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…
In May 2010, Auntie Tiwonge and Steven Monjeza were sentenced to 14 years of hard labour after being arrested on charges of gross indecency for publicly celebrating their relationship the previous year. However, Malawian President Mutharika reversed this decision after…
O SistaazHood é o primeiro grupo de apoio a trabalhadores do sexo na África do Sul, fundado em 2010 por 5 mulheres trans que faziam parte do Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT), sediado na Cidade do Cabo. Liderado por mulheres trans...
18 April 2010 — African Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Manifesto, Kenya On April 18, 2010, a small group of activists from across Africa held a roundtable discussion in Nairobi, Kenya, during which they drafted the African Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,…
Em 10 de dezembro de 2009, o ativista ugandês Victor Mukasa, cofundador das Minorias Sexuais do Uganda (SMUG) e associado de programa da Comissão Internacional de Direitos Humanos de Gays e Lésbicas (IGLRHC), falou numa reunião histórica do painel da Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas. O…
Auntie Tiwonge and Steven Monjeza celebrated their relationship at Auntie’s place of work in December 2009. Various mainstream media in Malawi published announcements of the “first gay marriage” in Malawi, which was wrongly reported, as Auntie Tiwonge was a trans…
20 November 2009 — Launch of “Trans: Transgender Life Stories from South Africa”, South Africa On 20 November 2009, The Gay and Lesbian Archives (GALA) andGender DynamiX (GDX) launched the book, Trans: Transgender Life Stories from South Africa, in Cape…
On 14 October 2009 the Anti-Homosexuality Bill was introduced to parliament in Uganda, sparking international outrage and condemnation. The Bill sought to further criminalise homosexuality in the country, imposing life imprisonment for those found guilty of engaging in homosexual acts,…
In August 2009, Intersex South Africa (ISSA)’s Sally Gross, U.S. academic Amanda Lock Swarr, and Gender DynamiX (GDX)’s Liesl Theron co-authored a critical think piece that was published in the Fall edition of the Feminist Studies Journal. The piece, “South…
In August 2009, the world was introduced to South African track athlete Caster Semenya as she won the 800m World Championships in Berlin, Germany and simultaneously came under public scrutiny over her eligibility to compete in women’s sport.
She improved on her 800m and 1500m records achieved at the 2008 World Junior Championships. The International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), now known as World Athletics, asserted that it felt compelled to carry out investigations on Semenya’s performance and sex after she improved her record by 25 seconds in the 1500m track event, and by 7 seconds in the 800m track race. They claimed that "this sort of dramatic breakthrough usually aroused the suspicion of drug use."
The Out in Africa (OIA) Gay and Lesbian Film Festival won its case against the South African Film and Publications Board to unban the film XXY in August 2009. At the end of February of that same year, OIA argued…
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…
17 May 2009 — The Death and Humiliation of Aunty Victoria, Tanzania Auntie Victoria was reportedly the first openly identified trans woman in Tanzania. She received gender-affirming surgery in Europe many years ago (surgery dates undocumented). When she returned to…
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…
Dezembro de 2008 — Começa uma Colaboração de Arte Orgulhosamente Africana e Transgénero Na África do Sul, durante o workshop do Instituto Trans/Identidade de Género da África Oriental e Austral, realizado na Cidade do Cabo em dezembro de 2008, Gabrielle Le Roux colaborou com Victor Mukasa e outros ativistas individuais…
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…
22 de dezembro de 2008 — Tribunal decide a favor do ativista transgénero e LGBTI Victor Mukasa, Uganda Após um julgamento de três anos, o Tribunal Superior do Uganda decidiu a favor de Victor Mukasa em 22 de dezembro de 2008. Nesta decisão histórica, o...
Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA) was established by Audrey Mbugua in 2008, working to defend the human rights of trans persons in Kenya. TEA is an international human rights organisation working towards defending and promoting the human rights of transgender/transsexual…
In September 2009, the South African Film and Publications Board banned the intersex film XXY* on the grounds that they believed the film portrays child pornography. The Spanish film with English subtitles was produced by an Argentine filmmaker and tells…