12 de junho de 2023 - Fundação da Kajiado North for Empowerment and Social Welfare Outreach (KNESWO), Quénia Fundada em 12 de junho de 2023 por Kyazze Arnold e Nyombi Enoch, a Kajiado North for Empowerment and Social Welfare Outreach (KNESWO) trabalha com refugiados queer,...
23 October 2022 — ‘Study on the Human Rights Situation of Intersex Persons in Africa’ Report Launched, The Gambia On 23 October 2022, the Centre for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development…
26 July 2022 — Recognition and Protection of Intersex Children Under the Kenyan ‘Children Act of 2022’, Kenya Voted into Kenyan law on the 26th of July 2022, section 21 of The Children Act, 2022 legally recognises intersex children, ensuring…
3 February 2022 — Founding of Hope Trans Initiative, Kenya Founded on 3 February 2022, Hope Trans Initiative is non-profit advocacy organisation founded by trans individuals who had the passion and desire to support intersex, trans and gender non-conforming (ITGNC)…
2022 — Founding of Kaya Intersex and Trans Initiative Kenya (KITI), Kenya Kaya Intersex and Trans Initiative Kenya (KITI) was founded in 2022 by Hazary Abdalla to address the glaring gap in representation and advocacy for intersex and trans individuals…
2022 — Founding of Trans Arrivals Kenya (TAK), Kenya Trans Arrivals Kenya (TAK) was founded in 2022. TAK supports trans migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in Kenya. Vision A safe and inclusive society where all trans refugees live with dignity,…
2022 — Founding of the Transhuman Project, Kenya The Transhuman Project was founded in Kenya in 2022 by Nekesa Mukamba. It is a feminist tech project for intersex, trans and gender non-conforming (ITGNC) people in East Africa. The Project is…
June 2020 — Kakuma Refugee Camp: Refugees Approach Victor Mukasa Again, Kenya In June 2020 the Ugandan LGBTQIA+ refugees in the Kakuma Refugee Camp reached out to activist Victor Mukasa, saying “Victor, we are dying, we are dying in the…
19 April 2019 — Founding of Entrepreneur Empowerment and Advocacy (EEA-Health), Kenya Founded on 19 April 2019, Entrepreneur Empowerment and Advocacy (EEA-Health) seeks to empower the trans, intersex and gender non-conforming (TIGNC) refugee communities of Kenya. It provides crucial support…
2018 - Fundação da Refugee Trans Initiative (RTI), Quénia Fundada em 2018, a Refugee Trans Initiative (RTI) é uma organização comunitária liderada por pessoas trans que visa criar visibilidade para os refugiados trans e para a comunidade trans local. A organização foi fundada por...
June 2017 — The Birth of the African Intersex Movement (AIM), Kenya In June 2017, a historic moment unfolded as 22 African intersex human rights defenders from 7 countries across the African continent convened in Kenya under the theme “Visibility……
2017 — Trans Support Organisation (TSO) Founded, Kenya Trans Support (TSO) was formed as a community-based organisation (CBO) in 2017 by a group of three transgender, intersex, and gender-non-conforming (ITGNC) individuals from Western Kenya who met during the Human Rights…
September 2016 — Parliamentarian Pushes for Third Gender, Kenya In September 2016, Isaac Mwaura, a Kenyan Parliamentarian, wanted the Kenyan Parliament to pass the option of a third gender into Kenyan law in order to legally recognise intersex people. Mwaura…
July 2016 — Founding of East Africa Trans Health and Advocacy Network (EATHAN), East Africa In July 2016, The East Africa Trans Health and Advocacy Network (EATHAN) was formed by founding member Barbra Wangare in Kenya as a network of…
October 2015 — State Sued for Refusal to Change Names on Identity Cards, Kenya Five transgender Kenyans sued the State of Kenya in October 2015 for refusing to process the change of names on their national identity cards. The state…
4 February 2015 — High Court Rejects Petition by Trans Organisation Against Medical Board, Kenya The Kenyan High Court dismissed Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA)’s case, Misc. Civil Application 263 of 2014, filed on 10 July 2014, calling it premature,…
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…
Kenya’s High Court issued a ruling on 7 October 2014 compelling the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) to issue Audrey Mbugua with a new certification with her new name and without a gender mark after she filed a case in…
In a historic court battle initiated in 2013, Transgender Education and Advocacy (TEA) won a landmark case in Kenya’s High Court on 23 July 2014. After being denied the right to register as an NGO, the organisation sued the Kenyan…
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…