23 October 2022 — ‘Study on the Human Rights Situation of Intersex Persons in Africa’ Report Launched, The Gambia On 23 October 2022, the Centre for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development…
27 August 2021 — Report on the Intersex Pre-Conference from the Pan Africa ILGA 5th Regional Conference, South Africa From 27–31 August 2021, Pan Africa ILGA hosted its 5th Regional LGBTQIA+ Conference. Titled ‘Reclaiming Our Past, Defining Our Future’, the…
11 December 2017 — ‘National Engagement on the Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of Intersex Persons’ Meeting, and the Publication of ‘National Intersex Meeting Report’, South Africa Following the National Engagement on the Promotion and Protection of the…
2017 - اقتراح القانون النموذجي لحاملي صفات الجنسين في جنوب أفريقيا القانون النموذجي لحاملي صفات الجنسين الذي اقتُرح في عام 2017 هو مشروع قانون وضعه مركز حقوق الإنسان في جامعة بريتوريا بهدف حماية
June 2017 — The Birth of the African Intersex Movement (AIM), Kenya In June 2017, a historic moment unfolded as 22 African intersex human rights defenders from 7 countries across the African continent convened in Kenya under the theme “Visibility……
23 April 2017 — Fourth International Intersex Forum The Fourth International Intersex Forum was held between the 20th and 23rd of April 2017 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It was the largest intersex human rights meeting up to that date,…
September 2015 – Historic African Intersex Representation at the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva In a groundbreaking moment for African intersex advocacy, Africa was represented in one of the earliest side events dedicated to intersex rights…
The Third International Intersex Forum took place on 29 November 2013 in Valletta, Malta and concluded on 1 December 2013. With the initial 3 principles decided on at the first Forum, and then extended during the second Forum, the ongoing…
The International Intersex Forum had its second gathering in Stockholm, Sweden December 2012. As with the first Forum in 2011, intersex activists from all continents attended. The previous Forum’s 3 principles were expanded to 7 and read as follows: Another…
December 2012 — First Screening of ‘My Secret Life’, a Documentary on Intersex Lived Realities, Uganda First screened in December 2012, ‘My Secret Life’ is a short documentary compiled by Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development (SIPD), exploring…
The publication, Sex in Transition: Remaking of Gender and Race in South Africa, by Professor Amanda Lock Swarr, published on 1 November 2012, takes the reader through the Apartheid times of South Africa, and how the lives of those who…
The first International Intersex Forum, organised by ILGA and ILGA-Europe, took place in Belgium in September 2011. 24 Activists representing 17 intersex organisations from all continents were present, including Intersex Society South Africa (ISSA)’s Sally Gross, who was also the…
Due to the way in which participants had progressed and excelled beyond the current format of the workshops, in 2011 the hosts Gender DynamiX (GDX) and their partner organisation in East Africa, decided to reassess the format of the Eastern…
May 2011 — Trans Women and Transfeminine Activists Demand Recognition Within the African Trans Advocacy Movement (Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme), Uganda The first part of the second year of the Eastern and Southern African…
In November 2010, Gender DynamiX hosted the pre-Trans Health, Research and Advocacy Conference in Hout Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. The purpose of the pre-conference was to create awareness around the baseline situation experienced by trans people throughout South Africa – both in…
In September 2010, the second part of the Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme hosted by Gender DynamiX (GDX) and a partner organisation in East Africa* was held in Cape Town, South Africa. The Programme achieved…
For the first time on the African continent, a Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) trans workshop was presented in June 2010 by IGLHRC (the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, today known as OutRight International) and Gender DynamiX (GDX) in Maputo, Mozambique.…
June 2010 — First Inter-Continental Trans and Intersex Advocacy Meeting Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE) organised the first of its kind, international trans and intersex advocacy meeting in Barcelona, Spain, with participants from all regions and all continents in…
May 2010 — Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme: Year 1, Part 1 The first part of the Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme, hosted by Gender DynamiX (GDX) and a partner…
On 10 December 2009, Ugandan activist, Victor Mukasa, co-founder of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and program associate for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLRHC) spoke at a landmark meeting of the United Nations General Assembly panel. The…