[STATEMENT] BEYOND AND TOWARD, IRANTI’S SAFETY DIGNITY AND FREEDOM CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED ON IDAHOBIT 17 MAY 2020 – On May 17, 1990 – the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. This gave rise to IDAHO – International Day Against Homophobia. Since then this day has grown in inclusivity,…
Today, on 27 April, South Africa celebrates Freedom Day, an annual commemoration of the country’s first democratic elections that were held on 27 April 1994. This year marks 26 years of freedom and democracy for the country. The theme for this year’s Freedom Month celebrations is “solidarity and the triumph of the human spirit”. Intersex…
[ 17 MAY 2020 – On May 17, 1990 – the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. This gave rise to IDAHO – International Day Against Homophobia. Since then this day has grown in inclusivity, first adding the ‘T’ for Transgender and then adding the ‘B’ for…
31 March 2020 – It is with great sadness that we announce the untimely death of our beloved colleague, comrade and friend, Lee Siba Mothibe, who passed away on the morning of 30 March 2020. She was a fierce activist and sister to many in the LGBTQIA+ community and will be missed by everyone who…
On Tuesday, 24 March 2020, Iranti will be launching the findings of a desktop study on Data Collection and Reporting on Violence Perpetrated Against LGBTQI Persons in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Uganda. We will be discussing the experiences of collection data on the violence perpetrated against LGBTQI persons and the impacts in terms…
[STATEMENT] Human Rights for queer persons in a time of COVID-19 21 March 2020 – Iranti would like to take into consideration the challenges the citizens of our country went through to ensure we as a country can celebrate Human Rights Day with dignity. We cannot, however, look away from the basic human rights that…
African Trans Network Statement Created for Change, Capacity Strengthening and Movement Support. We are powerful when we stand together Established: 1st February 2020 | Nairobi, Kenya Transgender and gender diverse persons speaking for themselves, united as a collective, generating knowledge and advocating for inclusion across the region has never happened and this has rapidly changed…
S 4 February 2020 – Iranti attended the funeral of Nare Mphela, a fierce activist who fought for her right to education by taking her school and the principal to the Equality Court and subsequently winning that case in 2017. The funeral took place in her home village in GaMahlala where she was also laid…
STATEMENT: GENDER BASED VIOLENCE CONTINUES INTO 2020 Iranti mourns the murders of three queer womxn. 9 January 2020 – Mmmabatho “Madonna” James left her family home for the last time when she went out to buy cigarettes with an acquaintance on 29 November 2019, this was the last time Madonna’s family and friends would see…
Today marks another Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR). TDOR began in 1998 as a campaign to mourn and politicise the death of transgender lives. This year, the 21st commemoration of TDOR, is also deadliest year on record for transgender people worldwide. The TDOR 2019 update has revealed a total of 331 cases of reported killings…
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