Archive for November 2014

For immediate release: 20 November 2014 Social Dialogue on Transgender Learners in the South African Education System and Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) Event. On the 20th of November 2014, Transgender and Intersex Africa (TIA) and Iranti-org will be hosting a Social Dialogue on the challenges and lived realities of trans* and gender non-conforming learners…

Social Dialogue on Trans* Learners in the South African Educational System INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE (TDoR): 20 November 2014 Where:     Women’s Jail, Constitutional Hill Precinct, Braamfontein, Johannesburg  on:            Thursday 20 November 2014  from:         Social Dialogue 09h00 – 13h00 (registration 08h00-08h50) TDOR Commemoration : 14h00-17h00 Transgender…

For Immediate Release  07 November 2014 The 26th of October 2014 was International Intersex Awareness Day, a day that is commemorated annually; as a result, the months of October and November are used to create greater visibility and awareness around intersex issues, challenges and experiences. On the 8th of November 2014, Transgender and Intersex Africa…

  Intersex is still considered a taboo in most of our communities, intersex people’s lives and realities are often misunderstood and treated as a subject not to be talked about. In the age of democracy and respect for the lives of medical patients, intersex people still face mutilation of their bodies, often without their consent…