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Founding of Wings to Transcend Namibia (WTTN), Namibia

Trans, Organisation / Namibia, Proudly African and Transgender, Wings to Transcend Namibia

Jholerina B Timbo founded Wings to Transcend Namibia (WTTN) in October 2015. The organisation’s mission reads: “Wings To Transcend Namibia will be a champion and pioneer that works for social reform, legal gender recognition, and medical justice, through leadership development and empowering of transgender individuals and communities while lobbying local government, civil society and policymakers …

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Trans Activist Movement of Namibia Changes its Name to TIAMON, Namibia

Trans & Intersex, Organisation / Namibia, TIAMON

The Trans Activist Movement of Namibia, which operated as a trans desk under Out-Right Namibia (ORN), had a leadership change in 2015, and with the new director, Deyoncé Naris, it became fully independent from ORN and was registered as the Trans Intersex Androgynous Movement of Namibia (TIAMON). TIAMON does advocacy and lobbying for trans rights.

Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme: Year 1, Part 1

Organisation, Trans & Intersex / Gender DynamiX, Namibia, Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme

The first part of the Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme, hosted by Gender DynamiX (GDX) and a partner organisation from East Africa, was launched in Namibia. It was with great excitement that the 16 activists met, and there was a very energetic buzz in the room, as participants had great …

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Birth of the Namibian Trans Movement, Namibia

Trans, Organisation / Namibia

The Trans Activist Movement of Namibia was founded, operating as a trans desk at the LGBT organisation, Out-Right Namibia (ORN).