The Regional ICD (International Classification of Diseases) Conference in 2015 was a landmark summit hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa from September 27–30, 2015. Co-hosted by Iranti, GATE (Global Action for Trans Equality) and Gender Dynamix, the gathering brought together over 30 trans and intersex activists representing 12 countries across Africa.

The Conference focus and highlights centred around ICD-11 Revision Advocacy. The primary goal was to mobilise African voices and influence the WHO’s ongoing development of the ICD-11. Activists advocated for the depathologisation of trans identities. The aim of the conference was to create a collaborative space for engagement on developing an African advocacy strategy on ICD revision through discussions, expert presentations and group work. Read more.

A video featuring the stories of trans participants from the Conference was published by Iranti in November 2015.

From 28—30 September 2015 Iranti in partnership with Gender Dynamix and GATE (Global Action for Trans Equality) hosted the Regional ICD Conference with trans and intersex activists from 12 African countries. Participants shared their experiences of being transgender in their respective countries. Watch the video below.

In October 2010, the Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme, launched in May 2010 by South Africa’s Gender DynamiX (GDX) and Uganda’s Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development (SIPD), joined the Stop Trans Pathologization (STP2012) Campaign, a campaign advocating for the depathologisation of trans identities (transsexual and transgender) and their retirement from the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — 4 (DSM-4).

The Exchange Programme’s submission to the Campaign consisted of a video clip produced by Robert Hamblin with quotes from Eastern and Southern African activists.

Read more about the Regional Exchange Programme.