Mental health among transfeminine people across East Africa remains one of the least visible yet most urgent human rights concerns. In a region where stigma, discrimination, and exclusion persist, mental well-being often becomes an unseen struggle.
On this International Day of Action for Trans Depathologisation, we join global movements demanding the full withdrawal of all classifications that treat trans and gender diverse identities as mental disorders. Since 2007, this day has marked a global movement led by the Stop Trans Pathologization (STP) campaign “a call for Read more…
Call for Applications: Emergency Response Support Deadline: 13th November 2024 Amount available: Up to USD 1,000 About EATHAN EATHAN – East Africa Trans Health and Advocacy Network is a network of trans and gender diverse activists and organizations in East Africa. We have 32 member activist representatives and organizations Read more…
Only two MPs voted against Uganda’s anti-LGBT bill, which passed this week. We talk to one of them, Fox Odoi-Oywelowo Fox Odoi-Oywelowo is one of only two Ugandan MPs who voted against the country’s controversial and draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, which was passed by Parliament this week and punishes homosexuality Read more…