{"id":2187,"date":"2012-11-24T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2025-10-03T18:32:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:32:48","slug":"first-trans-and-intersex-annual-pride-in-africa-botswana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/first-trans-and-intersex-annual-pride-in-africa-botswana\/","title":{"rendered":"24 November 2012 \u2014 First Trans and Intersex Annual Pride in Africa, Botswana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Transgender-and-Intersex-Pride-100064507160026\/?paipv=0&amp;eav=AfbFoZM4dk1eQN6mhzAk_LAMEIv2jQy_p5iwOAWy_AONj2rm8SU9rG3HyFc8ZosU8IY&amp;_rdr\">Trans and Intersex Annual Pride<\/a> on the continent of Africa was held in Gaborone, Botswana on 24 November 2012.\u00a0The event was initiated by <a href=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/2007-formation-of-rainbow-identity-association-ria-botswana-2\/\"><strong><em>Rainbow Identity Association (RIA)<\/em><\/strong>.<\/a> The march hosted various trans and intersex activists from other African countries. These Prides in Botswana are the only Prides focused on trans and intersex people only that we are aware of.<\/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-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0075.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0075.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0075-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0075-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure 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data-id=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0069.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0069.jpg 576w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0069-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0067.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0067.jpg 576w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0067-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0060.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0060.jpg 576w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0060-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0048-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0048-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0048-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0048-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, 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https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0043-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0041-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0041-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0041-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0041-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0041-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0041-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0039-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0039-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0039-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0039-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0039-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0039-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0036-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0036-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0036-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0036-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0036-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/101_0036-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/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\">Watch our interview with Skipper Mogapi, Executive Director of Rainbow Identity Organisation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 2 May 2025, we spoke to Skipper about this first Pride.<\/p>\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=\"Trans &amp; Intersex Activism in Botswana \u2014 We chat to Skipper Mogapi from Rainbow Identity Association\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jUV4PCJve0g?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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Trans and Intersex Annual Pride on the continent of Africa was held in Gaborone, Botswana on 24 November 2012.\u00a0The event was initiated by Rainbow Identity Association (RIA). The march hosted various trans and intersex activists from other African countries. These Prides in Botswana are the only Prides focused on trans and intersex people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[335,337,39,34],"tags":[92,76,239,1412,101],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-audio-video","category-community","category-trans-and-intersex","tag-botswana","tag-rainbow-identity-association","tag-ria","tag-skipper-mogapi","tag-trans-and-intersex-annual-pride"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2187"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6308,"href":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions\/6308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}