Iranti is proud to announce that it will be celebrating five years of activism and advocacy in the name of lesbian, transgender and intersex Africans; monitoring the lived experiences of queer communities across South Africa and the rest of the continent, and recording their stories. Iranti means memory, and just as we have worked toward…
Article By Kellyn Botha On 1 July 2017, Pitso Tshelang was brutally murdered in the small town of Swartruggens. As a transgender woman, Tshelang’s is the latest in a slew of hate crimes against queer womxn in the North West Province in 2017. Living with her elderly mother in a shack in Borolelo township, Tshelang…
The prospects of protection and recognition for intersex persons are looking bright as the national publication, The Kenya Gazette, publically announced the formation of a taskforce looking into intersex rights abuses in that country. The decision has LGBTI advocacy groups from across Kenya and the world excited, with many reaching out to offer their support…
Today marks once more the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), where we commemorate the trials and triumphs made in the fight for queer rights across the planet. The theme for 2017 is ‘family’. As activists and members of the LGBTI community, the day is a sad reminder of the ever-present nature of homophobia…
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Download the PDF of the press release here. “I think if you’ve lived in the world as a man, with the privileges that the world accords to men, and then sort of changed, switched gender, it’s difficult for me to accept then we can equate your experience with the experience of a woman who has lived…
Download the PDF of the press release here. It has come to the attention of Iranti that a victim of sexual violence was allegedly evicted from a women’s shelter in Braamfontein, due to her identity as a transgender woman. The victim reached out to Iranti after overhearing a discussion by staff members at the shelter about…
Download the Press Release for distribution… Iranti wishes to convey our excitement at the two new appointments to the staff of the International Trans* Fund (ITF). We congratulate Broden Giambrone, who led the Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) for six years; and Kim Mukasa, co-founder of Trans Network Uganda, on their appointment to the ITF…
Iranti brings the next episode of our Conversations around the draft Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill, in which Maneo Mohale speaks to Professor Juan Nel, from UNISA, on the history and process of the draft Bill:
Iranti brings the next episode of the Conversations around the Hate Speech and Hate Crimes Bill, where Maneo Mohale, speaks to Joshua Sehoole, Iranti Regional Human Rights Manager, on his views of the new draft Bill:
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