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Gender Dynamix is the first registered Africa-based public benefit organisation to focus solely on trans and gender diverse communities.

Our Priority Areas

Advocacy and Research

Capacity Enhancement

Facilitating Community Access to Direct Services

Organisational Development

ILGA World Conference

Geneva / Cape Town, 27 June 2023 - The journey towards the next ILGA World Conference has begun. Today we are proud to announce the dates, theme and logo of the ILGA World Conference 2024, and to officially open the call for scholarship applications and session proposals for this global event.

In the Spotlight

VACANCY: Executive Director

GDX Response to Helen Zille Statement

GDX Response to UK’s Ruling

President Trump’s regression on Human Rights

GDC Statement

ILGA World’s Decision

Regional Conference – Opening Statement

6th Biennial Regional Trans Conference

Statement on UN Independent Expert on SOGI

Media Statement - Condemning FWI

NGDC Statement – Prof Lumumba

Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act

Namibia Ruling

IDAHOBIT Statement

Transformation Policies Across SA Campuses

GDC Press Statement

LHR GDX Joint Press Statement

LHR GDX Joint Press Statement: #BreakingBorders&Binaries

LHR and GDX have partnered to raise awareness and bring to the forefront the various levels of discrimination suffered by transgender and gender non-conforming migrants (stateless people, asylum seekers, refugees, documented and undocu-mented) residing in South Africa. #BreakingBorders&Binaries is a campaign that raises awareness on the rights as enshrined in South Africa’s Constitution and policy frameworks that offer protection and inclusion to migrants, which include documen-ted and undocumented refugees and asylum seekers.

Putting trans communities into transformation policies across SA campuses

Hosted by the University of Cape Town (UCT), in a building selected for its availability of gender-neutral bathrooms, the Model Policy Framework for Inclusion of Trans and Gender-Diverse Students within Higher Education Institutions in South Africa was launched to help counter institutional challenges and administrative procedures.

Statement prepared by Gender DynamiX, on the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

We are not yet Uhuru!

Yesterday was the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. The Day coordinates international events that raise awareness of civil and political rights violations against transgender, LGBIQ and gender diverse peoples worldwide.

Statement in response to the Supreme Court of Namibia Ruling

Gender Dynamix welcomes the ruling by the Supreme Court of Namibia on Tuesday 16th May 2023 in which the Court ruled that their government must recognise the unions of same-sex couples who married in countries where it is legal for them to do so. The couples concerned are Namibians who have married foreign nationals from countries where it is legal to marry your same-sex partner. Same-sex marriage, however, remains illegal in Namibia itself.

It is not too late for EFF and UCT to deny anti-LGBTQI+ speaker Lumumba a Platform

The National Gender Diversity Coalition is deeply disappointed and troubled by the invitation that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has extended to Prof. Patrick Lumumba, an anti-LGBTQI+ Kenyan Academic who is in support of the Ugandan anti-homosexuality law, which in certain instances impose life imprisonment and the death penalty on people for being who they are.

Human Rights organisations call on South African authorities to denounce attacks against South Africa’s Constitution, human rights and equality

In view of the participation of members of South Africa’s executive and judiciary in the annual African Bar Association conference, which this year is being co-sponsored by Family Watch International, an organisation that has been accused of spreading hate hate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary and other gender- diverse people (LGBTQ+) persons ...

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6th Biennial Regional Trans Health, Advocacy and Research Conference

With excitement, Gender Dynamix announces our hosting of the 6th Biennial Regional Trans Health, Advocacy and Research Conference, which is scheduled to take place from November 29 to December 1, 2023, in Cape Town, South Africa, in collaboration with the Africa Trans Network (ATN), Southern Africa Trans Forum
(SATF), Community of Practice (CoP)
and the South African National Gender
Diversity Coalition (NGDC).

