2015 — Trans* Research, Education, Advocacy & Training (TREAT) Ilianzishwa, Zimbabwe Ilianzia mwaka 2015 na Rikki Nathanson, Trans* Research, Education, Advocacy & Training (TREAT) ulikuwa shirika la kwanza linaloongozwa na watu wa jinsia tofauti, na linalojikita kwa wanajamii wa jinsia mbalimbali nchini Zimbabwe. Madhumuni ya TREAT ni kuelimisha na...
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…
Tanzania Trans Initiative (TTI) ilianzishwa na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa sasa, Mwamba Nyanda, kama shirika lisilo la kiserikali (NGO) nchini Tanzania mwaka 2015. Shirika hili ni jukwaa la jumuiya ya watu walio na jinsia tofauti wanaofanya kazi pamoja na watu ambao hawajafungamana na muundo wa kijinsia. TTI inafanya kazi na…
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 Oktoba 2014 — Usajili wa Mradi wa Jamii wa Fairy Godmother na Trans Drag Queen, Sandra Dee, Afrika Kusini Mradi wa Jamii wa Fairy Godmother ulianzishwa Cape Town, Afrika Kusini na Sandra Lentoor, pia anayejulikana kama drag wa Cape Town…
Mahakama Kuu ya Kenya ilitoa uamuzi tarehe 7 Oktoba 2014 ikilazimisha Baraza la Kitaifa la Mitihani la Kenya (KNEC) kumtolea Audrey Mbugua cheti kipya chenye jina lake jipya na bila alama ya kijinsia baada ya kufungua kesi mahakamani...
Mnamo Agosti 2014, wanawake wanaojitambulisha kama wanawake (trans women) kutoka nchi 14 za Kiafrika zikiwemo Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Afrika Kusini, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, na Zimbabwe walikutana katika mkutano jijini Johannesburg, Afrika Kusini kujadili maono ya pamoja ya vuguvugu la wanawake na…
Katika vita vya kihistoria vya kisheria vilivyoanza mwaka 2013, Elimu na Utetezi wa Watu wa Kijinsia (TEA) ilishinda kesi ya kihistoria katika Mahakama Kuu ya Kenya mnamo tarehe 23 Julai 2014. Baada ya kukosa haki ya kusajiliwa kama NGO, shirika hilo lilishtaki serikali ya Kenya...
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…
Ugandan trans activist and leader, Victor Mukasa, with assistance from Immigration Equality, was granted asylum status in the United States on 27 June 2013 after fleeing Uganda due to fear of persecution for his gender identity. Victor is often informally…
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…