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By Julia Lowe<\/strong>
\nMedill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n

Despite having one of the most progressive constitutions in the world, South Africa has no law specifically protecting the human rights of transgender people. But organizations like Iranti-org fight for the protection and support of the trans community, gaining progress from the ground up and the government down.<\/span><\/p>\n

Founded in 2012, the Johannesburg-based media advocacy group Iranti-org (Iranti is Yoruba for \u201cmemory\u201d) fights for trans, intersex and lesbian rights. Through a combination of community outreach and government dialogue, Iranti works to influence the implementation of trans-affirming legislation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ve seen several strides,\u201d said Ntuthuzo Ndzomo, advocacy officer at Iranti. \u201cThe rights of trans intersex and nonbinary people have started being recognized in the writing of policies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photographs of LGBTQI+ demonstrations on the walls of Iranti House. (Jessica Christoffer\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Behind a stately red door sits Iranti House, a Brixton property the organization <\/span>purchased in 2021<\/span><\/a>. Iranti House serves as a home base for the organization and as a safe space for members of the queer community. The white stucco walls of the fortress enclose a serene complex that is equal parts home and studio. Adorning the interior and exterior walls of the open layout are photographs of protests and queer couples \u2013 reminders of the struggling communities Iranti serves.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through a Zoom call, Iranti trans rights officer Sylvester Kazibwe, who is based in Uganda, said South Africa has a \u201cmisconception that the trans community is also catered to under the progressive laws in the country,\u201d but most trans people do not feel protected or provided for by the country\u2019s government or laws.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur constitution has been around for 29 years. But if you look at the numbers of murders or rapes, it’s not decreasing. We’ve got a hate crimes bill that is 11 years old and never passed. And then you ask yourself, why?\u201d said Zsa-Zsa Fisher, planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning officer at Pan Africa ILGA (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association). \u201cWe have activists that are going to bury LGBTI people almost every weekend, because of a hate crime. But nothing gets done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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A photograph of queer couple on the wall of Iranti House. (Jessica Christoffer\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2018, the South African government introduced the <\/span>Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill<\/span><\/a>. This bill would \u201ccreate harsher sentences and mechanisms for restorative justice if people want to work in a mechanism beyond incarceration,\u201d said Roch\u00e9 Kester, director of the LGBTI and Others Desk in the Office of the Gauteng Premier.<\/span><\/p>\n

After a yearslong legislative process, the bill was adopted by the South African National Assembly on March 21, but has yet to be signed into law. But while the bill sat before Parliament, Iranti created its own mechanism to target anti-LGBTI hate crimes: <\/span>Iranti Margins to Mainstream<\/span><\/a>. Developed in 2020, the app allows citizens to report LGBTQI-targeted hate crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gugu Mandla, documentation officer at Iranti, is the primary officer responsible for the app\u2019s implementation. The hate crime and hate speech cases uploaded to the app help Iranti create a knowledge database that can then be used to hold law enforcement accountable for investigating anti-LGBTI violence.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe allow the people within the community to also upload (cases), so it’s not about us, Iranti, uploading those cases, but also allowing the people in the community to use the app, track the trends and then try to find ways to use interventions to engage with the various government departments,\u201d Mandla said.<\/span>
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Ntuthuzo Ndzomo, left, and Sylvester Kazibwe on Feb. 8. (Molly Bookner\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to physical violence, transgender South Africans also often experience bureaucratic violence as they change their legal gender markers on identification documents. On the South African national identity card issued by the Department of Home Affairs, a citizen\u2019s gender is embedded in their identity number.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe first six digits are the year, month and day that you are born, but then the very next four digits are indicative of gender,\u201d Kester said. If an identity number\u2019s seventh digit is 5 or higher, they are identified as male. Lower numbers are identified as female. This leaves intersex and nonbinary South Africans confined to a binary gender indicator on their identity cards, even down to the numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Act 49<\/span><\/a>, a measure passed in 2003, created a mechanism for legal gender recognition for trans people. The document details how those who wish to change their gender documentation would do so on ID cards, passports, etc. However, the act has its limitations, including requiring that hormonal or surgical transition has taken place before a change in gender marker can be processed. On top of that, trans applicants face longer wait times \u2013 sometimes months \u2013 than cisgender applicants to receive their new documents.<\/span><\/p>\n

To counteract the act\u2019s weaknesses, the South African Parliament <\/span>approved<\/span><\/a> the National Identification and Registration Bill for public comment on Feb. 18. This bill contains the <\/span>Identity Management Policy<\/span><\/a>, which calls for randomized ID numbers that no longer indicate gender. The current binary gender identification is not only exclusionary to intersex and nonbinary people but also fails to protect transgender people whose gender expression does not match their identity number.<\/span><\/p>\n

Iranti also targeted Act 49 by drafting a standard operating procedure for the Identity Management Policy, Ndzomo said, that details how Department of Home Affairs officials need to process trans, intersex and nonbinary applicants and in what timeframes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SOGIESC model from Gender and Sexuality Diversity Training. (Image courtesy of Genevieve Louw)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Along with Iranti\u2019s creation of standard operating procedures for the Department of Home Affairs, the organization also influences policies by delivering education on gender and sexuality.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately in South Africa, there\u2019s a huge problem with education around LGBTI issues in general,\u201d Kester said. \u201cWe don\u2019t get it in schooling, whether it be primary, high school or tertiary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Iranti\u2019s media advocacy includes education around sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC). Working with government departments within South Africa, international human rights structures and local LGBTQI+ organizations requires this education to be frequent and ongoing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s not an easy road,\u201d Ndzomo said, \u201cbut we are also trying to be kind as activists and make sure that we strengthen the relationship that we currently have, and (that) we don’t lose it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to change hearts and minds,\u201d Kester added. \u201cYou can give as much education about the subject as possible, but if you don\u2019t let the penny drop in terms of humanity and compassion, it won\u2019t work. They\u2019ll see \u2018queer,\u2019 \u2018gay,\u2019 whatever, but they won\u2019t see the human being.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To strengthen the organization\u2019s approach to SOGIESC education, Iranti\u2019s programmes manager, Nomsa Manzini, is advocating for increased sexuality and gender diversity curriculum in schools.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis generation that we have right now, it’s going to grow at some point. But if we’re going to grow a generation that is still homophobic, we’re fighting a losing battle,\u201d Manzini said. \u201cAnd that’s why these systems need to change from the ground.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As state legislatures in the U.S. rage on as a battleground for trans rights, Iranti\u2019s efforts to push legislation, culture and community forward offer a look into how the entire global culture around gender can shift to make a safer world for trans people.<\/span><\/p>\n

Julia Lowe is a magazine graduate student at Medill. You can follow her on Twitter at <\/span><\/i>@juliamlowe<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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