Jinsiangu

Ushirikiano Panda, formed in December 2011, officially changed its name to Jinsiangu on 27 May 2012. The name Jinsiangu, comes from the two Swahili words, ‘jinsia’ and ‘yangu’, meaning ‘my gender’. Jinsiangu was established with the hopes of turning into a fully-fledged community-based organisation.  

Ushirikiano Panda was established in Kenya by Guillit, a trans man and Sidney, an intersex person, in December 2011.  It was intended as a project and support group for intersex and transgender individuals in Nairobi. It was made up of mostly male-identifying members.