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…
February 2022 — Founding of Association des Guinès Manguès de Guinée (AGMG), Guinea The Association des Guinès Manguès de Guinée (AGMG) was founded in Guinea-Conakry in February 2022 and was registered on 7 December 2023. Vision and Aim The vision…
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…
November 2020 — Founding of Trans Nigerian Support (TNS), Nigeria Founded in November 2020 as a collective of online communities and an organisation by Tom Kólá, Trans Nigerian Support (TNS) is a trans and Intersex youth-led feminist organisation advocating for…
June 2019 — Fondation de Kitumaini ASBL, République Démocratique du Congo / Founding of Kitumaini ASBL, Democratic Republic of Congo Fondée le 28 juin 2019 par Patrick Maliani, Kitumaini ASBL œuvre principalement auprès des personnes transgenres et de genres divers…
April 2019 — Groupe d’action Féministe Maroc (GAFM) (Feminist Action Group) Founded, Morocco Groupe d’action féministe Moroc (GAFM), or Feminist Action Group, was founded in April 2019 by Izgar Belrhali. GAFM works to eliminate gender expression-based violence through an intersectional…
20 January 2018 — Founding of Dynamique Trans (Trans Dynamics), Morocco Founded on 20 January 2018 by Salma Alaoui, Adam Cherifi and Zeyne Oulmakki, Dynamique Trans (Trans Dynamics) works primarily with trans people in Morocco, including non-binary, gender non-conforming, and…
9 December 2017 — Création de l’Association Transgenres et Droits, Côte d’Ivoire / Association Transgenres et Droits Founded, Ivory Coast Fondée le 9 décembre 2017 par Orneill Latiyah, l’Association Transgenres et Droits a été fondée à Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire.…
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…
August 2016 — Founding of Crème de la Crème House of Fame Foundation (CDLC), Nigeria In August 2016, Crème de la Crème (CDLC), focusing on trans and non-binary rights, was founded in Nigeria. CDLC was registered on 18 September 2018.…
In June 2013, Neo Musangi, a Kenyan non-binary artist and activist, performed publicly in front of the building of the Kenia National Archives. The aim of the performance was intended to dismantle the gender binary and create awareness about non-binary…
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…
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…
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…