Neela Ghoshal: Senior Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program “In short, we are dying,” Victor, a 25-year-old gay man in Tanzania, summed up his story when we spoke in mid-2018. He had just outlined the litany of measures Tanzania’s government had taken to deny lesbian, gay, bisexual and Read more…
Created for Change, Capacity Strengthening and Movement Support. We are powerful when we stand together . Established: 1 February 2020 | Nairobi, Kenya Trans and gender diverse persons speaking for themselves, united as a collective, generating knowledge and advocating for inclusion at continental level had not happened effectively. This has Read more…
“Because of government, LGBT people don’t have a place to get training [on sexual health]. People don’t get lubricants, they don’t get condoms, they don’t get services. In short, we are dying.”—Victor, 25-year-old gay man, Dar es Salaam, interviewed by Human Rights Watch on September 28, 2018 Tanzania made international headlines in Read more…
BIG STORY 10 / MAY 10, 2018 / 3:04 AM / A DAY AGO / Alice McCool / 4 MIN READ KAMPALA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Shawn, a young transgender man, was sitting in a public minibus in the Ugandan capital, when an old schoolmate boarded and started loudly calling him by Read more…
SEE persons from the intersex community in Kenya and read their stories. [CNN]