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Putting the T in LGBT: trans and gender-diverse (in)visibility and activism in South Africa

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: The aim of the chapter is to engage with historic and contemporary forms of trans resistance and activism and to understand the ways in which the trans movement in South Africa intersects with other social movements. The chapter engages with the historical background, the ongoing invisibility of trans people, the politics of the tensions between trans activism and sexual orientation activism, and the importance of intersectional understandings of trans experience. The chapter also engages the historical and political arc of trans identities and the trans movement from which global North histories differ those in the global South.

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/32380944

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7162210308

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