"It is important that we as African trans, gender diverse and intersex people speak for ourselves" — Victor Mukasa
This statement by one of Trans & Intersex History Africa’s (TIHA) founders, Victor Mukasa, speaks to the rationale behind the TIHA digital archive, the history of trans, gender diverse and intersex movements in Africa, and the importance of archiving our histories/herstories/theirstories.
“It is important that African trans, gender diverse and intersex people speak for ourselves because these are our experiences, these are our stories, these are our lives. It is our challenges, it is our joys, it is us. No other person can speak better for trans and intersex people than ourselves. Na tuna uwezo na ndio maana tunafanya hivyo kwenye tovuti ya TIHA kwa sababu tunaweza kufanya hivi sisi wenyewe na tunaweza kukusanya hadithi zetu, kwa msaada. Ndiyo maana inatubidi turudi na kuwatafuta wote waliochangia, wale wote waliopitia maisha katika vitambulisho hivi. Historia inapotoshwa ikiwa wale walioipitia sio wao wanaoieleza. Ili tuweze kupata akaunti halisi ya tulikotoka, tunahitaji kuipata kutoka kwa watu wa jinsia tofauti na watu wa jinsia tofauti barani Afrika. Tunapoifanya sisi wenyewe basi tunaimiliki kwa sababu ni maisha yetu. Tunamiliki."
“It is known worldwide that a movement without history that is documented and placed somewhere accessible, is a movement that works blindly. To have a vision we need to realise where we have come from. That is what gives us strength. The histories of trans and intersex people in Africa need to be documented and made accessible for this reason. That documentation is wealth to those who will come after us. Nyaraka hizo, historia zetu, ndizo mafuta yanayotusukuma. Ni fahari yetu, ni mwenge kwamba kila wakati mambo yanapokuwa magumu tunatazama nyuma, tuone tumefika wapi, tuone tulichofanya hadi kufika hapo. It is important to show the resilience of people in Africa so that we have something that will energise those who come after. The pride they will have in their history will push them into preserving that and to fighting for every trans and intersex person who comes after.“
Supporting advocacy and movement building through archiving
We document events and important moments in a digital archive in the form of a visual timeline, as well as audio and video interviews as experienced and remembered by activists on the African Continent and within the African Diaspora.
As is the case worldwide, the anti-gender, conservative, TERF (trans exclusionary radical feminist) rhetoric continues to gain strength and influences government policies, law and public sentiment, which impacts trans, gender diverse and intersex people’s lived realities and their fundamental human rights. We believe that the Trans & Intersex History in Africa (TIHA) digital archive can contribute to the efforts of organisations, specifically those who cannot publicise their work due to threat of financial and legal consequences (which includes one of our founding partners), to ensure that trans, gender diverse and intersex existence and lived experience is recorded. This record will play a part in ensuring the collaborative strength of the African movements in combating the anti-trans, anti-gender-diverse and anti-intersex sentiment on the continent and in the African diaspora.
The TIHA digital archive acknowledges the existence of multiple movements, networks, groups and individuals and that the stories to be told are intersectional and carry various voices to form histories/herstories/theirstories. Sisi ni mkwa kuanzia na habari inayopatikana kwa sasa lakini alika hadithi katika media zozote zitakazowasilishwa kutoka barani kote na kutoka sehemu nyingi na sauti ambazo bado hazijawakilishwa.
Wakati tuko kwenye acontinuous process of rethinking this important work, we invite you to engage with the information that the TIHA digital archive and Trans & Intersex Archival Conversations present. Get involved! Reach out! You can list your organisation/group, share your stories through the Timeline or through the Talk Show by getting in touch with us. We particularly invite first person stories and can facilitate the sharing of these in various languages.
Read more about how the TIHA archive supports advocacy and movement building in our ‘About Us’ section.
Je, unatafuta kitu maalum?
Kuna njia tofauti za kufikia taarifa katika hifadhidata ya Rekodi ya Maeneo Uliyotembelea. Unaweza kuvinjari ratiba nzima ya matukio ya matukio, au kuchuja matokeo kulingana na aina maalum au kutafuta kulingana na mada:
- MUDA WA MTANDAO WA KOROLOJIA - Tembeza ratiba nzima ya matukio na maingizo yote kwa mpangilio wa kutokea. Unaweza kuchuja kulingana na kategoria ili kupunguza matokeo.
