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 […]
Tag: gender non conforming
I cannot make you see a woman
I cannot make you see a woman, I am in a man’s body I try to run away from these broad shoulders that make it difficult for me to put on these dresses that I […]
Make peace with God, not the church
It is difficult to accept. But if your church is homophobic, biphobic or transphobic, it’s time to leave. You have to ask yourself for whose benefit do you attend? What are the hateful messages doing […]
Anger issues? these 12 strategies are for you
More often than not, we find ourselves in situations where we have to deal with our own personal issues, yet we still have to be kind to the many people we encounter. It is best […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]