[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…
Iranti’s team of 10 staff members have each been equipped to continue to do our important work from our homes in line with President Ramaphosa’s guidelines to practice social distancing. Not only do we want to protect our staff but also the community in which we work hence we have planned to take our events…
16 March 2020 Dear Partners of Iranti Over the last two weeks, Iranti has monitored the increase and spread of COVID-19 globally and now in South Africa. In light of it being declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Iranti has decided to put plans in place to best manage the health of…
Iranti is a registered non-profit organisation (NPO), founded in June 2012 to focus on lesbian, transgender and intersex rights across the African continent. We achieve our purpose through advocacy, movement building and multimedia storytelling. We work with an intersectional lens, often with LGBTI-sector partners, across the region and beyond. We have a ten-person team and…
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…
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