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Iranti

We are human rights organisation that advocates for the advancement of the rights of LBQTI persons in Africa.

We raise issues on gender identities, and s*xuality, through the strategic use of multimedia storytelling, research and activism. Iranti is formed with the clear intention of building local partnerships and movements that use media as a key platform for lobbying, advocacy and educational interventions across Africa. Through the use of various visual mediums such as videos, photography, audio recording, among others, Iranti sets itself as an archive of Q***r memory in ways that destabilize numerous modes of discrimination based on gender, s*x, s*xuality and s*xual orientation.

05/10/2026

WE’RE LOOKING FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS!

Iranti is in its fourteenth year and we are looking to add more strategic thinkers to our board. We would love to have more hands and heads guiding where it goes next.

We’re currently looking for board members who bring:

-human rights, law, governance or advocacy experience
-HR management, ideally in nonprofits
-media and communications, including behaviour change communication
-nonprofit financial management, with a working knowledge of South African nonprofit law
-fundraising and donor relationship management

You don’t need to be based in South Africa to put your name forward. We’re inviting nominations from across the continent, as long as the person has agreed to stand.

Nominate yourself, or someone you trust. Nominations close on 16 October 2026.

Link in bio

We’re building the board for Iranti’s next chapter, and we want your name on that list!

25/09/2026

Today we marched at the 22nd Soweto Pride, on Vilakazi Street under this year’s theme, iSango lenkululeko, Our Heritage.

Since 2004, Soweto Pride has claimed space for Black le***an, q***r and trans people to be seen in our own township, on our own streets. With anti-rights movements organising across the continent and now setting their sights on South Africa, walking through Soweto together is how we answer.

We are honoured to be a partner to Few Empowerment Few . Year after year, against all odds, they make Soweto Pride happen, and that gives every one of us hope. Siyabonga, FEW.

21/09/2026

Since 15 July, ten women have been found dead in Kempton Park, Olifantsfontein, KwaThema, Dawn Park and Moroka. Iranti mourns Busisiwe Mahlangu, Itumeleng Kekana, Nomfesane Mjobo, Elizabeth Moselakgomo, Gracious Nkomo, Dineo Motapane and every woman whose name we don’t yet know. We hold their families close.

We’ll call this what women in this country already know it to be. It is a war on women, and nearly always the one doing the killing is a man. So we’d really appreciate it if police directed their safety advice at the men doing the killing.

Ten months after gender-based violence and femicide was classified a national disaster, there are still no emergency powers and no ring-fenced budget. A disaster the state won’t spend on is a label.

Swipe for what we’re asking of the Presidency, National Treasury, SAPS and men in every community. The full statement is at the link in our bio.

We stand with the families, with Women For Change and with every organisation holding vigil this week.

08/09/2026

Iranti has joined “Vimba! We, the People” which is a civil society coalition standing against the anti-rights, anti-democracy agenda in South Africa and across the continent.

Vimba! brings together organisations working in legal advocacy, inclusive faith, LGBTIQ+ rights, SRHR, feminist organising, labour, education, racial justice and political justice. What we share is a commitment to protecting hard-won freedoms. We are working across the silos that have kept our movements apart for too long.

Our coalition was catalysed by the announcement that the Pan African Conference on Family Values will be hosted in South Africa in 2027. A platform widely recognised as a vehicle for far-right actors seeking to block access to s*xual and reproductive health services, criminalise diverse gender expressions, and deny young people life-saving information.

We recognise this as a pivotal moment. Those of us committed to deepening our democracy can come together to confront far-right politics on our own soil.

Vimba! We, the People: Stop. Organise. Defend. Act.

Media enquiries: [email protected]

12/08/2026

Today is International Youth Day. The UN’s 2026 theme, Different Contexts, Common Aspirations, says something we see every day in our work: young people grow up in very different realities, yet what they want is remarkably similar. Dignity. A decent education. Work. A real say in the decisions that shape their lives.

