23 October 2022 — ‘Study on the Human Rights Situation of Intersex Persons in Africa’ Report Launched, The Gambia On 23 October 2022, the Centre for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development…
20 March 2019 — Fondygender a été fondée / Fondygender Founded, Ivory Coast Fondée le 20 mars 2019, Fondygender est une organisation communautaire à but non lucratif, non confessionnelle, apolitique et non gouvernementale dans la région des Lagons en Côte…
9 December 2017 — Création de l’Association Transgenres et Droits, Côte d’Ivoire / Association Transgenres et Droits Founded, Ivory Coast Fondée le 9 décembre 2017 par Orneill Latiyah, l’Association Transgenres et Droits a été fondée à Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire.…
25 September 2017 — Founding of Droit A la Différence (DADI), Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast Founded on 25 September 2017, Droit A la Différence (DADI) is an NGO fighting against STIs/HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, other pandemics and promoting human rights for…
In 2009 the first Miss Woubi beauty pageant was held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast. The event takes its name from an Ivorian slang word (‘Woubi’) meaning ‘effeminate’ — the more feminine partner in a relationship, or as…
Featured in international film festivals in 1998, the documentary, Woubi Chéri, directed by Laurent Bocahut and Philip Brooks, focused on the lives of Woubis*, Yossis**, and other members of the Branché*** community in Ivory Coast. The award-winning documentary was featured…
In the Ivory Coast, the Travesti* was a prominent group, recognised and documented from the early 1990s, but they were most likely active before the 90s**. They formed L’association des Travestis de Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast Transvestites Association), under the…