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Category: News
Zimbabwean Trans activists panic as cyber bullying escalates
The recent revelation of names, addresses, phone numbers, alleged HIV statuses and images of individuals who are reportedly gay through a Facebook group, has left many in the Zimbabwean LGBTIQ community in a panic mode. […]
The Swazi beauty and brains
My name is Zikhona Mbagana aged 26, I am a heterosexual transwoman born and bred in Swaziland. Being a trans* person in a country like mine is very challenging. On a daily basis as I […]
Trans* narratives featured in Draw or Die exhibition
“I was frustrated that trans* and marginalised people’s narratives weren’t getting the platform they needed and that provoked me to make the work that I do,” says Sweden artivist Rudy Loewe. Queerstion Editor Miles Tanhira interviewed […]
The young and the inspiring
They are young, they are trans* and they are queerly phenomenal. At a time when most youths are seating and complaining about anything and everything and doing nothing about it, they have to do […]
Meet Uganda’s dancing queen
My name is Alicia Nalunkuma I am a 22-year-old dancer, transgender woman and a sex worker. In live in Mukono a township in Uganda. They are a myriad of issues affecting many transdiverse people in my […]
Zambian Trans* people castigate ‘indecent clothing’ ban
Human rights activists and some trans* people have castigated the Zambian police’s announcement banning ‘indecent clothing’ for citizens effective April 1 2017. In the alleged statement circulating on social media, signed and typed by police […]
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Picture courtesy of Endotica : by Jonh MacAllister Model: Botswana Trans* Activist: Kat Kai Kol-Kes
Being Trans* in Malawi
What they tell us. In Malawi, Transgender people are often unlawfully persecuted under the country’s harsh criminal laws, for instance, the penal code criminalises consensual same-sex sexual activity. Although Section 20 of the country’s constitution guarantees […]
S.A Trans student wins 3 -year court battle
Left, Nare Mphela pic mamba online For two years, she was harassed, humiliated and exposed to incessant discrimination by school authorities. This ill-treatment led to her performing badly and consequently failing her final Matric […]