Born Free, Killed by Hate in South Africa
Article By BBC and Iranti Iranti assisted the BBC in producing this important story on increased hate crimes in South Africa. Listen to the podcast
2016 Media and Politicians Fail LGBTI
The silence is deafening: Increasing violence on LGBTI Youth in South African Townships Leverne Cox believes “Justice is what love looks like in public.” And yet almost on a weekly basis Iranti deals with yet another LGBTI young person who has been either expelled from school or worse; brutally murdered. There is a deafening silence…
LEGABIBO Registration – post Release from the Southern Africa Litigation Centre
Botswana, 16 March 2016 Ground-breaking Judgment by Botswana Court of Appeal on Freedom of Association and LGBTI Rights. A full bench of the Court of Appeal of Botswana ordered the Botswana government to register the organisation Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana (LEGABIBO). Click here for more detail…
2016 LEGABIBO Registration
Court of Appeal Judgment Press Statement – #LEGABIBOregistration 14 and 16 March – pre-judgement events Click here for more detail…
Unprotected Lives – Malawi
On January 2, 2016, Ken Msonda, the spokesperson of the People’s Party, wrote on his facebook page, LGBT people are worse than dogs and Malawians should kill them. CEDEP, CHRR and the Malawi Law Society charged Msonda for breaking Malawi’s constitutional law. In this media report they speak about this fight against hate towards LGBT…
VAAL LGBTI COMMUNITY SPEAK OUT ABOUT THEIR PAIN AND THEIR STRUGGLES FOR A SAFER COMMUNITY
Pascalina Melamu’s tortured and burnt body leaves a scar in the minds of all lesbians in South Africa, but in particular the Vaal lesbian community who knew her so well. She is gone, killed before she could celebrate the passing of high school. Listen to the podcast Despite clear legal protections and a very progressive…
Kenya: Leone Dalziel
Leone Dalziel, from Kenya, is a young Trans man, a social justice activist and a blogger. He is committed to improving the lives of transgender people in Africa. In 2015, Leone received a fellowship from the Open Society Foundation, East Africa (OSEA) to be based at Iranti. During his fellowship, he learned and practiced how…
Dr Anastacia Tomson
Anastacia Tomson is a medical doctor, activist and author. She has a history of working in primary healthcare, with a special interest in transgender health. Her autobiography, detailing her own experiences and challenges seen through the lens of transition, is set for release in early 2016. Anastacia is a vocal feminist and advocate for social justice,…
SA ICD-11 Field Testing
Iranti, together with other interested NGOs such as Gender Dynamix and GATE have been embarking on advocacy work around increasing African engagement with the ICD revision process, specifically in relation to Gender Incongruence in Adulthood and Adolescence as well as Childhood. From discussions that have taken place since the inception of our work in this…