South African Pride Takes Over the Streets
20th June 2024
Written by: Mogau Makitla Thirty four years after the Gay & Lesbian Organization of Witwatersrand (GLOW) took to the streets of Johannesburg to host the first Pride march in South Africa, pride continues to roam the streets with community-driven celebrations, events and safe spaces across the country. This landmark event was a steppingstone towards highlighting...
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IRANTI IS HIRING: Programmes Manager
18th June 2024
Reports to the Executive Director Location: South Africa: Johannesburg – Brixton About Us: Iranti is a leading non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting and protecting the human rights of Lesbian and Bisexual women, intersex, trans, gender-diverse, and non-binary persons in Southern Africa. We work tirelessly to advance justice, equality, and dignity for the LBQTI community. Our team is passionate about making a...
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THE ATN IS HIRING: Program Officer
10th June 2024
The African Trans Network (ATN) is recruiting a Programe Officer to manage programs of the organisation. About the ATN The ATN was formed in 2020, with a clear mission is to strengthen the human rights advocacy and networking capacity of Trans movements. The creation of a pan-African transgender network that would be representative of trans-voices...
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THE ATN IS HIRING: Communications Officer
10th June 2024
The African Trans Network (ATN) is recruiting a Communications Officer to manage ATN’s communications and stakeholder engagement. About the ATN The ATN was formed in 2020, with a clear mission is to strengthen the human rights advocacy and networking capacity of Trans movements. The creation of a pan-African transgender network that would be representative of...
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THE ATN IS HIRING: Consultant Regional Coordinator
10th June 2024
The African Trans Network (ATN) is recruiting a consultant regional coordinator to lead the management and operations of the ATN. About the ATN The ATN was formed in 2020, with a clear mission is to strengthen the human rights advocacy and networking capacity of Trans movements. The creation of a pan-African transgender network that would...
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MEET THE TEAM: Siphokazi Nombande
21st May 2024
Say Hello to Iranti’s new Logistics Coordinator, Siphokazi Nombande. Born in the small town of Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape, Siphokazi Nombande had dreams of becoming an accountant. Having started out her career at the finance department of the South African Police Service, she always knew she was good with numbers. It was no surprise...
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PRESS STATEMENT: IDAHOBIT 2024 – Fighting for Equality Despite Regress
17th May 2024
“No one left behind: equality, freedom and justice for all” is this year’s theme as we commemorate International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). The day commemorates the decision made on the 17th of May 1990 by the World Health Organisation towards the declassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder, thus removing it from...
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VACANCY: MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
29th February 2024
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Iranti is looking for a dedicated feminist and experienced media and communications professional, to join our team as Media and Communications Manager. The Media and Communications Manager leads Iranti’s Media and Communications team in overseeing all its internal and external multimedia activities across all media platforms to ensure that messaging is consistent...
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PRESS STATEMENT: Iranti appoints new Executive Director
31st January 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Johannesburg – 31 January 2024 Iranti Board of Directors Announces New Executive Director, Dr Lenstu Nchabeleng The Iranti Board of Directors is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr Lentsu Nchabeleng (she/They) as the incoming Executive Director of Iranti. Lentsu brings extensive experience in providing strategic leadership, and in-depth technical understanding of...
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MEET THE TEAM: Mogau Makitla
29th January 2024
Iranti’s new junior Media Officer, Mogau Makitla (they/them), hopes to strengthen the organisation’s social and digital media engagement by bringing in creativity and a youth perspective to this work. Mogau initially joined Iranti as the media and communications intern in June 2023, a few months later, at the end of the year, they applied...
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MEET THE TEAM: Matlhogonolo Samsam – LBQ Rights Officer
15th January 2024
Growing up in Otse in Botswana, Iranti’s new LBQ Rights officer – Matlhogonolo Samsam, has always had an interest in human rights issues and saw herself growing up to become a diplomat. To her surprise, she found herself working at a rugby club for the first four years of her career. It was only when...
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Diary of a proud intersex person
19th October 2023
by Dimakatso ‘Garfield’ Sebidi I am unshakable. I am unstoppable. I am God-fearing. And I am proudly intersex. I was treated differently because I am different. This is because I was born with two genitals. I spent the first six years of my life in and out of Baragwanath –which is now called...
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WEBINAR: Eliminating Harmful Practices against and Promoting Human Rights Protection of Intersex People
11th October 2023
On September 12th, the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) organised a significant webinar titled Eliminating Harmful Practices against and Promoting Human Rights Protection of Intersex People. This event was part of the ERC’s National Laws and Policies Thematic Group and was held in collaboration with LSVD, the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human...
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How to raise a child?
2nd October 2023
by Sazi Jali It is said that there is no manual to raise a child yet there has always been a culture of imposing heteronormative norms and ideas on children. Society is full of toxic and harmful notions about gender that are passed on to generations of children, such as hypermasculinity – which has led...
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Journey to the Dreams of a South African Trans Woman
27th September 2023
By Kat Grey It has always been my dream to be a model, but in chasing this dream I quickly discovered that finding a talent agency as a transgender woman was near impossible because of the stereotypes and prejudiced beliefs about us. Trans women in South Africa are not considered, seen nor treated as real...
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Being a transgender person in corporate
26th September 2023
by Ligavha Murineni During my varsity years, I used social media to follow transgender people in the corporate world, and all their stories made me see my post-varsity life as a nightmare rather than an attainable dream. Despite having been an issue in the corporate space long before my time, the prejudice and discrimination faced...
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Trans Erasure
22nd September 2023
by Gosego Monoane Trans erasure simply means that “we the people”, transgender people, are being erased effectively from public awareness merely due to assumptions that everyone is cisgender, or that transgender people are rare. I identify as a rural transgender woman of colour, I use the term rural because I would like to distance myself...
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Access to basic services is our human right!
20th September 2023
By Keabetswe Makhotla and Nomsa Manzini. As a transgender woman, having to go to a healthcare facility can be daunting, not only to get what I’m looking for, like medication and regular check-ups, but because I receive hostile treatment from the medical professionals employed to provide patients with healthcare. In addition to the hostility in...
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ILGA World Conference 2024: Scholarship Applications
23rd August 2023
Stand a chance to receive a fully paid scholarship to attend ILGA 2024. This prestigious conference is returning to Africa for the first time in 25 years and we would love to see your faces there! LGBTI activists and human rights defenders in Africa are highly encouraged to apply! A limited number of partial scholarships...
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Margins To Mainstream Stakeholder Policy Dialogue
22nd August 2023
On the 26th of June 2023, Iranti hosted the Margins to Mainstream Stakeholder Policy Dialogue in Durban. This followed the Durban Pride demonstrations and provided a space to reflect on progress and shortcomings relating to trans and intersex rights in Southern Africa. The dialogue was attended by government officials, transgender and intersex people as well...
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