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THERE IS POWER IN THE COLLAR: Iranti film screening at JFF!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 November 2020 IRANTI FEATURE FILM TRACKING THE DECRIMINIALISATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY IN BOTSWANA SCREENS AT JFF Download the original copy of this press statement here. Iranti, a Johannesburg-based LGBT media-advocacy organization, will debut its first feature film, There Is Power In The Collar, at the Joburg Film Festival this November. The premiere…

African Intersex Movement (AIM) Intersex Awareness Day Statement

On 26 October 1996, intersex people and allies held a public demonstration as an act against their exclusion from a clinical event in Boston, USA, at the annual conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Here they came to demand that the medical industry take notice of their denouncement of infant genital mutilation (IGM), and…

[Short-term Consultancy] Art Director and Copywriter

Download a PDF copy of this vacancy below. Iranti is a Johannesburg-based regional non-profit organisation (NPO) that was founded in June 2012 to focus on lesbian, transgender and intersex rights. Our intention is to build local partnerships and movements to advocate for rights and recognition across Africa through the use of multi-media platforms, advocacy and…

2020’s anti-queer hate crimes continue unchecked

Iranti notes with grave concern news reports released in September of the murder of a 14-year-old lesbian girl in Mpumalanga, Zinhle Sekgoapa. Initially kidnapped and held to ransom Sekgoapa was later found dead near a pit-latrine. Her family and the local LGBTQIA+ community are only the latest to be devastated by a wave of homophobic…

JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER DR AARON MOTSOALEDI AND THE TRANS ACTIVIST COALITION

21 September 2020 The Minister of Home Affairs Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and Trans Activist Coalition today held a first and fruitful meeting in Pretoria in which the parties discussed various matters of mutual interest. The Trans Activist Coalition included representatives of Iranti, Gender DynamiX, Be True 2 Me, Triangle Project, Same Love Toti, Access Chapter…

IRANTI AND ISSA STATEMENT ON CASTER SEMENYA

Download a PDF for this statement here. [JOINT STATEMENT] SWISS COURT UPHOLDS DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES AGAINST CASTER SEMENYA It is with deep sadness and anger that Iranti and Intersex South Africa (ISSA) note the decision by the Federal Court Tribunal in Switzerland to uphold a policy of discrimination against South African athlete, Caster Semenya. Last year,…

Response to DHA on gender-affirming services

Download our full letter of response to the Minister of Home Affairs here. On 24 August 2020, Iranti and a coalition of concerned civil society organisations (Gender DynamiX, Matimba, Be True 2 Me, Triangle Project, Access Chapter 2, Same Love Toti, Legal Resources Centre, Women’s Legal Centre, Transgender and Intersex Africa and Trans Hope) sent…

[PRESS RELEASE] – Human Rights Organisations Urge the President to Sign Civil Union Amendment Bill into Law

Download a PDF of this statement here 25 August 2020 – Leading Human Rights organisations have urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to sign off on the Civil Union Amendment Bill that affords same-sex or same-gender couples the right to be married by any state-employed marriage officer and magistrate they so choose. South Africa became the fifth…