Are trans rights part of these human rights?
I remember waking up in the morning playing with my brothers and sisters. It was a very sunny day, the breeze touched my skin with ease. I clearly remember the front door of the house […]
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Still we rise!- Zimbabwean Trans* activists
..as more Trans and Intersex groups emerge Queerstion Magazine QM interviewed Tinashe Sande TS the leader of Trans Intersex Rising TIRZ a movement building initiative by and for transdiverse Zimbabweans at home and in the […]
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 […]
Here is how you can support this trans youth activist
Siya Maphanga is a South African Trans youth activist. He is a writer and a poet who is dedicated to the LGBT movement. As an unemployed trans youth activist, Siya is not in position to fund […]
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 […]
Our existence, our resistance.
Nothing says resistance to me more than waking up, showing up and living your life in the face of the forces that say otherwise. Studying your oppressors, cunningly playing to their tune to a point […]
Memoirs of a trans teen
The excruciating pain, the deep turmoil and hopelessness I felt as I lay helpless in that cold, dark room, remain vivid in my memories. I remember choking on tears and trying my ultimate best […]
Against the rising tide!
Born in a bodily prison Hated without reason Living on a mission To love with full conviction This body is my affliction Hence I make that decision To enter this transition And bring my soul […]
Lessons from dating a trans guy
I am a feminist lesbian. I have always said I am emotionally, spiritually physically, intellectually and sexually attracted to female-identifying persons. I used to be one of those people who believed in the butch or femme binaries. […]