It has come to our attention that a story has been circulating on social media and some local radio stations, alleging that a lesbian woman was raped multiple times, and later died, after being put into a cell with 19 men at the Mamelodi Police Station in Gauteng. Read more…
South African Human Rights Day is celebrated on 21 March every year, but our rights need to be remembered, celebrated and defended every single day. The Bill of Rights, enshrined in our constitution as the birthright of all South Africans, is not always upheld. As a result, marginalised groups in this country face daily discrimination…
Download the press release as a PDF (50KB) for emailing. We have come together as a consortium of activists and members of civil society to express our concerns that the FPB and the CRL have disregarded the principles enshrined in South Africa’s constitution in its decision to rate the film, Inxeba – The Wound, as X18,…
On 3 January 2018, the South African transgender community lost one of its most beloved voices when Lara Kruger passed away. The death of the Motsweding FM radio DJ, perhaps the first openly-transgender radio host on a mainstream station on the continent, left behind a loving family, a community of activists with whom she had…
Download the press statement for distribution here On Monday 11 December 2017 Iranti, in partnership with Intersex South Africa (ISSA), the Foundation for Human Rights (FHR) and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ), will host a National Engagement on the Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of intersex persons. The meeting aims…
Botswana Registrar Agrees to Change Gender Marker from Female to Male… On 4 December 2017, the Registrar of National Registration of Botswana in the case of ND v Attorney General of Botswana and others agreed to issue the applicant with a new identity document that reflects his male gender identity on or before Monday, 18 December 2017….
More than a year in the making from script-writing workshops to filming to editing before finally being launched in the Iranti offices on 2 December 2017, the Trans Webseries is finally here. This effort by Iranti to connect LGBTIQ+ storytellers from across the continent with the African Queer Media Makers’ Network (AQMMN), has served to…
Zimbabwe, 22 November 2017 GALZ receives the post of the resignation of Robert Mugabe with much jubilation. Since 1995 GALZ has been on the receiving end of the brutality and hate of Robert Mugabe’s aversion to diversity. We are ecstatic that the face of brutality, hate and impunity has resigned. We encourage our future Government…
Between 1 October 2016 and 30 September 2017, more than 325 transgender people were murdered around the world. This statistic is incomplete and the total number who have passed away due to illness, suicide and other factors may never be known. For #TDOR Iranti looks back at just a few of those who were close…
It will be recalled that a legal consultation convened by the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA) and Community Health Education Services and Advocacy (CHESA) was raided by Tanzanian police on Tuesday 17 October 2017. The consultation was convened in order to get more instructions and evidence on a case that was planned to…
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