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A Response to “Frustrations of a transgender man”

Posted on October 30, 2013 on ikanyiso.org here As Transgender and Intersex (TIA) we have decided to respond to an article that appeared on the Inkanyiso website on the 13th of October 2013 titled “Frustrations of a transgender man”. The reason for the response is because we felt that as a transgender and intersex organisation, we are clearly implicated in the article.…

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To Conform or Not To Conform?

For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted to fit in, to be “normal” and be a part of a clique or group of people who accepted me. There was a point in my life where my desire to be accepted by others outweighed my desire to live, a point where I…

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An Open Letter to the One-in-Nine Campaign

  … in Response to the Exclusion of Transgender and Intersex Persons in the Feminist Political Education Training The divisions in an already fragile women’s movement in South African are not helpful. Dear colleagues It is with great disappointment that we learnt about the exclusion of transgender and intersex persons from a feminist political education training,…

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A Response to “Definitely Not Gaysbian” Article

On the 1st of March 2013, we at Transgender and Intersex Africa read a piece on the Inkanyiso website titled “Definitely Not Gaysbian” (link below).The article was interesting as it discussed one of the most “taboo” subject within South African LGBTI community, but it was also confusing for us. What caught our attention was the…

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