For the young trans, LBQ, non-binary and inters*x people we walk alongside across Africa, that shared aspiration comes down to one thing. To live free.

The UN puts particular attention on youth in the world’s most constrained places, where poverty, climate vulnerability and geographic isolation narrow their choices. We’d add another pressure to that list. Anti-democratic actors are gaining ground, and q***r and gender-diverse youth are among the first they target. Their rights are treated as a bargaining chip.

We refuse that. Recognising different contexts should make our solidarity stronger, not weaker.

To every young person reading this: “you belong, you are seen, and you are not alone.”

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07/08/2026

We’re hiring!
Iranti is growing, and we’re looking for three people to grow with us.

Three roles: ▸ Finance Officer ▸ Operations, Logistics & Administration Officer ▸ Social Media, Communications & Documentation Officer

If you want your work to mean something, this is your sign. Send your CV and cover letter to [email protected] and tell us which role is yours.

Applications close 20 August 2026.
We welcome applicants of all genders and s*xualities, and especially encourage le***an, bis*xual and q***r women, and trans and inters*x people, to apply.

Link in bio for more details.

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04/08/2026

Your event belongs somewhere with heart.
Iranti house in Brixton, Johannesburg is that place and we are open for bookings. The house is a warm, welcoming space to gather, celebrate, connect and work.

From workshops, screenings, launches, support and focus groups. The space makes this all possible and every booking helps fund Iranti’s work for LBQTI people.

📍30 Wimbledon Road, Brixton, Johannesburg
📞011 339 1468
✉️[email protected]

Viewings by appointment.

22/07/2026

African women are speaking.
Parliament must listen.

This Saturday, African feminists, women’s rights organisations, survivors, legal advocates and civil society movements gather outside the Pan-African Parliament to demand meaningful scrutiny of the AU Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls before it is promoted for ratification.

This is not a rejection of efforts to end violence against women and girls. The consortium has fought for those protections for four decades. It is a call for a Convention that is legally coherent and accountable, one that reinforces the Maputo Protocol rather than creating uncertainty around it.

is calling on the Pan-African Parliament to pause any recommendation for immediate ratification, to consult African women’s movements meaningfully, to support an independent and transparent review, and to strengthen the Convention before encouraging Member States to ratify.

Let’s all stand together:
Saturday, 25 July 2026, 08:30 SAST
Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Johannesburg

Pause. Listen. Revise. Strengthen. Then Ratify.

06/07/2026

We are 2.39 million. Counted, at last.

Admission Reserved: a new report from the Human Sciences Research Council and the Other Foundation has found that 5.3% of South Africans aged 16+ identify as le***an, gay, bis*xual, transgender, gender diverse or inters*x.

It’s a ten-year follow-up to their 2015 study on public attitudes, drawn from the nationally representative South African Social Attitudes Survey of 3,285 respondents. And it’s the FIRST time a national survey has produced reliable estimates for trans and inters*x populations specifically.

Attitudes have shifted over the decade and that matters but as Deputy Minister Mmapaseka Steve Letsike cautioned on 3 July: discrimination, violence, exclusion and hate speech persist, regardless of improved attitudes. Warmer sentiment is not safety achieved.

Swipe through for what the numbers say → and read the full report The Other Foundation

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24/06/2026

So many of our African LGBTIQ+ siblings face violence, harassment and criminalisation in their countries, but South Africa is no safe haven. We stand with our diverse communities, against xenophobia, racism and hatred! Collective Voices for Health Access compiled a Fast Facts sheet on migration to counter disinformation being amplified in South Africa right now. Please share.

Thank you to the authors from Collective Voices for helping us all to change the conversation with facts to counter fiction.

Address

30 Wimbledon Road, Brixton
Johannesburg
2092

Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 16:30
Tuesday	09:00 - 16:30
Wednesday	09:00 - 16:30
Thursday	09:00 - 16:30
Friday	09:00 - 16:30

Telephone

+27113391468

Website

http://www.iranti.org.za/

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