Important Notice

GDX Prioritises Feminist Rest

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In building on GDX’s commitment to creating an inclusive feminist environment that supports individual, collective and organisational wellness; and an environment of care, healing, and mutual accountability the organisation will be taking a mid-year break from 4 – 10 July 2022. This Feminist Rest week builds on GDX’s existing staff wellness strategy which includes the provisioning of gender affirming hormonal care support to trans and gender diverse identifying members of staff. These initiatives are aligned to GDX’s vision to promote comprehensive health and wellness for trans and gender diverse persons in a world and working environment where basic conditions of employment, most often than not, do not translate into equitably supporting the needs of marginalised people. We are committed to being the change we want to see in the world, not only through our words but also through our actions.

Featured publication

IMPACT REPORT: COVID-19 Regional Response

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The COVID-19 Pandemic compounded persistent inequalities and injustices experienced by trans and gender diverse people, their communities, organisations and network in countries across Southern Africa. There is growing evidence showing that the pandemic – and related lockdown regulations – is disproportionately and adversely affecting members of lesbian, gay, trans and intersex communities, including sex workers, whilst in many instances measures to respond to the pandemic maintain and exacerbate stigma, marginalisation and social exclusion. Countries in Southern Africa imposed ‘lockdown’ measures in varying degrees, ranging from restriction of movement and curfew to closure of ‘non-essential’ services and industries. As a result, many trans and gender diverse people lost their source of income, which in turn severely affected their food security, health and mental wellness, as well as access to resources and social protection systems to reduce the impact of the pandemic.

GDX Vacancy

M&E Officer

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Closing Date: 17 June 2022

PRESS STATEMENT

SUPPORTING Trans and Gender Diverse REFUGEES: SOUTH AFRICA

A Collaborative Project

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As Gender Dynamix and Lawyers for Human Rights, we are embarking on a project that seeks to dismantle the rampant discrimination against transgender and gender diverse migrants in the asylum seeker system in South Africa. Lawyers for Human Rights published a critical study that assessed the forced migration system from a trans and gender diverse perspective. Our collaborative endeavour will seek to legally represent trans and gender diverse migrants, and we hope to be able to engage in robust sensitivity training in collaboration with the Department of Home Affairs and the South African Police Service, as frontline staff.

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Accessing

Legal Gender Recognition

Gender DynamiX’s Executive Director, Liberty Matthyse, shares her experiences around accessing legal gender recognition in South Africa, and provides an outline of the recommendations made to government to improve policy and legislation for transgender, gender diverse and intersex persons.

Press Release

Gender DynamiX Responds to the Miss South Africa Announcement on Transgender Participation

As an organisation advocating for the rights of transgender and gender diverse persons, Gender Dynamix recognises that the Miss South Africa pageant has a significant LGBTQI+ following. The inclusion of transgender women in Miss South Africa has recently been in the spotlight. We applaud the openly transgender women whose activism has led to greater inclusion in spaces such as Miss South Africa, as well as the contestants who are participating in the pageant in the spirit of further advancing the inclusion, recognition and understanding of transgender persons in public spaces.

What do you understand by the acronym LGBTQIA+? Well here you go… Lately we have been asked the meaning of some of the terminology used by the LGBTQIA+ Community.

Gender DynamiX has come up with a quick guide to LGBTQIA+ Terms. The terms and definitions used in the resource are always evolving and changing and often mean different things to different people. They are being provided as a starting point for discussion and understanding. This Glossary has been collectively built and created by the staff members of Gender DynamiX.

Home Affairs considers scrapping male and female ID numbers

Gender Dynamix recently spoke to GroundUp about the Department of Home Affairs’ (DHA) Draft Official Identity Management Policy.

We welcome the human rights-approach which the DHA has taken in this Draft Policy, bringing their processes more in alignment with the values and rights enshrined in the Constitution, particularly the proposed mechanisms that speak to non-discrimination and privacy.

However, the policy still requires some work we will be making our formal submission to the DHA in due course.

CONSULTANCY

COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA AND BIPHOBIA

The International IDAHO Committee has been set up in 2005 to support mobilisation, networking and communication around the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, on May 17.

We are looking for a consultant to support the organisation in its work around the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 2021.