United Nations, 26 September 2013 Leaders from the UN’s core group of countries working to end violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people met in New York for the first-ever ministerial meeting at the UN on LGBT rights. Here, Free & Equal — the unprecedented UN public information campaign for LGBT…
Kenya, 25 September 2013 I am still in pain regarding the Westgate Mall attacks. Yesterday I almost couldn’t breathe. Today I am anxious. Very anxious. The pain has become almost tangible. It is all over. By the time I got post of Kofi Awoonor’s death, I was already tweeting in verse. These are my tweets…
South Africa, Johannesburg, 25 September 2013 ABOUT THE PODCASTER Kelebogile Ntladi works in the realm of fine art, social documentary and portrait photography.
South Africa, Johannesburg, 25 September 2013 ABOUT THE PODCASTER Selogadi Mampane describes herself as an activist who utilises inter-disciplinary arts mediums to explore social issues.
Mafikeng, 14 September 2013 Mafikeng Pride took place on 14 September 2013 at the North West University. Mafikeng was a former homeland under apartheid, and has broken the shackles of oppression by organising LGBTIQ students on the campus and in the surrounding community. Kokeletso Legoete and Tumi Mkhuma from Iranti attended the festivities. Iranti is committed…
Johannesburg, 10-17 September 2013 “CRITICALLY QUEER” is an exhibition coordinated by Iranti, a Lesbian, Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming human rights and visual media organization. This exhibition challenges and explores through visual arts and documentary forms, ways in which sexuality and gender don’t conform to traditional norms, and the abuse faced by those non-conforming. This exhibition…
Cape Town, 19 August 2013 Prof Jack Halberstam was a guest at HUMA and the English Dept at UCT. Jack presented on 19th August, their work focused on the published works on Gaga Feminism, Female Masculinity and The Art of Failure.
German parents will no longer be legally obliged to register their newborn child as male or female, and will instead be officially allowed to assign the baby a “third gender” if the sex cannot be clearly identified at birth. The new law will come into force on November 1, on the back of a constitutional…
United States, 14 August 2013 Springfield, MA – Today, in a first-of-its kind case brought by a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization against a prominent U.S. anti-gay extremist, a federal judge ruled that persecution on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is a crime against humanity and that the fundamental human rights of LGBTI people…
WORKSHOP with Dr Jian Chen Johannesburg, 8 August 2013 Media Innovations for Queer and Transgender Social Change Approaches with Dr Jian Chen. Iranti will host Dr Jian Chen, an assistant Professor of English from the Ohio State University. They/He is an independent curator, a media and art activist. Chen’s work explores the technological…
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