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…
Trans Bantu Zambia (TBZ), was formed on 14 September 2008 to bring about an end to discrimination against the trans community in Zambia. It is a youth-led non-profit organisation whose development objective is the improvement of the socioeconomic, political and…
On 2 June 2008, Daisy Dube, a gender-variant person, and four friends who self-identified as drag queens, went out clubbing in the evening in Yeoville, Johannesburg. Men outside the club called them izitabane,* referring to their gender identity. In resistance,…
The African Regional Sexuality Resource Centre (ARSRC) invited Gender DynamiX (GDX) to be their guest on 17 April 2008 at the “Beginning of a Global Dialogue on Transgender Rights” discussion. The meeting took place in New York and was hosted…
The Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) Feminist Institute in Maputo, Mozambique invited Gender DynamiX (GDX) to do a presentation on “Understanding Transgender” on 26 February 2008. This request was a result of the raised interest in trans understanding in Africa…
2008 — Matrix Support Group (MSG) / People’s Matrix Association Fundada, Lesoto O Matrix Support Group (MSG), também conhecido como People’s Matrix Association, foi fundado no Lesoto em 2008. Embora a ONG sirva a toda a comunidade LGBTIQ+ em todo o...
Gender DynamiX (GDX) attended the ARC International conference in Johannesburg in December 2007. This was the first time that ARC held a conference in Africa, and it was at this conference that many self-identified trans people from other countries and…
Setembro de 2007 — Reivindicação Histórica de Espaço para Pessoas Trans no Movimento LGBT Africano: A Declaração Trans de Nairobi, Quénia Antes de Victor Mukasa pedir asilo nos EUA, com receio pela sua vida, ele foi levado de avião para Nairobi, Quénia, por...
Gold medallist Paralympian, Tshotlego* Morama (now Paul Morama) from Botswana underwent gender verification tests in August 2007 after a win in the 800m and 400m races at the Africa Senior Championships in Mozambique. There had already been a media spectacle…
Julho de 2007 — House of Rainbow e Gender DynamiX Chegam às Mulheres Trans Nigerianas, Nigéria Em 2007, o Reverendo Nigeriano Jide Macaulay, da House of Rainbow, assistiu à reunião da Associação Internacional de Lésbicas, Gays, Bissexuais, Transgénero e Intersexo (ILGA) em Joanesburgo.…
South Africa’s Gender DynamiX (GDX) was the first African organisation to become a member of WPATH in 2007. In August 2014 GDX and Cape Town’s Groote Schuur Hospital’s Multidisciplinary Transgender Clinic collaborated in their efforts to submit a bid to…
On 31 October 2006, Alexandra Rubera was granted asylum in South Africa. Rubera, a trans woman from Burundi, faced arrest and death threats from private citizens and the police in her native country on an ongoing basis. Alexandra moved between…
On 25 February 2006, Kenyan-born Biko Beauttah arrived in Canada to seek asylum because being considered homosexual is a criminal offence in her home country. Biko left Kenya a few years prior to attend college in the USA. Having come…
Julho de 2005 — O ativista transgénero e LGBTQIA+, Victor Mukasa, processa o Governo, Uganda A 20 de julho de 2005, a casa do homem transgénero e ativista LGBTQIA+, Victor Mukasa, foi invadida pela polícia sem mandado de busca. Estavam à procura de documentos relacionados com...
July 2005 — Founding of First South African Trans Rights Organisation, Gender DynamiX (GDX), South Africa Gender DynamiX (GDX), the first registered South African-based organisation and one of the first African-based organisations focusing solely on the trans community, was founded…
2005 — Fondation du Collectif Arc-En-Ciel (CAEC), Maurice / Collectif Arc-En-Ciel (CAEC) (The Rainbow Collective) Founded, Mauritius Fondé en 2005 par Nathalie Germain, Nicolas Ritter, Thierry De Ravel et Jean-Luc Ahnee, le Collectif Arc-En-Ciel (CAEC) est une ONG de défense…
3 de março de 2004 — Fundação da Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), Uganda A 3 de março de 2004, a Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), agora conhecida como SMUG International, foi fundada pelo homem trans e ativista, Victor Mukasa, juntamente com Sylvia Tamale. Os primeiros membros…
South Africa hosted the 2003 Cricket World Cup, and on 9 February 2003. During the Parade of Nations and as part of the opening ceremony, the event’s organisers appointed models to walk in the parade, holding banners to represent each…
2000 to 2007 — Creation of Trans Support and Social Groups, South Africa Between 2000 and 2007, before Gender DynamiX (South Africa’s first trans advocacy group) was founded in 2005, the need for support groups for trans people led to…