By Gugu Mandla Iranti’s Gugu Mandla, Sandisiwe Dlamini and Lihle Ngcobozi attended the first Global Feminist LBQ Womxn’s Conference, which took place between 6 and 9 July 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference was organised by a working group consisting of 22 lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) womxn activists of different backgrounds, representing…
IRANTI CELEBRATES THE RENEWAL OF THE MANDATE OF THE UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON PROTECTION AGAINST VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY On 12 July 2019, the United Nation Human Rights Council voted in favour of renewing the mandate of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on…
IRANTI URGES SOUTH AFRICA GOVERNMENT AND MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION TO SUPPORT THE RENEWAL OF THE MANDATE OF THE UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON PROTECTION AGAINST VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY 1. On 11 -12 July 2019, the United Nation Human…
ILGA World has produced two videos to raise awareness on the importance of the role of the United Nations Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI). ILGA members and allies across the globe are committed to sharing these videos and renewing the position of the independent expert, which is oppossed by many UN…
The ICD-11 is about to be voted in at the World Health Assembly, after being completed last year by the World Health Organization. After moving trans-related categories out of the Chapter on Mental Health, the next steps in the process include getting rid of the remaining pathologizing language and advancing towards legal depathologization and universal…
We, the undersigned intersex-led organisations and groups, welcome moves by the WHO that continue a trend to depathologise sexual and gender minorities in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), expected to be approved at the World Health Assembly in May 2019. However, we express our deepest regret that the ICD-11 reverses this trend in relation…
Everybody deserves the right to safety and protection. Everyone deserves the freedom to express themselves and live authentically. These rights and freedoms are, however, not always extended to the LGBTI+ community. The ongoing stigma and violence in society has to stop! Iranti has documented countless instances of violence, rights violations and discrimination in South Africa…
In a blow to the ongoing battle for equality in sports; the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) ruled on 1 May 2019 that Caster Semenya will have to artificially lower her natural testosterone levels in order to compete professionally against other women in a number of middle-distance running events. This is the latest in…
We are incredibly proud to announce that our Executive Director, Jabulani Pereira, has been elected to the ILGA board, as Chair of the trans steering committee! The decision was made at the ILGA World Conference in Wellington, New Zealand, where LGBTI+ activists and non-profit organisations from across the globe came together to discuss issues facing…
After a week of court proceedings in Lausanne, Switzerland, the fate of Caster Semenya will be formally announced on 24 March 2019 by the CAS (Court of Arbitration in Sport). The IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) has fought to exclude Semenya from athletics ever since her hyperandrogenism (which results in heightened levels of testosterone)…
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