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…
31 May 2014 — 2nd Trans Health, Research and Advocacy Conference, South Africa 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…
24 April 2014 — Founding of Rights for All (RIFA), Rwanda Founded on 24 April 2014 by Madine Mukandayisenga, RIFA (Rights for All) is a Rwandan organisation based in Kigali, focusing on youth, working to promote the rights and well-being…
Nikilas (Nikki) Mawanda, an intersex activist from Uganda and founder of an NGO in the country*, was granted LGBTIQ+ asylum status in the U.S. on 20 March 2014. Asylum was granted months after fleeing his home in Uganda due to…
Sally Gross, éminente militante anti-Apartheid et intersexe, qui a fondé la première organisation de défense des droits des personnes intersexuées en Afrique (Intersex Society of South Africa), est décédée le 14 février 2014. En 2000, Sally a obtenu la première mention connue de l'intersexualité dans le droit national, avec l'inclusion du terme "intersexe"...
1er février 2014 — Fondation de Young Queer Alliance, Maurice / 1 February 2014 — Founding of Young Queer Alliance, Mauritius Fondée le 1er février 2015 par Fokeerbux Najeeb Ahmad, Young Queer Alliance travaille avec des personnes lesbiennes, gays, bisexuelles,…
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…
The Transgender Network of Liberia (TNOL) was founded by Karishma Richards-Kwofie in 2014. The organisation was initially under the umbrella of the NGO Stop AIDS in Liberia (SAIL). When TNOL sought registration status as a legal entity in order to…
Le Parlement ougandais a adopté le projet de loi contre l'homosexualité sous le nom de loi contre l'homosexualité de 2014 (anciennement appelée "loi Kill the Gays") le 20 décembre 2013. Le président ougandais a signé son assentiment à la loi contre l'homosexualité le 24 février 2014. Le...
Le troisième Forum International Intersexe s'est tenu à La Valette, Malte, du 29 novembre 2013 au 1er décembre 2013. Avec les 3 principes initiaux établis lors du premier Forum, puis étendus lors du deuxième Forum, le processus en cours…
Trans Angolan musician, Titica, was made a UNAIDS National Goodwill Ambassador on 7 October 2013. Titica is a pioneer in a local music genre called ‘kuduro’, and even performed for the then Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos. Her appointment…
Le 23 août 2013, le conseil d'administration de Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA), composé de trois Kenyans transgenres - Audrey Mbugua, Maureen Muia et Annet Jennifer - a intenté un procès à l'État kenyan et au Conseil de coordination des ONG pour avoir refusé d'enregistrer TEA en tant que...
Ugandan trans activist and leader, Victor Mukasa, with assistance from Immigration Equality, was granted asylum status in the United States on 27 June 2013 after fleeing Uganda due to fear of persecution for his gender identity. Victor is often informally…
Le litige d'action stratégique (SAL) est un processus de droit d'intérêt public par lequel les membres d'un groupe marginalisé saisissent délibérément et de manière proactive un tribunal dans le but d'établir un précédent juridique positif avec des implications juridiques qui vont...
On 14 June 2013, Kenya’s High Court upheld Batha Nthungi’s petition filed a year earlier, in which she declared that being stripped and physically assaulted by the Kenyan Police violated her human rights (A.N.N v Attorney General). The Court agreed…
En juin 2013, Neo Musangi, artiste et activiste non-binaire kényane, s'est produite publiquement devant le bâtiment des Archives nationales du Kenya. L'objectif de cette performance était de démanteler le binaire du genre et de sensibiliser les...
In March 2013 Audrey Mbugua, a trans woman, filed a case (JR Case No. 147 of 2013) at Kenya’s High Court to compel the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) to change the name on her high school diploma. She also…
We Exist, published by Trans Bantu Zambia in 2013, is a self-publication that serves as a powerful platform to give voice to the often marginalised and overlooked transgender community in Zambia. Through a collection of 21 short stories and poems,…
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…
The International Intersex Forum had its second gathering in Stockholm, Sweden December 2012. As with the first Forum in 2011, intersex activists from all continents attended. The previous Forum’s 3 principles were expanded to 7 and read as follows: Another…