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Within the context of colonised countries like Aotearoa\u00a0New Zealand, this means attending to the role that colonisation and Eurocentric views of gender and sexuality play in queer and trans peoples\u2019 experiences of marginalisation within healthcare. In this paper we argue that intersectional decolonising approaches to gender and sexuality are central to transforming trans inclusion within healthcare settings. We demonstrate this through drawing on examples from\n                    <jats:italic>Warming the Whare,<\/jats:italic>\n                    a 3-year participatory action research project focused on increasing trans inclusion within perinatal mental health services by centring Te Whare Takat\u0101pui\u2014an Indigenous health and wellbeing framework. Our research practices demonstrate how Indigenous knowledge can be centred within trans-inclusive work to attend to the root causes of marginalisation and harm resulting from colonisation. 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