Africa

Equality, and an end to bigotry

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Equality, and an end to bigotry

Our media release for Intersex Awareness Day has resulted in coverage in some LGBTI media both in Australia and overseas, for which we’re grateful. Gina Wilson, ILGA-Europe, and a media release by Transgender and Intersex Africa are quoted in this report by Gay Star News. TIA comment: ‘TIA believes that this day is a great…
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David Kato remembered by Nigerian LGBTI activist Sokari Ekine

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David Kato remembered by Nigerian LGBTI activist Sokari Ekine

UGANDAN LGBTI human rights activist David Kato was brutally murdered just over a year ago and fellow African LGBTI activist Sokari Ekine writes a letter to the man who was so beloved and continues to be remembered by many. In the face of the widespread exclusion of intersex people from human rights reforms in the so-called global north, it is…
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Media release from Gender DynamiX announces intersex inclusive African initiative, Transitioning Africa

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Announcement: Transitioning Africa GENDER DynamiX (GDX) and the Support Initiative for People with atypical sexual Development (SIPD)  have taken their collaboration in the Exchange Programmes in 2010 and 2011 a step further and, together with Transgender and Intersex Africa (TIA), will concentrate its efforts mainly on advocacy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Forming the tripartite will further solidify…
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African Activist: Kenya’s Landmark Intersex Case

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THE case of Richard Muasya, a Kenyan intersex person who has been persecuted by the state for being intersex, forcing him into a life of crime in order to survive, is reported on by the African Activist website. The report includes a link to the judges’ ruling: A landmark court case filed by Richard Muasya,…
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Malawi: a case of female genital mutilation (FGM)

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FEMALE genital mutilation (FGM) remains entrenched in many parts of the world, alongside intersex genital mutilation (IGM). FGM is more commonly practised outside the so-called first world whereas IGM is more commonly carried out in the so-called first world.  OII regards both practices as violations of human rights and human bodies. We call on all…
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