Purpose & Values ↓
Our Purpose
Transcend delivers rights-based services and advocacy that celebrate gender diversity, affirm autonomy, and enhance the protective factors for strong families and young people’s health and wellbeing.
We are a courageous community. We understand that there is strength in vulnerability, and we are authentic. — Transcend Parent
Transcend has helped us understand the needs of our daughter, particularly at a time when it was just beginning to happen and was overwhelming. By being connected to a welcoming and informed community it has helped us gain knowledge and provided peer support. — Transcend Parent
Our Values
Justice
We commit to fairness and human rights to strengthen individual agency, personal autonomy, and intersectional equity.
Collaboration
We foster an inclusive approach to engage and connect community, center diverse lived experience, and harness collective courage and optimism.
Accountability
We demonstrate transparency, integrity and accountability in our work through good governance practices that promote openness and honesty.
Truth
We generate authority and respect through deep listening and an evidence-informed approach that promotes truth and understanding.
Kindness
We show kindness, compassion and respect, acknowledging our shared and unique experiences, perspectives and journeys.
