7 September 2023 — Founding of Initiative for Youth Health Rights and Education Empowerment (IYHREE), Nigeria Founded on 7 September 2023, Initiative for Youth Health Rights and Education Empowerment (IYHREE) is an unregistered organisation with the goal to improve the…
3 February 2022 — Founding of Hope Trans Initiative, Kenya Founded on 3 February 2022, Hope Trans Initiative is non-profit advocacy organisation founded by trans individuals who had the passion and desire to support intersex, trans and gender non-conforming (ITGNC)…
2022 — Founding of the Transhuman Project, Kenya The Transhuman Project was founded in Kenya in 2022 by Nekesa Mukamba. It is a feminist tech project for intersex, trans and gender non-conforming (ITGNC) people in East Africa. The Project is…
19 April 2019 — Founding of Entrepreneur Empowerment and Advocacy (EEA-Health), Kenya Founded on 19 April 2019, Entrepreneur Empowerment and Advocacy (EEA-Health) seeks to empower the trans, intersex and gender non-conforming (TIGNC) refugee communities of Kenya. It provides crucial support…
2019 — Upendo Rights Advocacy Initiative – Malaba (URAI) Founded, Uganda Founded in 2019, Upendo Rights Advocacy Initiative – Malaba (URAI), is non-governmental organisation that serves the rural Ugandan community of LBQ women, intersex, gender non-conforming and other gender diverse…
2017 — Trans Support Organisation (TSO) Founded, Kenya Trans Support (TSO) was formed as a community-based organisation (CBO) in 2017 by a group of three transgender, intersex, and gender-non-conforming (ITGNC) individuals from Western Kenya who met during the Human Rights…
2017 — Publication of ‘Southern Africa Trans Diverse Situational Analysis’ In 2016, The Southern African Trans Forum, with the aid of Accountability International, undertook a situational analysis of the barriers faced by trans diverse people in Africa in accessing healthcare.…
2016 — Founding of TransSwati, Eswatini (Swaziland) Founded in 2016 by Pinty Dludlu, TransSwati is a non-profit organisation providing services to the trans and gender non-conforming community. Officially registered in May 2018, TransSwati was born due to the lack of…
2015 — Trans* Research, Education, Advocacy & Training (TREAT) Founded, Zimbabwe Founded in 2015 by Rikki Nathanson, Trans* Research, Education, Advocacy & Training (TREAT) was the first trans-led, and gender-diverse focused organisation in Zimbabwe. TREAT’s mission is to inform and…
Tanzania Trans Initiative (TTI) was founded by the now Executive Director, Mwamba Nyanda, as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Tanzania in 2015. The organisation is a platform for the trans community working together with people who are gender non-conforming. TTI works with…
Founded in Kenya in 2014, the Malindi Desire Initiative (MDI) began as a support group for transgender people living with HIV. The organisation was officially registered as an ITGNC organisation in 2016. The Malindi Desire Initiative was born from the…
2013 — Founding of Dynamic Initiative for Healthcare & Human Rights (DIHHR), Nigeria Trans and Intersex People (TIP) for Human Rights in Nigeria (THRIN), now Dynamic Initiative for Healthcare & Human Rights (DIHHR), was formed in 2013. DIHHR is a…
Gender DynamiX (GDX), the first registered South African-based organisation and one of the first African-based organisations focusing solely on the trans community, was founded in South Africa by cis woman, Liesl Theron, and her trans partner, Lex Kirsten in July…