Today marks the 9th annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance, and Jacana Media is celebrating with the launch of TRANS: Transgender Life Stories from South Africa edited by Ruth Morgan and Charl Marais, at the South African Museum tonight.
The stories recounted in this collection are both inspiring and compelling and reveal the courage and strength of each of the storytellers involved. The narratives detail the constant challenges of living in a country that, despite its progressive Constitution, is still host to myriad prejudices and misunderstandings when it comes to trans people.
One blog that’s taken notice of this seminal book is the race, gender, sexuality and HIV/AIDS activist collective Black Looks, which ran a piece on TRANS yesterday.
I feel so proud and over joyed to be writing this post today. In spite of the struggle against transphobia and homophobia two exciting ground breaking pieces of work are happening in Africa which celebrate Transgender lives on the continent. The first is the launch of Trans: Transgender Life Stories from South Africa – a collection of more than 20 life stories from the Transgender community. The project was made possible by the collaboration of Gender DynamiX and GALA South Africa and will be launched in Cape Town and Johannesburg on 20th [International Transgender Day of Rememberance] and 28th November respectively [the latter at Constitution Hill].
Please join us tonight in Cape Town!
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