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Iranti team presents to ARC International

17 November 2013, South Africa ARC International, a partner of Iranti, is an important organisation in the area of LGBTI documentation and lobbying at the UN level. ARC International’s directors, Kim Vance and John Fisher, visited the Iranti team at their offices to view a presentation on human rights documentation and the SOGI Resolution (Sexual…

Rainbow Leaders workshop in Sweden

Growing Global LGBTI Leaders with Introspection and Hard Work By Ratanang Mosweu – “Mr O”   Sweden, 11 November 2013 Many a times in LGBTI movements we become so “accustomed” to the training and workshops provided by different stakeholders, that sometimes we fail to take the privileges and opportunities provided through these sessions seriously. Read…

Westgate Mall attacks

Kenya, 25 September 2013 I am still in pain regarding the Westgate Mall attacks. Yesterday I almost couldn’t breathe. Today I am anxious. Very anxious. The pain has become almost tangible. It is all over. By the time I got post of Kofi Awoonor’s death, I was already tweeting in verse. These are my tweets…

Mafikeng Pride 2013

Mafikeng, 14 September 2013 Mafikeng Pride took place on 14 September 2013 at the North West University. Mafikeng was a former homeland under apartheid, and has broken the shackles of oppression by organising LGBTIQ students on the campus and in the surrounding community. Kokeletso Legoete and Tumi Mkhuma from Iranti attended the festivities. Iranti is committed…

“Critically Queer” celebrates sexuality, gender identity in Africa

Johannesburg, 10-17 September 2013 “CRITICALLY QUEER” is an exhibition coordinated by Iranti, a Lesbian, Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming human rights and visual media organization. This exhibition challenges and explores through visual arts and documentary forms, ways in which sexuality and gender don’t conform to traditional norms, and the abuse faced by those non-conforming. This exhibition…