- UPAU WA TAFUTA - Tafuta maneno maalum au maneno ambayo yanakuvutia. Unaweza kupata Upau wa Utafutaji kwenye menyu iliyo upande wa juu kulia wa ukurasa wa nyumbani.
- Maswali Yanayoulizwa Mara kwa Mara - Taarifa kuhusu sisi, mradi wetu na mipango ya baadaye.
Include the story of your African trans, gender diverse and/or intersex organisation/group in our archive
There are many African organisations. groups and individuals who over the years have contributed in invaluable ways to the stories of the trans, gender diverse and intersex movements who are not yet included in our timeline.
Tunataka kutambua na kujumuisha michango yote inayoweza kuthibitishwa.
Sisi ni nani?
We are a group of African activists who have all been actively involved in the early years of the trans, gender diverse and intersex movements in Africa and the African Diaspora. We are committed to preserving the his/hers/theirstories of the trans, gender diverse and intersex movements, communities, networks, organisations and individuals on the continent and in the Diaspora.
Makubaliano ya Ushirikiano na Mwenyeji wa Fedha
In March 2023 the Trans & Intersex History Africa digital archive (TIHA) and Jinsia DynamiX (GDX) ilitia saini hati ya makubaliano ya kurasimisha ushirikiano wa muungano.
Ukiwa hapa...
Tunapokuza tovuti yetu tutajumuisha maktaba ya vyombo vya habari ikijumuisha podikasti, klipu za sauti, mahojiano ya moja kwa moja na mijadala kama vile video hii ambapo Victor Mukasa mazungumzo na mwanaharakati wa transfeminist, LeighAnn van der Merwe, kuhusu Siku ya Kimataifa ya Mwonekano wa Wanaobadili jinsia.
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1950
Miaka ya 1950 hadi Mwishoni mwa miaka ya 1970 - Kanivali: Nafasi Salama kwa Travestis, Wavaaji Msalaba na Waigizaji Queer, Msumbiji
Huku mtindo mtambuka, unajisi, ushoga, na aina zote za utambulisho wa LGBTIQ+... -
1975
1975 - Mapinduzi ya Kijeshi Yamaliza Tamasha la Carnival, Msumbiji
Mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 1970, Msumbiji ilikuwa bado chini ya ukoloni.... -
1982
1982 — Founding of the Phoenix Society, An Underground Network of Trans Women, Transsexuals, Transvestites and Crossdressers During Apartheid, South Africa
South Africa’s first gender-focused group, the Phoenix Society, was established... -
1992
1992 - Kuanza kwa Sheria ya Usajili wa Vizazi na Vifo, Afrika Kusini
Sheria ya Usajili wa Vizazi na Vifo, Sheria ya 51 ya mwaka 1992... -
1994
1994 - Rejea ya Kwanza ya Vyombo vya Habari kuhusu The Travesti, Côte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast.
1994 — First Printed Media Reference to The Travesti, Côte... -
1998
1998 - Makala Iliyoangazia Tofauti za Jinsia, "Woubi Chéri", Iliyoangaziwa katika Tamasha za Kimataifa za Filamu, Côte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast
Iliangaziwa katika sherehe za kimataifa za filamu mnamo 1998, filamu ya hali halisi, Woubi... -
2000
2000 - Shirika la Kwanza la Afrika la Wana jinsia tofauti, Jumuiya ya watu wenye jinsia tofauti ya Afrika Kusini, Lililoundwa na Sally Gross, Afrika Kusini.
