Five transgender Kenyans sued the State of Kenya in October 2015 for refusing to process the change of names on their national identity cards. The state had processed their new passports but refused to do the same for their national identity cards. Some of these applications had been made in 2010. Audrey Mbugua of Transgender …
October 2015 — State Sued for Refusal to Change Names on Identity Cards, Kenya Read More »
Jholerina B. Timbo founded Wings to Transcend Namibia (WTTN) in October 2015. Jholerina is one of the trans activists who collaborated with Gabrielle Le Roux in the Proudly African and Transgender portrait drawing series, which was created during the Eastern and Southern African Trans/Gender Identity Institute, in December 2008. Mission From their website: “Wings to …
October 2015 — Founding of Wings to Transcend Namibia (WTTN), Namibia Read More »
Protea Psychosocial Support Project for Transgender People (PPSTP) was officially registered in August 2015. It would change its name to the Trans Wellness Project (TWP) in 2016 during its first Strategic Planning session, which included board and community members. Formed by former Gender DynamiX (GDX) staff member, Whitney Quanita Booysen, TWP works with trans and …
August 2015 — Trans Wellness Project Founded, South Africa Read More »
The High Court dismissed Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA)’s case, Misc. Civil Application 263 of 2014, filed on 10 July 2014, calling it premature, as the medical board had formed a task force to advise the Ministry of Health on the development of guidelines on the management of “transsexualism”. TEA was ordered to pay the …
4 February 2015 — High Court Rejects Petition Against Medical Board, Kenya Read More »
Founded in 2015 by Rikki Nathanson, The Trans* Research, Education, Advocacy and Training (TREAT) was the first trans-led, and gender-diverse focused organisation in Zimbabwe. TREAT’s mission is to inform and transform attitudes and address injustice and inequalities faced by the Trans diverse population in Zimbabwe. Background After being arrested under charges such as criminal nuisance …
2015 — Trans* Research, Education, Advocacy & Training (TREAT) Founded, Zimbabwe Read More »
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 these groups as well as with health practitioners, law enforcement officers and policy makers, providing …
2015 — Founding of Tanzania Trans Initiative (TTI), Tanzania Read More »
In November 2014, trans woman Audrey Mbugua won the case taken to the Kenyan High Court in March 2013 (JR Case No. 147 of 2013) to compel the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) to change the name on her high school diploma. In October, Audrey had won a case in the High Court to have …
The Fairy Godmother Community Project was founded in Cape Town, South Africa by Sandra Lentoor, also known as Cape Town drag queen, Sandra Dee, and was officially registered on the 29th of October 2014. Interview with Sandra Dee: From District 6 to District Royalty We talked to Sandra Dee in December 2023 about the founding …
Kenya’s High Court issued a ruling on 7 October 2014 compelling the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) to issue Audrey Mbugua with a new certification with her new name and without a gender mark after she filed a case in March 2013 through the trans rights NGO, Transgender and Education Advocacy (TEA). The Court observed …
As a result of an organisational strategic planning meeting, Gender Dynamix (GDX) resigned from Transitioning Africa (TA) on 7 August 2014. Not long thereafter, Transitioning Africa dissolved.
In August 2014, trans women from 14 African countries including Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe came together at a meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa to discuss a shared envisioning of the feminist movement and its politics. An outcome of this meeting was the African Trans Feminist Charter.
In a historic court battle initiated in 2013, Transgender Education and Advocacy (TEA) won a landmark case in Kenya’s High Court on 23 July 2014. After being denied the right to register as an NGO, the organisation sued the Kenyan NGO Coordination Board for discrimination and violation of their fundamental human rights. In his ruling, …
Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA) filed a judicial review application to the Kenyan High Court on 10 July 2014 seeking an order to compel the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board, and the Ministry of Health to develop medical guidelines for the treatment of trans persons. This case was dismissed on 4 February 2015.
In July 2014, Liesl Theron stepped down as the Director of Gender Dynamix (GDX). Liesl co-founded GDX and served as Director for 9 years. She was succeeded by GDX’s first black* leader, S’bu (full name excluded for safety reasons, but available by request), who served from August 2015 — February 2016. After S’bu’s short term, …
July 2014 — Gender DynamiX (GDX) Welcomes First Black Trans Leadership, South Africa Read More »
Tranz Network Uganda (TNU) is an indigenous not for profit umbrella organisation for trans and gender diverse persons organisations in Uganda and was established by Apako Williams and Jay Mulucha on 26 February 2014 with the aim of supporting coordination and collaboration among trans and gender diverse persons’ organisations. TNU was registered on 30 March …
26 February 2014 — Founding of Tranz Network Uganda (TNU), Uganda Read More »
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 question, “How far are you willing to go for a community you love?” In answering …
2014 — Malindi Desire Initiative (MDI) Founded, Kenya Read More »
In June 2014, Somalian-born Canadian photographer, Abdi Osman, held an exhibition named ‘Labeeb’ at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. The project features large photographs and a short double-projection video of Sumaya Dalmar, a trans woman originally from Somalia. The double projection, which shows two videos playing simultaneously, underscores the artist’s attempt to engage with …
Trans and Intersex Africa (TIA), Social, Health and Empowerment Feminist Collective of Transgender and Intersex Women of Africa (S.H.E), and Gender DynamiX (GDX) hosted the 2nd Trans Health, Research and Advocacy Conference in Cape Town, South Africa between 31 May and 2 June 2014. This was the largest conference in the series to date and …
31 May 2014 — 2nd Trans Health, Research and Advocacy Conference, South Africa Read More »
In January 2014, Rikki Nathanson, a Zimbabwean trans woman and modelling agency director was detained by police* after Farai Mteliso, a Zanu-PF Youth League leader, performed a citizen’s arrest on her. She was arrested for being a ‘criminal nuisance’ because she visited a bar in Bulawayo, dressed as a woman, and allegedly used the bathroom …
18 January 2014 — Trans Woman, Rikki Nathanson, Sues Police and Others, Zimbabwe Read More »
In January 2014, Rikki Nathanson, a Zimbabwean trans woman and modelling agency director was detained by police* after Farai Mteliso, a Zanu-PF Youth League leader, performed a citizen’s arrest on her. She was arrested for being a ‘criminal nuisance’ because she visited a bar in Bulawayo, dressed as a woman, and allegedly used the bathroom …
January 2014 — Trans Woman, Rikki Nathanson, Sues Police and Others, Zimbabwe Read More »
