Akani Shimange (They/Them) is a black non-binary individual with a background in advocacy, research, and movement building. Their experience includes sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR), transgender and gender diverse research, and capacity building and mobilization across the African continent. They are the founder and former director of Matimba, an organisation that works with trans and gender diverse youth. They coordinated the founding and formalisation of the African Trans Network and currently work as the programme officer at GIN (the Global Interfaith Network for people of all sexes, sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions) coordinating faith-based interventions for LGBTIQA+ people of faith in 14 countries across the Global South.

Bodily autonomy is about the right to make decisions over one’s own life, body and future. It is about being empowered to make informed choices. These are universal values especially for Intersex, Transgender and gender diverse persons.

The Single Act Of Daring To Be

I think Alesandra is probably one of the most gorgeous women I’ve met yet. E-met, is the word to use. I was seated on my armchair, waiting for her to hop on the Zoom Call. I’ve realized that as a writer, I build these images of people before I meet or talk to them. What they may look like, how tall they are, what they sound like… even where they live and what they sound like when they laugh. Then she came on the screen, and the first thought I had was how beautiful she was, and how well she carried it. Not a single doubt in her mind that she turns heads when she walks.

But her reason for turning heads isn’t always related to her beauty. Because Alesandra Ogeta is a trans woman living in Kenya, and… Read more

In Kenya, a lot of intersex persons/children and parents of intersex children live in secrecy due to stigma and discrimination, having to further live with a myriad of issues, therefore it is paramount to give their voices a platform.

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 Am I in the wrong body? Where do I play?" are some of the questions that linger in an intersex football player's mind. In our next series of #RaisingOurGame, Kayole Starlets and Harambee Starlets defender Christine Ngoizi, shares his dilemma, safe spaces and personal journey.

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#TheirStoriesMatter

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#EbruLetsTalk

''I Was Born A Man But Always Felt Like A Woman'' ~Letoya Johnstone

Life as an Intersex Person

Adults who are intersex are still undergoing challenges despite Intersex persons being recognized in the 2019 census and there being an existing child act of 2022 that recognizes intersex children