{"id":6693,"date":"2003-01-01T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-01T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/?p=6693"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:02:16","slug":"2003-founding-of-horizon-community-association-hoca-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/2003-founding-of-horizon-community-association-hoca-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"2003 \u2014 Founding of Horizon Community Association (HOCA), Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2003 \u2014 Founding of Horizon Community Association (HOCA), Rwanda<\/h2>\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\">Founded in 2003 in Rwanda by, Horizon Community Association (HOCA) is an unregistered group focusing on serving trans and intersex people, trans sex workers, and sexual minorities. Their main work is advocating for equal rights, health promotion, and economic empowerment for these groups. Although HOCA was founded in 2003, the organisation did not start as an exclusively trans\/intersex-focused organisation. In its emerging years HOCA had gender non-conforming leadership, and their projects and programs were always&nbsp;trans inclusive. Today HOCA has trans leadership.&nbsp;HOCA was also one of the signatories of the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/september-2007-historic-claiming-of-space-for-trans-people-within-the-african-lgbt-movement-the-nairobi-trans-declaration-kenya\/\">Nairobi Trans Declaration<\/a><\/em><\/strong> at the Changing Faces, Changing Spaced Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2007.<\/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=\"946\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HOCA-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HOCA-1.png 946w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HOCA-1-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HOCA-1-150x72.png 150w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HOCA-1-768x369.png 768w, https:\/\/transintersexhistory.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HOCA-1-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><\/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\">Central to HOCA&#8217;s vision is the aspiration for an inclusive society where every individual, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or employment status, can fully realise their human rights, experience freedom, gender equality, mental well-being, and equitable economic empowerment.<\/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\">Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HOCA&#8217;s core mission revolves around nurturing the movement and enhancing the capabilities of its community members. Its overarching goal is to foster equality and champion the rights of gender and sexual minorities, and sex workers, both within Rwanda and across the region.<\/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\">Goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Advocacy aiming to decriminalise sex work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fighting for social justice for sexual minorities and sex workers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raising awareness and follow-up on the security and well-being of minorities, especially trans and intersex people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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:hocarwanda2013@gmail.com\">hocarwanda2013@gmail.com<\/a>.  <br>+250788512824<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100064617072479\">Facebook <\/a><\/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 Musana Joan Jones from HOCA, 13 February 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=\"Trans &amp; intersex activism in Rwanda: Musana Joan-Jones, Part 1\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EOCcgc7Rwa4?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>2003 \u2014 Founding of Horizon Community Association (HOCA), Rwanda Founded in 2003 in Rwanda by, Horizon Community Association (HOCA) is an unregistered group focusing on serving trans and intersex people, trans sex workers, and sexual minorities. Their main work is advocating for equal rights, health promotion, and economic empowerment for these groups. 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