Zimbabwe

Rikki Nathanson

Rikki Nathanson, a Trans woman, sues police and others, Zimbabwe

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Rikki Nathanson, a Trans woman, sues police and others, Zimbabwe January 2014 – Rikki Nathanson, a Zimbabwean trans woman and modelling agency director was detained by police* after Farai Mteliso, a Zanu-PF Youth League leader, performed a citizen’s arrest on her. She was arrested for being a ‘criminal nuisance’ because she visited a bar in …

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Zimbabwe Unwittingly Represented by a Trans Woman at the Cricket World Cup, South Africa

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South Africa hosted the 2003 Cricket World Cup, and on 9 February 2003, during the Parade of Nations and as part of the opening ceremony, the event’s organisers appointed models to walk in the parade, holding banners to represent each participating country. Senegalese-born model, Barbara Diop, had done modelling work in South Africa (she moved …

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