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4 February 2015 — High Court Rejects Petition Against Medical Board, Kenya

The High Court dismissed Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA)’s case, Misc. Civil Application 263 of 2014, filed on 10 July 2014, calling it premature, as the medical board had formed a task force to advise the Ministry of Health on the development of guidelines on the management of “transsexualism”. TEA was ordered to pay the …

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7 October 2014 — High Court Orders Removal of Gender Markers and Recognition of Name Change on Academic Certificates, Kenya

Kenya’s High Court issued a ruling on 7 October 2014 compelling the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) to issue Audrey Mbugua with a new certification with her new name and without a gender mark after she filed a case in March 2013 through the trans rights NGO, Transgender and Education Advocacy (TEA).   The Court observed …

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23 July 2014 — Landmark Victory in High Court for Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA), Kenya

In a historic court battle initiated in 2013, Transgender Education and Advocacy (TEA) won a landmark case in Kenya’s High Court on 23 July 2014. After being denied the right to register as an NGO, the organisation sued the Kenyan NGO Coordination Board for discrimination and violation of their fundamental human rights. In his ruling, …

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10 July 2014 — Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA) Files Civil Application for Judicial Review of Medical Guidelines for Trans People, Kenya 

Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA) filed a judicial review application to the Kenyan High Court on 10 July 2014 seeking an order to compel the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board, and the Ministry of Health to develop medical guidelines for the treatment of trans persons. This case was dismissed on 4 February 2015.

23 August 2013 — Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA) Sues State of Kenya and NGO Coordination Board, Kenya

On 23 August 2013 the board of Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA), comprising 3 trans Kenyans — Audrey Mbugua, Maureen Muia, and Annet Jennifer — sued the Kenyan State and the NGO Coordination Board for refusing to register TEA as an NGO. The State and the Board opposed the case, indicating that they could not …

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2008 — Founding of Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA), Kenya

Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA) was established by Audrey Mbugua in 2008, working to defend the human rights of trans persons in Kenya. TEA is an international human rights organisation working towards defending and promoting the human rights of transgender/transsexual people. TEA, the first Kenyan trans organisation, is registered in Kenya by the NGO Coordination …

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