أقرّ البرلمان الأوغندي مشروع قانون مكافحة المثلية الجنسية ليصبح قانونًا باسم قانون مكافحة المثلية الجنسية لعام 2014 (الذي كان يُسمى سابقًا "مشروع قانون قتل المثليين" في 20 ديسمبر 2013. وقّع الرئيس الأوغندي موافقته على قانون مكافحة المثلية الجنسية في 24 فبراير 2014. و...
في 23 أغسطس 2013، رفع مجلس إدارة مؤسسة تعليم ومناصرة المتحولين جنسيًا (TEA)، الذي يضم 3 متحولين جنسيًا من الكينيين - أودري مبوغوا ومورين مويا وآنيت جينيفر - دعوى قضائية ضد الدولة الكينية ومجلس تنسيق المنظمات غير الحكومية لرفض تسجيل المؤسسة على أنها منظمة غير حكومية.
دعوى العمل الاستراتيجي (SAL) هي عملية في قانون المصلحة العامة حيث يقوم أعضاء مجموعة مهمشة برفع قضية اختبارية إلى المحكمة بشكل متعمد واستباقي بغرض إنشاء سابقة قانونية إيجابية ذات آثار قانونية تترتب عليها...
في 14 يونيو 2013، أيدت المحكمة العليا الكينية عريضة باتا نثونجي المقدمة قبل عام، والتي أعلنت فيها أن تجريدها من ملابسها والاعتداء الجسدي عليها من قبل الشرطة الكينية قد انتهك حقوق الإنسان الخاصة بها (A.N.N ضد المدعي العام). وافقت المحكمة...
في مارس 2013، رفعت أودري مبغوا، وهي امرأة متحولة جنسياً، دعوى قضائية (قضية بحث قضائي رقم 147 لعام 2013) أمام المحكمة العليا في كينيا لإجبار المجلس الوطني للامتحانات في كينيا (KNEC) على تغيير الاسم على شهادتها الثانوية. كما...
Gender DynamiX (GDX) and a cohort of other trans organisations lodged an appeal with the South African Parliament on 13 November 2012 with regard to the ongoing failure to implement the Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Act, Act…
Batha Nthungi, a trans woman, filed a constitutional petition (240 of 2012) against Kenya’s Attorney General for violation of her human rights on 6 June 2012. She had been arrested in 2011 and stripped by a police officer after it…
2011 — Trans Woman Tshepo Ricki Kgositau Sues the State for the Right to Gender Marker Change, Botswana Batswana trans woman, Tshepo Ricki Kgositau, (former Executive Director of Gender DynamiX) applied to the Civil and National Registration office in Gaborone,…
2 December 2010 — High Court Ruling Against Intersex Prisoner, Kenya In the case, Richard Muasya v. the Hon. Attorney General, High Court of Kenya on 2 December 2010, Muasya lost his case of claiming violations of his constitutional rights,…
On 13 August 2010 the South African Labour Court ruled in favour of reinstating Christine Elhers after she took her employer, Bohler Uddeholm, to court for unfair discrimination and for dismissing her based on her gender identity. Judge Francis not…
Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA) successfully filed change of name applications on behalf of 3 trans women in 2010. Their names were changed in their passports, but the Kenyan state failed to carry these changes through to their national identity…
In May 2010, Auntie Tiwonge and Steven Monjeza were sentenced to 14 years of hard labour after being arrested on charges of gross indecency for publicly celebrating their relationship the previous year. However, Malawian President Mutharika reversed this decision after…
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…
Auntie Tiwonge and Steven Monjeza celebrated their relationship at Auntie’s place of work in December 2009. Various mainstream media in Malawi published announcements of the “first gay marriage” in Malawi, which was wrongly reported, as Auntie Tiwonge was a trans…
On 14 October 2009 the Anti-Homosexuality Bill was introduced to parliament in Uganda, sparking international outrage and condemnation. The Bill sought to further criminalise homosexuality in the country, imposing life imprisonment for those found guilty of engaging in homosexual acts,…
The Out in Africa (OIA) Gay and Lesbian Film Festival won its case against the South African Film and Publications Board to unban the film XXY in August 2009. At the end of February of that same year, OIA argued…
22 December 2008 — Court Rules in Favour of Trans and LGBTI Activist Victor Mukasa, Uganda After a trial of three years, the Ugandan High Court ruled in Victor Mukasa’s favour on 22 December 2008. In this landmark ruling, the…
In September 2009, the South African Film and Publications Board banned the intersex film XXY* on the grounds that they believed the film portrays child pornography. The Spanish film with English subtitles was produced by an Argentine filmmaker and tells…
Between 2007 and 2022, legal advocacy for intersex person in Kenya saw massive strides. Strategic Action Litigation (SAL) is a process in Public Interest Law whereby members of a marginalised group deliberately and proactively take a test case to court…
July 2005 — Trans and LGBTQIA+ Activist, Victor Mukasa, Sues Government, Uganda On 20 July 2005, trans man and LGBTQIA+ activist Victor Mukasa’s house was raided by the police without a search warrant. They were looking for documents relating to…