2015 — Trans* Research, Education, Advocacy & Training (TREAT) Fundada, Zimbabwe Fundada em 2015 por Rikki Nathanson, a Trans* Research, Education, Advocacy & Training (TREAT) foi a primeira organização liderada por pessoas trans e focada em diversidade de género no Zimbabwe. A missão da TREAT é informar e…
2015 – Southern African Trans Forum (SATF) Established, Southern Africa Established in 2015, the Southern African Trans Forum (SATF), is a pioneering regional alliance of trans-led and trans-centred organisations. Established in 2015, SATF is dedicated to building a unified, powerful…
A Tanzania Trans Initiative (TTI) foi fundada pelo atual Diretor Executivo, Mwamba Nyanda, como uma organização não governamental (ONG) na Tanzânia em 2015. A organização é uma plataforma para a comunidade trans que trabalha em conjunto com pessoas que não estão em conformidade com o género. A TTI trabalha com...
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…
29 de Outubro de 2014 — Registo do Projeto Comunitário da Fada Madrinha por Trans Drag Queen, Sandra Dee, África do Sul O Projeto Comunitário da Fada Madrinha foi fundado na Cidade do Cabo, África do Sul, por Sandra Lentoor, também conhecida como a drag queen da Cidade do Cabo…
O Tribunal Superior do Quénia emitiu uma decisão em 7 de outubro de 2014, obrigando o Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) a emitir um novo certificado a Audrey Mbugua com o seu novo nome e sem marca de género, após esta ter intentado uma ação judicial em...
Em agosto de 2014, mulheres trans de 14 países africanos, incluindo Botswana, Quénia, Lesoto, Namíbia, África do Sul, Tanzânia, Uganda, Zâmbia e Zimbabué, reuniram-se num encontro em Joanesburgo, África do Sul, para discutir uma visão partilhada do movimento feminista e…
Numa histórica batalha judicial iniciada em 2013, a Transgender Education and Advocacy (TEA) venceu um caso histórico no Tribunal Superior do Quénia em 23 de julho de 2014. Após lhe ter sido negado o direito de se registar como uma ONG, a organização processou o...
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…
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…
26 February 2014 — Founding of Tranz Network Uganda (TNU), Uganda 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 Williams Apako and Jay…
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…
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…
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…
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…
On 23 August 2013 the board of Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA), comprising 3 trans Kenyans — Audrey Mbugua, Maureen Muia, and Annet Jennifer — sued the Kenyan State and the NGO Coordination Board for refusing to register TEA as…
O ativista e líder transgénero ugandês, Victor Mukasa, com assistência da Immigration Equality, obteve o estatuto de asilo nos Estados Unidos em 27 de junho de 2013, após fugir do Uganda devido ao medo de perseguição pela sua identidade de género. Victor é frequentemente informalmente…
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…