In 2011, co-hosts of the Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme, Gender DynamiX (GDX) and their partner in East Africa (name withheld for security reasons), approached Transgender and Intersex Africa (TIA) to form a 3-organisation coalition…
Due to the way in which participants had progressed and excelled beyond the current format of the workshops, in 2011 the hosts Gender DynamiX (GDX) and their partner organisation in East Africa, decided to reassess the format of the Eastern…
Mai 2011 - Création du Collectif féministe de femmes transgenres et intersexuées d'Afrique (S.H.E), Afrique du Sud En mai 2011, le Collectif féministe de femmes transgenres et intersexuées d'Afrique (S.H.E) a été officiellement créé...
May 2011 — Trans Women and Transfeminine Activists Demand Recognition Within the African Trans Advocacy Movement (Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme), Uganda The first part of the second year of the Eastern and Southern African…
In September 2010, the second part of the Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme hosted by Gender DynamiX (GDX) and a partner organisation in East Africa* was held in Cape Town, South Africa. The Programme achieved…
For the first time on the African continent, a Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) trans workshop was presented in June 2010 by IGLHRC (the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, today known as OutRight International) and Gender DynamiX (GDX) in Maputo, Mozambique.…
Transgender and Intersex Africa (TIA) was founded in 2010 by African transgender individuals to focus on transgender and intersex issues in previously disadvantaged communities in South Africa, such as townships and rural areas, and is formally registered with the Department…
June 2010 — First Inter-Continental Trans and Intersex Advocacy Meeting Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE) organised the first of its kind, international trans and intersex advocacy meeting in Barcelona, Spain, with participants from all regions and all continents in…
May 2010 — Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme: Year 1, Part 1 Thefirst part of the Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme, hosted by Gender DynamiX (GDX) and Uganda’s Support Initiative…
2010 — Trans Intersex Androgynous Movement of Namibia (TIAMON) Founded, Namibia The Trans Activist Movement of Namibia (TAMON) was founded in 2010, operating as a trans desk at the LGBT organisation, Out-Right Namibia (ORN). In 2015, the organisation renamed itself…
On 10 December 2009, Ugandan activist, Victor Mukasa, co-founder of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and program associate for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLRHC) spoke at a landmark meeting of the United Nations General Assembly panel. The…
July 2009 — Launch of Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme In July 2009, South Africa’s Gender DynamiX (GDX) and Uganda’s Support Initiative for People with atypical Sex Development (SIPD) formed a partnership to host an…
December 2008 — Proudly African & Transgender Art Collaboration Emerged, South Africa During the Eastern and Southern African Trans/Gender Identity Institute workshop hosted in Cape Town in December 2008, Gabrielle Le Roux collaborated with Victor Mukasa and the other individual activists…
December 2008 — First Trans- and Intersex-Specific Workshop Held in Africa: Eastern and Southern African Trans/Gender Identity Institute, South Africa In December 2008, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), today known as OutRight International, and Gender DynamiX…
Trans Bantu Zambia (TBZ) a été créée le 14 septembre 2008 pour mettre fin à la discrimination à l'encontre de la communauté transgenre en Zambie. Il s'agit d'une organisation à but non lucratif dirigée par des jeunes dont l'objectif de développement...
Tebogo Nkoana et Liesl Theron de Gender Dynamix (GDX) ont présenté des exposés à la conférence Gender Odyssey en août 2008. Les propositions ont été acceptées et Liesl, qui était déjà en contact avec le professeur associé de l'Université de Washington, Amanda Lock Swarr,...
2007 — Formation of Rainbow Identity Association (RIA), Botswana Skipper Mogapi and a handful of self-identified trans and intersex persons formed a support group in Botswana in 2007 that would later be known as the Rainbow Identity Association (RIA). The founding of…
En mai 2007, l'International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) a organisé une conférence à Johannesburg dans le but de créer une organisation affiliée à l'ILGA sur le continent africain - une ILGA panafricaine (PAI). La PAI est une fédération de...
En mai 2005, Liesl Theron, alors membre de la Good Hope Metropolitan Community Church (GHMCC), a coordonné un atelier d'une journée pour ses membres, intitulé "Sensibilisation à la diversité des genres". Cette initiative est née de l'engagement personnel de Liesl auprès des transgenres et des...
À la suite des auditions parlementaires du 9 septembre 2003, la loi 49 de 2003 sur la description du sexe et le statut sexuel a été modifiée, signée par le président de l'Afrique du Sud et publiée dans la Gazette du gouvernement le 15 mars 2004. La loi a été...