{"id":2122,"date":"2010-05-27T14:13:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/?p=2122"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:51:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:51:01","slug":"2010-trans-intersex-androgynous-movement-of-namibia-tiamon-founded-namibia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/2010-trans-intersex-androgynous-movement-of-namibia-tiamon-founded-namibia\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 \u2014 Trans Intersex Androgynous Movement of Namibia (TIAMON) Founded, Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2010 \u2014 Trans Intersex Androgynous Movement of Namibia (TIAMON) Founded, Namibia<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong><em>Trans Activist Movement of Namibia (TAMON)<\/em><\/strong> was founded in 2010, operating as a trans desk at the LGBT organisation, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/outrightnamibia.org.na\/\"><strong>Out-Right Namibia (ORN)<\/strong><\/a><\/em>. In 2015, the organisation renamed itself TIAMON, the <strong><em>Trans Intersex Androgynous Movement of Namibia<\/em><\/strong>. TIAMON is a community-based organisation and aims to empower trans, intersex, gender diverse and androgynous people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON.jpg 664w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To have an empowered trans-diverse community that exists in an inclusive society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_1-1.jpg 810w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_1-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_1-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_2.jpg 780w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:transdiversemovement@gmail.com\">transdiversemovement@gmail.com<\/a><br>+264 81 399 9114<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TransIntersexAndAndrogynousMovementTIAMON\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_3.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_4.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_4-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TIAMON_4-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch our interview with TIAMON co-chair, Madame Jholerina Timbo, from 14 March 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Madame Jholerina \u2014 Wings to Transcend Namibia: Trans activism in Namibia\" width=\"1328\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KUyTCQawT-8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1bluq47vKlw6Qo2qqFpgypPz2o458teOO\/view?usp=sharing\"> this clip <\/a>from the above interview, Madame Jholerina discusses the beginnings of trans-specific advocacy in Namibia, including the founding of TAMON, now TIAMON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch our interview with Deyonce Naris, TIAMON&#8217;S National Coordinator, 29 May 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Deyonce Naris, Transgender, Intersex and Androgynous Movement of Namibia (TIAMON)\" width=\"1328\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T2457hHJZDo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2010 \u2014 Trans Intersex Androgynous Movement of Namibia (TIAMON) Founded, Namibia The Trans Activist Movement of Namibia (TAMON) was founded in 2010, operating as a trans desk at the LGBT organisation, Out-Right Namibia (ORN). In 2015, the organisation renamed itself TIAMON, the Trans Intersex Androgynous Movement of Namibia. 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