{"id":3043,"date":"2017-01-01T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2025-10-03T16:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:13:42","slug":"2017-trans-hope-founded-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/2017-trans-hope-founded-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 \u2014 Trans Hope Founded, South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2017 \u2014 Trans Hope Founded, South Africa<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Trans Hope was founded in 2017 by Sazi Jali. Trans Hope was formally registered on 6 June 2019, making it the first trans-led organisation in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa. Trans Hope seeks to raise awareness <\/a>about gender and gender identity and create an environment that is safe and inclusive for gender-diverse people. Sazi Jali saw a need within the community to not just help the members of the support group but to provide support and services to the transgender and gender-diverse community in the KwaZulu-Natal province as a whole. In 2019, with the encouragement of Prof. Zanele Muholi <\/a>and Dr Chris McLachlan, Trans Hope was registered as a Non-Profit Organisation,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dream was to mainstream gender diversity in the community through providing safe spaces within both public and private institutions, and to give trans and gender-diverse communities access to education and advocacy. Part of the aim of Trans Hope was to not isolate trans people, so the board and working team included a number of cisgender individuals to assist in the fight for the mutual understanding of diversity within the greater community, to ensure the acceptance of trans and gender-diverse people through creating awareness, and to provide education about trans and gender-diverse issues and to advocate for their human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00ab\u00a0We empower our community by providing knowledge about LGBTQIA+ issues and health care. We educate schools, clinics, hospitals and churches in order to provide a safer place for transgender and gender diverse people. We also provide training and conduct workshops.\u00a0\u00bb<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To advance the constitutional rights for the LGBTQIA+ community, ensuring they have a safer space within but not limited to the Republic of South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Trans Hope seeks to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n