Mwanaharakati wa kupinga ubaguzi wa rangi na jinsia tofauti, Sally Gross alianzisha Jumuiya ya watu wa jinsia tofauti... -
2000
2000 to 2007 — Creation of Trans Support and Social Groups, South Africa
2000 to 2007 — Creation of Trans Support and Social... -
2003
2003 — Founding of Horizon Community Association (HOCA), Rwanda
2003 — Founding of Horizon Community Association (HOCA), Rwanda Founded... -
9 Februari 2003
9 Februari 2003 — Zimbabwe Bila Kujua Iliwakilishwa na Mwanamke wa Trans katika Kombe la Dunia la Kriketi, Afrika Kusini
Afrika Kusini iliandaa Kombe la Dunia la Kriketi la 2003, na... -
Septemba 9, 2003
9 Septemba 2003 — Mikutano ya Bunge kuhusu Marekebisho ya Sheria ya Maelezo ya Jinsia na Hali ya Ngono, Afrika Kusini
Mnamo tarehe 9 Septemba 2003, kikundi cha mashirika... -
Machi 3, 2004
Tarehe 3 Machi 2004 - Kuanzishwa kwa Makundi ya Watu Wadogo wa Kijinsia Uganda (SMUG), Uganda
Tarehe 3 Machi 2004 - Kuanzishwa kwa Makundi ya Watu Wachache wa Kijinsia Uganda (SMUG),... -
Machi 15, 2004
15 Machi 2004 - Marekebisho ya Maelezo ya Ngono na Sheria ya Hali ya Ngono, Afrika Kusini
Kufuatia vikao vya bunge vya tarehe 9 Septemba 2003,... -
2005
2005 - Haki za watu wa jinsia tofauti zimejumuishwa katika Sheria kwa Mara ya Kwanza Duniani kote, Afrika Kusini
Sheria ya Kukuza Usawa na Kuzuia Ubaguzi Usio wa Haki,... -
2005
2005 — Fondation du Collectif Arc-En-Ciel (CAEC), Maurice / Collectif Arc-En-Ciel (CAEC)(The Rainbow Collective) Founded, Mauritius
2005 — Fondation du Collectif Arc-En-Ciel (CAEC), Maurice / Collectif... -
Mei 2005
Mei 2005 - Warsha ya Kwanza ya Uhamasishaji wa Jinsia Anuwai ya Afrika Kusini Iliandaliwa, Afrika Kusini
Mnamo Mei 2005, Liesl Theron, ambaye wakati huo alikuwa mwanachama wa ... -
Julai 2005
July 2005 — Founding of First South African Trans Rights Organisation, Gender DynamiX (GDX), South Africa
July 2005 — Founding of First South African Trans Rights... -
Julai 2005
Julai 2005 - Mwanaharakati wa Trans na LGBTQIA+, Victor Mukasa, Sues Government, Uganda
Julai 2005 - Mwanaharakati wa Trans na LGBTQIA+, Victor Mukasa, Sues... -
25 Februari 2006
Tarehe 25 Februari 2006 - Raia wa Trans Kenya Wapokea Hifadhi Kanada, Kenya
Tarehe 25 Februari 2006, Biko Beauttah mzaliwa wa Kenya aliwasili Kanada... -
Oktoba 31, 2006
31 Oktoba 2006 - Mkimbizi wa Trans Burundi Anapokea Hifadhi nchini Afrika Kusini, Burundi/Afrika Kusini
Tarehe 31 Oktoba 2006, Alexandra Rubera alipewa hifadhi katika... -
2007
2007 - Gender Dynamix (GDX) Yakuwa Shirika la Kwanza la Afrika kuwa Mwanachama wa WPATH, Afrika Kusini
Shirika la Jinsia DynamiX (GDX) la Afrika Kusini lilikuwa shirika la kwanza la Afrika... -
Februari 2007
Februari 2007 — Jinsia DynamiX Yafanya Mafunzo ya Uhamasishaji Mapitio na The Inner Circle (TIC), Chama cha Kwanza cha Waislam wa Queer Afrika Kusini
Mnamo Februari 2007, Gender DynamiX (GDX) ilifanya warsha ya uhamasishaji... -
Mei 2007
Mei 2007 - ILGA Yaanzisha Shirika Shirikishi la Pan African - Pan Africa ILGA, Afrika Kusini
Mnamo Mei 2007, Jumuiya ya Kimataifa ya Wasagaji na Mashoga (ILGA)... -
2007
2007 to 2022 — Article: Strategic Action Litigation (SAL): Legal Advocacy for Intersex Persons in Kenya
Kati ya 2007 na 2022, utetezi wa kisheria kwa watu wenye jinsia tofauti... -
Julai 2007
Julai 2007 - Nyumba ya Upinde wa mvua na Jinsia DynamiX Iwafikie Wanawake wa Trans Nigeria, Nigeria
Julai 2007 - Nyumba ya Upinde wa mvua na Jinsia DynamiX Fikia...