For Immediate release 19 November 2013 The 15th Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) will be observed internationally on the 20th of November 2013. TDOR occurs annually on the 20th of November and it is set aside to memorialize those who have been killed as a result of transphobia. The day is used to raise awareness…
A transgender person who has sued the government to be recognized as a woman is fighting a group of Christian lawyers who are opposed to her name change petition. The Kenya Christian Lawyers Fellowship is challenging Audrey Mbugua’s petition, warning it would set a precedent contrary to the Christian view of creation and encourage gay…
Titica has become a major Angolan star despite being ‘stoned’ and ‘beaten’ – her appointment shows how she has changed hearts and minds in the country 10 October 2013 | By Clemans Miyanicwe Titica, a 25-year-old transgender music star and dancer in Angola, has been made a goodwill ambassador by UNAIDS. Titica has broken down…
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 – 00:00 — BY JILLO KADIDA CHRISTIAN lawyers want to join a case filed by a woman seeking a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education national examination certificate that reflect her new gender. The Kenya Christian Lawyers Fellowship said Audrey Mbugua’s case will have an impact on legal practice in the country.…
Transgender ID a hostile affair Without an ID, it’s difficult or impossible to apply for jobs, access a hospital, obtain school results, open a bank account and withdraw money, obtain a driver’s licence, travel, vote, or accomplish any number of other basic tasks. South Africans who are transgender or intersex, however, are acutely aware of…
2013 Oct. 2: ‘I am a normal transgender woman’ Posted on October 3, 2013 by inkanyiso2009 by Christina Mavuma My name is Christina Moemedi Gugulethu Mavuma. I am from rural Eastern Cape ‘eMfondweni, Transkei. My parents moved to Botswana and decided to live here with us. I have a younger and older sister as well as…
August 23 2013 at 03:30pm By Kashiefa Ajam Comment on this story Leigh Anne van der Merwe is the transgender co-ordinator of SHE. Picture: Paballo Thekiso Related Stories Manning wants to live as a woman ‘Most people think of me as a woman’ Born this way? When girls will be boys Johannesburg – The warm…
Email Print Share Kenya: Gender Identity in Kenya – the Other Sex By Brenda Okoth, 13 September 2013 Kenya’s transgendered struggle with discrimination and an exclusionary legal system. Audrey Mbugua, one of the first transgendered people to publicly declare her identity, advocates for trans rights – including her own. If you met Audrey Mbugua (picture…
At over six foot tall (with heels) and a body to rival any Hollywood starlet, Leigh cuts an impressive figure. Her jet-black hair and thick eyeliner give her a brooding and feline quality. She looks directly at you with a friendly smile and moves with finesse. By Jonathan Dockney for GROUNDUP. To most people, Leigh…
Email Print Share Uganda: Born With Ambiguous Genital Organs 9 September 2013 What do you do when your child is born with ambiguous sexual organs? Agnes Kyotalengerire talked to medical experts about this condition and how it can be corrected When a baby is born, the first question any mother asks is the…
Striking Portraits of Muxes, Mexico’s ‘Third’ Gender by Melissa Breyer on September 12, 2013 · 19 comments Before Spanish colonization blanketed Mexico with Catholicism, there were cross-dressing Aztec priests and hermaphrodite Mayan gods; gender flexibility was inherent in the culture. In much of the country now, machismo prevails and attitudes toward sex remain relatively narrow.…
COPS RESCUE MAN IN GIRL CLOTHES – Save him from angry mob Rasbert Turner, Star Writer Police personnel had to rescue a man dressed as a woman in Portmore, St Catherine, last Saturday after an angry mob who had seen him in the community threatened to flog him. Reports are that about 9 p.m.,…
By Stuart HughesBBC News Continue reading the main story In today’s Magazine Will China ever be a wine superpower? Quiz of the week’s news Should you tell your child why you are splitting up? Santiago’s red light jugglers Chris Beck spent 20 years as an elite US Navy Seal, often operating in secret behind enemy…
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