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…
On 5 November 2019, Iranti launched the Safety, Dignity, and Freedom (SDF) research report that combines a baseline survey of existing mainstream media coverage of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI+) with focus-group discussions to understand the experiences of LGBTI+ individuals and their interactions with mainstream media in each of the five countries….
Beverley Ditsie, a pioneering queer activist who was one of the founders of the first Pride March in Hillbrow shared a poignant letter on Facebook about the state of Pride in Johannesburg. This was shared prior an interview with Iranti Director Jabulani Pereira on Eusebius Mckaiser’s 702 talk show about the history of pride in…
________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release: 25 September 2019 On Monday 23 September 2019, the Equality Court in the Western Cape handed down its judgment in the matter of September vs Subramoney N.O and Others. Ms. September is a transgender woman currently serving a prison sentence inside a male correctional facility. While incarcerated, prison officials denied her…
By Jabulani Pereira Iranti, in partnership with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD), Department of Home Affairs (DHA), Department of Health (DoH), The African Centre for Migration and Society, The University of the Witwatersrand, Intersex South Africa (ISSA) and ARASA, are leading the dialogue and study tour to Malta and Brussels to learn…
On 7 August 2019, Iranti’s Communications and Policy Advisor, Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane, spoke at the University of the Witwatersrand Journalism Department to a group of womxn journalists from across Africa on how to ensure diverse and sensitive representations of LGBTI+ people in media. The group was hosted by Paula Fray of Fray Intermedia, the organisation with…
IRANTI STRONGLY CONDEMNS ZODWA WABANTU’S COMMENTS ON HER REALITY SHOW ZODWA WABANTU: UNCENSORED ON MOJA LOVE, DSTV CHANNEL 157 On 6 July 2019, Zodwa Libram popularly known as Zodwa Wabantu uttered homophobic and transphobic comments on her show, which was potentially seen by millions of viewers watching the show. Zodwa said: “Gay people are naughty….
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…
This year, academic, activist and friend of Iranti, B Camminga, became the first openly trans person from the African continent to obtain their PhD. Their research project culminated in the publication of a book entitled “Transgender Refugees and the Imagined South Africa: Bodies Over Borders and Borders Over Bodies”. The book, Camminga uses the stories…
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…
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