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2000 — The First African Intersex Organisation Formed by Sally Gross, South Africa

Intersex, All, Organisation / Intersex Society of South Africa, Intersex South Africa, ISOSA, ISSA, Sally Gross, South Africa

Anti-Apartheid and intersex activist, Sally Gross founded the Intersex Society of South Africa (ISOSA) in 2000. Sally worked with a reporter from the Mail & Guardian to populate and provide information to the public to educate about Intersex and to create awareness around the formation of the Intersex Society of South Africa (ISOSA), a name …

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1998 — Documentary Focused on Gender Diversity, “Woubi Chéri”, Featured at International Film Festivals, Ivory Coast

Trans, All, Art, Community, Cross-Dressing, LGBTIQ, Non-Binary, Organisation / Branche, Ivory Coast, Ivory Coast Transvetites Association, Travestis, Woubi Cheri, Woubis, Yossis

Featured in international film festivals in 1998, the documentary, Woubi Chéri, directed by Laurent Bocahut and Philip Brooks, focused on the lives of Woubis*, Yossis**, and other members of the Branché*** community in Ivory Coast. The award-winning documentary was featured globally in various film festivals and on a number of documentary platforms. The film won Best …

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1994 — First Printed Media Reference to The Travesti, Ivory Coast

Trans, All, Community, Cross-Dressing, LGBTIQ, Non-Binary, Organisation / Ivory Coast, Travestis

In the Ivory Coast, the Travesti* was a prominent group, recognised and documented from the early 1990s, but they were most likely active before the 90s**. They formed L’association des Travestis de Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast Transvestites Association), under the leadership of Barbara (full name withheld for safety reasons). The first record of the group …

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1992 — Commencement of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, South Africa

Trans & Intersex, All, Legislation / Amanda Lock Swarr, Births and Deaths Registration Act, Sex in Transition, South Africa

The Births and Deaths Registration Act, Act 51 of 1992 prohibited transsexual* people from having their sex status amended in the Births and Deaths Register unless they could provide proof that they were in their transition process prior to 1992. As such, from 1992, no new transitions were legally allowed. Transsexuals’ sex transitions** were encouraged …

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1975 — Military Coup Ends Carnival Festival, Mozambique

Trans, All, Community, Cross-Dressing, Legislation, LGBTIQ / Carnival, Carnivalesque, Mozambique

In the early 1970s, Mozambique was still under colonial rule. In April 1974, political upheaval in Lisbon, Portugal resulted in a coup within the Portuguese military and the dictatorship in Portugal was overthrown. This had a ripple effect on the colonies, including Angola and Mozambique. The Lusaka Accord was signed in September of that same …

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1950s to Late 1970s — Carnivals: A Safe Space for Travestis, Cross-Dressers and Queer Performers, Mozambique

Community, All, Cross-Dressing, LGBTIQ, Trans / Carnival, Carnivalesque, Mozambique

While cross-dressing, queerness, homosexuality, and all forms of LGBTIQ+ identities as known today were not widely accepted in day-to-day life in Mozambique, during the 1950s through to the mid-1970s, the annual Carnival provided an opportunity for ‘male’ femininity, cross-dressing, and queer performances. There was no explicit link to what we now recognise as trans or …

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