Regional Conference – Opening Statement - 29 November 2023

Today, Gender Dynamix (GDX), in partnership with the Community of Practice, the African Trans Network, as well as the National Gender Diversity Coalition officially opens the 6th Biennial Regional Trans Health, Advocacy and Research Conference. The theme of the 2023 Conference is ‘Reimagining and Driving Innovative

Possibilities: Gender Equity in Health

and Law in Africa’.

Gender DynamiX against Genocide and Pinkwashing

Gender Dynamix welcomes ILGA World’s decision to disallow The Aguda’s bid to host the 2026/2027 ILGA World Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel.

We note that ILGA World’s decision to review The Aguda’s membership echoes ILGA’s 1987 decision to suspend the membership of the erstwhile Gay Association of South Africa due to its complicity in South African apartheid.

Statement in response to President Donald Trump’s regression on Human Rights

On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States of America, and later the same day he signed a series of executive orders that are anti-science, serve to defund health authorities and expressly target marginalised persons. An abhorrent order was framed targeting transgender persons with misguided intentions of defending women from what they call ‘gender ideology’ and the restoration of‘ biological truth’.

Gender Diversity Coalition Statement

The Gender Diversity Coalition stands together, unwavering, against the growing attacks of the anti-gender movement. These attacks are not just about policies, they affect real people, real lives, and the dignity of LGBTIQ+ individuals across South Africa.

We know what is at stake. Our Constitution promises equality, freedom, and human dignity for all, and we refuse to let fear and misinformation strip away the hard-won rights of our communities.

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Gender Dynamix expresses deep disappointment and concern for the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruling regarding the definition of ‘Women’

On 16 April 2025, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of ‘women” under its Equality Act, only extends recognition and protection to biological women, and therefore excludes transgender women, even transgender women who hold gender recognition certificates.

Calling on Helen Zille to publicly apologise to transgender persons and the broader LGBTQIA+ community for her dehumanising statements

Helen Zille’s latest statement showing her support to the UK’s Supreme Court ruling is not only appalling to rights advancements and protections for trans and gender diverse persons, but also fundamentally contradicting human rights protections guaranteed in the South African Constitution. Trans and gender diverse persons are recognised and protected in the South African constitutional framework, despite Zille’s latest attempt to dehumanise transgender women...

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Employment Type: FTC

Closing Date: 22 May 2026

The Executive Director will provide strategic and operational leadership to the organisation, ensuring the effective delivery of GDX’s vision, mission, and values. Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, the role embodies servant leadership, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and care, while prioritising the wellbeing of the communities we serve. Commitment to supporting staff with an emphasis on healthy working dynamics, creating a positive and constructive work environment, including staff training, development, and growth.

Full job description and application details are available via the below link.

Breaking Borders and Binaries:

Medusa Iro

“obtaining asylum documents have been a significant challenge for me. Despite much searching, I struggled to find the UNHCR office in Cape Town and register as a refugee. The asylum application process can be daunting and overwhelming, particularly for new arrivals.”

Gender Dynamix is the first registered Africa-based public benefit organisation to focus solely on trans and gender diverse communities.

Our Priority Areas

Who We Are

Who we are – GDX Admin and Finance

Who we are – GDX Community Engagement

Who we are – GDX Education

Who we are – GDX Legal and Policy

Who we are – GDX Research

ILGA World Conference

Geneva / Cape Town, 27 June 2023 - The journey towards the next ILGA World Conference has begun. Today we are proud to announce the dates, theme and logo of the ILGA World Conference 2024, and to officially open the call for scholarship applications and session proposals for this global event.

In the Spotlight

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Breaking Borders and Bi­naries Media Campaign

Breaking Borders and Bi­naries:

Medusa Iro

What started as a mere vision, slowly grew into a grassroots organisation. GDX has since become an institutionalised non-profit organisation (NPO) that is fundamental to the development of the trans and gender diverse movement(s) in South Africa and across southern Africa.

Gender Dynamix seeks to promote, advance and protect the rights of the Trans and Gender Diverse Community

Breaking Borders and Binaries
Media Campaign

Breaking Borders and Binaries: