Johannesburg, 11 June 2014 A needs assessment report by Transgender and Intersex Africa (TIA)has indicated that among a sample of 500 transgender people, 32% do not have a matric certificate. Most of them dropped out of school before grade 12 because of bullying. Read the entire statement.
South Africa, 17 February 2015 TDOR Report – To commemorate the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) 2014, Iranti and Transgender Intersex Africa (TIA) hosted a Social Dialogue on Transgender Learners in South African schools on 20 November 2014 at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg. Click here for the activity report.
South Africa, 7 November 2014 All decisions are made by full consensus, all ideas are debated and discussed with equal measure, all our short-falls are exposed, accounted for, and ways forward that are responsive to these are proposed and decided on by all of us who form the collective and who are committed to making…
South Africa, 12 October 2014 Gender DynamiX, Iranti, S.H.E. and TIA are elated that Nadia’s name and gender identity have been changed in the population register. She has been assured that she will receive a temporary ID on 13 October at Home Affairs. They have also amended her marital status from civil union to a heterosexual identified marriage according to…
South Africa, 10 October 2014 Read the Press Statement by SHE asking South African Home Affairs to act swiftly. Nadia Swanepoel has been on a hunger strike for five days to appeal to Home affairs to change her gender on her identity documents. Home Affairs has ignored her for three years. Please sign the petition to support…
Ventersdorp, 5 October 2014 Community Social Dialogue in Ventersdorp about Gift Makau on Sun 5 Oct at Tshing location, Ext 2 Community Hall, from 1200. Read the press release
Today, 26 August 2014, SA along with 24 other states voted in favour of the resolution. The resolution calls on the UN High Commissoner on Human Rights to update the report on violence based on SOGI and to report on good practice. Mr President, on behalf of the Republic of South Africa, by H.E….
South Africa, 16 August 2014 BREAKING post: Lesbian is brutally killed in Ventersdorp. The perpetrator has been arrested. “Continued silence from the State about hate crimes has to stop. The Hate Crimes Task Team needs to upscale its work.” says Jabu Pereira, Iranti. Read the entire press release. Read the Fact File
Africa, 6 August 2014 Call for ABSTRACTS for 2015 AGENDA Journal – ‘Non-normative’ sexual and gender diversities in Africa Deadline: No later than 20 August 2014 Guest Editors: Zethu Matebeni and Thabo Msibi. Download more info
31 March 2014, Zimbabwe Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa’s statements as reported in the Sunday Mail, 30 March 2014 perpetuate hate and wrong perceptions about LGBTI people. Manipulating the authority of the church tofight political battles is the most blatant sin and that he prays for a day when the question of one’s sexuality will become irrelevant…
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