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...
"نحن موجودون"، الذي نشرته منظمة ترانس بانتو زامبيا في عام 2013، هو منشور ذاتي يعمل كمنصة قوية لإعطاء صوت لمجتمع المتحولين جنسياً المهمش والمغفل في زامبيا. من خلال مجموعة من 21 قصة قصيرة وقصائد،...
صنع رجل متحول جنسياً التاريخ في ديسمبر 2012 عندما شارك في مسابقة "السيد جلد جنوب أفريقيا" الثالثة. أعلن عن كونه متحولاً أثناء حديثه على خشبة المسرح. في وقت المسابقة، نص دستور SA Leather على...
منشور "الجنس في طور التحول: إعادة تشكيل النوع العرقي والعرق في جنوب أفريقيا"، للبروفيسورة أماندا لوك سوار، الذي نُشر في 1 نوفمبر 2012، يأخذ القارئ عبر زمن الفصل العنصري في جنوب أفريقيا، وكيف أن حياة أولئك الذين...
2012 - ليكس كيرستن، رجل متحول ومؤسس مشارك لـ Gender DynamiX، يحصل على جائزة العمل الخيري للعدالة الاجتماعية، جنوب أفريقيا. ليكس كيرستن، المؤسس المشارك لـ Gender DynamiX (GDX)، حصل على جائزة Inyathelo للعمل الخيري في فئة العدالة الاجتماعية وحقوق الإنسان لتعزيزه...
Thapelo Makutle, a 23-year-old person from Kuruman in the Northern Cape province, who identified as gay and transgender, was callously murdered in June 2012. Thapelo was a volunteer at a local gay and lesbian organisation, the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual…
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…
2012 — Fem Alliance Uganda (FEMA) Founded, Uganda Founded in 2012 by Jay Mulucha and another activist*, Fem Alliance Uganda (FEMA) works primarily with lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer (LBTQ) persons and advocates for the rights, visibility, and inclusion of…
November 2011 — 1st Regional Trans Health, Research and Advocacy Conference, South Africa: First Trans Conference in Africa In November 2011, Gender DynamiX (GDX) hosted the first Regional Trans Health, Advocacy & Research Conference, bringing together activists, researchers and providers. This…
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,…
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…
October 2010 — Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme Joins the Stop Trans Pathologization (STP2012) Campaign, Eastern and Southern Africa In October 2010, the Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme, launched in…
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…
SistaazHood هي أول مجموعة دعم للعاملات في مجال الجنس في جنوب أفريقيا، تأسست في عام 2010 من قبل 5 عاملات في مجال الجنس المتحولات جنسياً كنّ جزءاً من فريق عمل تعليم ومناصرة المشتغلين بالجنس (SWEAT) ومقره في كيب تاون. بقيادة النساء المتحولات جنسيًا...
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…
20 November 2009 — Launch of “Trans: Transgender Life Stories from South Africa”, South Africa On 20 November 2009, The Gay and Lesbian Archives (GALA) andGender DynamiX (GDX) launched the book, Trans: Transgender Life Stories from South Africa, in Cape…
17 May 2009 — The Death and Humiliation of Aunty Victoria, Tanzania Auntie Victoria was reportedly the first openly identified trans woman in Tanzania. She received gender-affirming surgery in Europe many years ago (surgery dates undocumented). When she returned to…
In 2009 the first Miss Woubi beauty pageant was held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast. The event takes its name from an Ivorian slang word (‘Woubi’) meaning ‘effeminate’ — the more feminine partner in a relationship, or as…