advocacy, and justice.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Community-Informed

We build research informed by the needs, experiences, and insights of trans+ people. Community input isn’t an afterthought -  it’s a foundation.

🧪 Transformative Research in Action

Inspired by Donna Mertens’ Transformative Paradigm, we see research as a tool for justice, equity, and systemic change. We ask critical questions: Who decides? Who benefits? Who is heard — and who isn’t?

🤝 Partnership Over Power

We work in collaboration, not hierarchy. Trans+ people, researchers, and healthcare professionals all bring essential perspectives. Power is shared, not assumed.

🔍 Transparency and Trust

We are open about how decisions are made, how research is conducted, and how findings are used. Trust is earned through honesty - and sustained through accountability.

🎓 Community Wellbeing & Safety

We have a Safeguarding & Ethics Policy to ensure our studies are respectful, trauma-informed and conscious of potential emotional triggers. Harm-reduction. strategies will be embedded in all studies and activies.

🌈 Affirming and Accessible

We create spaces where trans+ people feel seen, respected, and safe. Accessibility matters in every form - emotional, cultural, linguistic, and structural.